Course Template - RE
Introduction
This template is used to store the attributes of each course at each school. Use the Course Instructor Template to associate the Teacher of Record with each course. Written in the Reporting Engine (RE) Platform.
Selection Criteria
Selection criteria determine which database records is used in the report. Refer to selection criteria for analysis when the report does not return the correct records.
Course cannot be excluded from PIMS state reporting.
School cannot be excluded from state reporting.
The course must have at least one section with students enrolled into the section in order to be extracted.
For course/instructor information there must be student course enrollments between the provided start date and end date.
Report Input
For help with report generation and navigation, refer to How to Find and Generate a Report.
Field | Description |
Use | If run at the district level, choose one of the following from the pop-up menu:
If sub-district is enabled, the following options appear:
If run at the school level, the report includes all records associated with the current school that meet the selection criteria. To change the current school, click School at the top of the page and choose the appropriate school from the list. |
Processing Options | Choose a time to run the report from the pop-up menu:
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Specific Date/Time | Enter a date using the format mm/dd/yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy in order to run the report on a specific day. The incorrect format displays an alert and the date field is submitted as a blank entry. Use the pop-up menus to schedule the report to be run at a specific hour and minute. Example: 7/29/2008 @ 10 AM: 05. |
Report Start Date | Enter the start date for the reporting period. The report includes course sections assigned to a term that occurs during the reporting period. To include all course sections for the school year, enter the first day of school for the report start date. If a term is selected at the School or District level, the start date and end date for the report are automatically populated based on the start and end date of the term. When running from the district level, the earliest start date of all the school populates as the start date. |
Report End Date | Enter the end date for the reporting period. The report includes course sections assigned to a term that occurs during the reporting period. To include all course sections for the school year, enter the last day of school for the report start date. |
Field Delimiter | Select the field delimiter for the extract file. |
Show Column Field Headings | Choose Yes or No to indicate whether to include column headings in the extract file. Including column headers provides a heading for each type of data extracted in the report. |
Report Output
Each of the fields displayed in the output of the report are described below. Refer to Understanding the Report Output Table for a definition of each column in the table.
Item # | Data Element | Description | [Table]FieldName | Field Type | Length |
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1 | District Code | The unique 9-digit Administrative Unit Number assigned by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). This field is extracted from Start Page > District Setup > District Information. If sub-district is enabled, the selected sub-district appears in this field. | [Prefs]Value where [Prefs]Name=PA_districtAUN If sub-districts are enabled: [CST_SubDistricts]Subdistrict_Number | Alpha-numeric | 9 |
2 | Location Code | The 4-digit code identifying the school assigned by the PDE. If PIMS_Location_Code is not populated then the School ID will reference Alternate School Number or School Number. Note: "0000" is a valid location code. | [S_PA_SCH_X]PIMS_Location_Code [Course]SchoolID [School_Number If sub-districts are enabled: [CST_SchoolSubDistricts]SchoolID | Alpha-numeric | 4 |
3 | School Year Date | This field is calculated based on the last day of the school year for the term selected at the top of the page when running the report. | [Terms]LastDay | Alpha-numeric | 10 |
4 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
5 | Course Name | The name of the course. This field is extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Edit Course District Information. | [Courses]Course_Name | Alpha-numeric | 50 |
6 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
7 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
8 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
9 | Number of Credits | The number of college credit hours associated with a course. | [S_CRS_X]College_Credit_Hrs | AlphaNumeric | 2 |
10 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
11 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
12 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
13 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
14 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
15 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
16 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
17 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
18 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
19 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
20 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
21 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
22 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
23 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
24 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
25 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
26 | Supplementary Course Differentiator | The general span of time in which the course and its sections are offered. This value is used as a unique indicator when the same Course Code is offered in for more than one-time period during the school year. | [S_PA_CRS_X]Semester_Code | Alpha-numeric | 2 |
27 | Course Code Long | The course number, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Courses > Edit Course District Information. | [Courses]Course_Number | Alpha-numeric | 12 |
28 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
29 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted. Informs the Rigorous Courses of Study Indicator in the Future Ready PA Index. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
30 | Alternate Course Code | The state-assigned course code, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Edit Course District Information. | [S_PA_CRS_X]Alternate_Course_Code | Alpha-numeric | 1 |
31 | Requirements Indicator Code | Indicates (Y/N) if this course is required to graduate, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Edit Course District Information. | [S_PA_CRS_X]Requirements_Code_TF | Alpha-numeric | 1 |
32 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted. Informs the Rigorous Courses of Study Indicator in the Future Ready PA Index. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
33 | Dual Credit | Indicates (Y/N) if this is a dual credit course, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Courses > Edit Course District Information. Informs the Rigorous Courses of Study Indicator in the Future Ready PA Index. | [S_PA_CRS_X]Dual_Credit_TF | Alpha-numeric | 1 |
34 | Not Collected | ||||
35 | Not Collected | ||||
36 | Not Collected | ||||
37 | Not Collected | ||||
38 | Not Collected | ||||
39 | Not Collected | ||||
40 | International Baccalaureate Indicator | Indicates (Y/N) if this course qualifies as an International Baccalaureate course, extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Courses > Edit Course District Information. Informs the Rigorous Courses of Study Indicator in the Future Ready PA Index. | [S_PA_CRS_X]International_Baccalaureate_TF | Alpha-numeric | 1 |
41-62 | Not Collected | ||||
63 | End of Course Exam | Indicates that the reported course supports a keystone exam. Valid values:
| [S_PA_SEC_C]KeySubTestIdentifier | Alpha-numeric | 6 |
64 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
65 | Not Collected | Placeholder-not currently extracted | N/A | N/A | N/A |
66 | Organization Defining Course | The AUN of entity with Dual Enrollment Agreement | [S_PA_CRS_S]Defining_Org_AUN | Integer | 9 |
67 | Not Collected | ||||
68 | Not Collected | ||||
69 | Not Collected | ||||
70 | Not Collected | ||||
71 | Not Collected | ||||
72 | Not Collected | ||||
73 | Not Collected | ||||
74 | Not Collected | ||||
75 | Not Collected | ||||
76 | Not Collected | ||||
77 | Not Collected | ||||
78 | Not Collected | ||||
79 | Cambridge Advanced Course Indicator | Indicates whether the course is a Cambridge Advanced course. | [S_PA_CRS_X]CAMBRIDGE_ADV_YN | 1 |