[Building Sakai] What exactly is Subject, Course and Section ?

[Henry, Roger James]

Hi All,



Here's a scenario that might clarify.



The Music Department of the University of the Midwest lists courses by subject (Theory, Music History, etc.).

For each subject there might be many different courses representing different levels. For instance, under Theory, there might be T101, T302, T505; each of these courses is a theory course for different academic levels.

Depending on enrollment and/or room occupancy limits, a course might be divided into several sections. So, T101 might have 300 enrolled, but the lecture hall only holds 100, so the course is divided into 3 sections of 100 each (10101, 10102, 10103, for instance).



So in creating the site for the course:

Subject: Theory

Course: T101

Section: 10101



Hope this helps.


Roger

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Roger J. Henry

Instructional Technologies Consultant

Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning

Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education /

University Information Technology Services

Indiana University Bloomington

Phone (812) 856-2617

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From: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of David Wafula
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:19 AM
To: Sakai Developers
Cc: Fatima Rahiman
Subject: [Building Sakai] What exactly is Subject, Course and Section ?

Dear all,
A dilemma has arisen when creating a course. What should really be going into Subject, Course and Section field? What exactly do these fields expect ? We have the following scenario:

 A lecturer wants to create a course, and by course  i mean an entity with code and description, that is meant to be taught for a full semester. 'ICS2100' could be the code, 'Introduction to Programming' could be the description. Lets say this needs to be created during Semester I, 2012.

What would be a typical entry for these fields ?

Thank you,

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David Wafula
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