School Setup

Data Element

Additional Information

[Table] Field Name

Report

Defining Standards-Based Final Grade Options

Grading: Final Grade Entry Options > Standards-based Options

Display/Enter

Choose Translated Average Score from the pop-up menu.

[prefschool]STDFGEntryType

GLA

Setting Up Final Grades

Grading: Final Grade Setup > Edit/New Final Grade

Name

Enter a valid store code.

Each school must provide a store code that does not overlap any other school store code in the district. Each school could set up a store code G1 to be used to determine the data to pull at this Authority level report.

[TermBins]storecode

GLA

Starting Date

Enter a valid start date.

[TermBins]date1

GLA

Ending Date

Enter a valid end date.

[TermBins]date2

GLA

Creating Course Sections

Scheduling: Sections > [Choose Course] > New/Edit Section

Create one or more attendance sections for each CTS Header course and CTS Module course that is offered at the district. Also create one or more sections for each CTS Module course.

Course Number

Enter the course number for the section.

[Sections]Course_Number

Required Setup

Term

Choose the term for the section from the pop-up menu.

[Sections]TermID

Required Setup

Schedule

Select the meeting schedule for the section.

• Schedule CTS Module sections in placeholder periods or in the same period as the corresponding header period.

• If you opt to schedule the classes in the corresponding header period, then it is recommended to download a custom teacher page in order to prevent the corresponding header periods from showing on the teacher home page.

[Sections]Expression

[Section_Meeting]SectionID = [Sections]ID

Required Setup

Teacher

Choose the teacher for the section from the pop-up menu.

[Sections]Teacher

Required Setup

Section Number

Enter the section number.

[Sections]Section_Number

Required Setup

Grade Level

Enter the grade level for the section.

[Sections]Grade_Level

CSI

Course Completion External Credential

Choose Yes or No.

Valid values:

• Yes

• No

[S_AB_SEC_X]CourseCmpExtCrd

SCM

Course Completion Funding Schedule

Choose the appropriate value. This information will populate on the Edit Enrollment Record.

Valid values:

• REG – Regular Course for Credit

• EVG – Evening Course for Credit

• SAT – Course Taken on Weekend

[S_AB_SEC_X]CourseCmpFunSch

SCM

Primary Delivery Method Code

Choose the appropriate value. See Section Primary Delivery Methods for valid values. This information will populate on the Edit Enrollment Record.

[S_AB_SEC_X]PrimaryDeliveryCode

SCM

Language Code (Instruction)

Choose the appropriate value. This information will populate on the Edit Enrollment Record.

Valid values:

• EN – English

• FR – French

• OT – Other

• AL – American Sign Language

• AR – Arabic

• BL – Blackfoot (Siksika)

• CC – Chinese (Cantonese, Yue)

• CM – Chinese (Mandarin)

• CR – Cree

• DE – German

• DN – Dene (Chipewyan)

• FL – Filipino

• GR – Greek (Ancient)

• HE – Hebrew

• HI – Hindi

• HU – Hungarian

• IT – Italian

• JA – Japanese

• KO – Korean

[S_AB_SEC_X]InstrLanguage

SCM

Instructional Minutes Offered

Enter the number of instructional minutes for the course. This information will populate on the Edit Enrollment Record.

[S_AB_SEC_X]InstrMinutesOffered

SCM

French Instruction Hours

Enter the number of French instructional hours for the course. This information will populate on the Edit Enrollment Record.

[S_AB_SEC_X]FrenchInstrHrs

SIS

External Credential Eligible

Select whether the course is eligible for external credentials.

[S_AB_SEC_X]CourseCmpExtCrd

Section Term (Override)

Select this only if the term needs to be overridden as Continuous, otherwise this is derived from the Term selection.

[S_AB_SEC_X]AltTermCode

Exam Registration Date

Enter the exam registration date in the format MMDDYYYY or MM/DD/YYYY.

To edit this field, the course must first be selected as a diploma course.

[S_AB_SEC_X]ExamRegiDt

DER

Exam Writing Center

Enter the four-digit exam writing center number.

To edit this field, the course must first be selected as a diploma course.

[S_AB_SEC_X]ExamWrtCtr

DER

Class ID

Enter the locally defined Class ID for the section. This value is used by Alberta to provide analysis data on section enrollments. The field defaults to the internal section ID if no value is populated.

[S_AB_SEC_X]SectionClassID

SCM

Defining Years & Terms

Scheduling: Years & Terms > Edit Term > Select Term

Name of Term

Enter the name of the term.

Example: 2016-2017

[Terms]Name

PASI

Abbreviation

Enter an abbreviation for the term.

Example: 16-17, S1, S2 etc.

[Terms]Abbreviation

PASI

First Day of Term

Enter a valid start date in MM/DD/YYYY format.

[Terms]FirstDay

PASI

Last Day of Term

Enter a valid end date in MM/DD/YYYY format.

[Terms]LastDay

PASI

What portion of the school year does this term represent?

Select from the pop-up menu.

Valid Values:

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/5

• 1/6

• 1/7

• 1/8

• 1/9

• 1/10

• 1/11

• 1/12

• Full Year

[Terms]Portion

PASI

Alternate Term Code

Select from pop-up menu.

Valid Value:

• Full Year

• Quarter 1

• Quarter 2

• Quarter 3

• Quarter 4

• Semester 1

• Semester 2

• Summer - can be set for all terms

• Continuous - can be set for all terms

[S_AB_TRM_X]Alternate_Code

PASI

Final Mark Store Code

Enter the final grade store code associated to this term.

Only stored grades with this store code, for this term, are synchronized with PASI. If not synchronized with PASI, field can have a value or be blank.

[S_AB_TRM_X]Final_Mark_Store_code

PASI

Exclude Events

Select the checkbox to exclude PASI synchronization for this term.

[S_AB_TRM_X]Exclude_Events

PASI