Purpose

To maintain Delivery Group Delivery Periods and Course Offering Pattern Delivery Periods.

Maintain Course Offering Pattern Delivery Periods

See also: Introduction to Delivery Groups

A Delivery Period is a period or block of time defined by a start and end date, during which one or more units of study are delivered to a group or groups of students (via Delivery Groups) in one or more Course Offering Patterns, or delivered directly to students in one or more Course Offering Patterns (without a Delivery Group).

For information about Delivery Group see Introduction to Delivery Groups.

The primary application of this functionality is the maintenance of blocks of time for release groups, into which TAFE User Choice Apprentices students are placed in order to undertake the study of their chosen units. The definition of each Delivery Period will include published and real limits, which will be utilised when students are allocated to the periods. A Rollover indicator will also allow the delivery period calendar instance to be rolled over from year to year as part of the calendar rollover process. The definition of Course Offering Pattern Delivery Periods will also include published and real limits, allowing a breakdown for each Course Offering Pattern associated with each Delivery Period. Further breakdown of Delivery Period limits will be achievable at the Delivery Group Period level, via the limits specified for each Delivery Group Offering.

A Delivery Period, with its associated critical dates, will be automatically created as a DELIVERY calendar instance in the background when the period dates are defined in the form. If a period with matching start and end dates already exists in the academic period of the context Course Offering Pattern, the existing calendar instance will be used as the Delivery Period.

This form will also allow navigation to:

• A 'Shared By' pop-up block, which will display details of Course Offering Pattern Delivery Group Offerings and Course Offering Pattern Delivery Periods that share the context Delivery Period.
• An 'Inquire On Dates' pop-up block, which will display all of the date alias instances in the context Delivery Period calendar instance.
• CALF0512 Maintain Date Alias Instances, allowing users with the appropriate security access to manually maintain date alias instances in the context Delivery Period calendar instance.
• The Maintain Delivery Period Unit Offering Option / Unit Offering Option Activities / Unit Offering Option Activity Groups function, where each Delivery Period can be mapped to one or more Unit Offering Options, Activity Offerings or Activity Groups. These mappings will define what is delivered in each period.

This form is accessed through CRSF1800, via the Delivery Periods button (bottom, right). It can also be accessed from CRSF1500.

The Course Offering Pattern Delivery Group block contains:

• Course Code
• Version Number
• Course Status
• Title
• Calendar Type
• Start Date
• End Date
• Location Code
• Attendance Mode
• Attendance Type
• Delivery Group Code

The Delivery Period block contains:

• Delivery Period ID
• Delivery Calendar Type
• Period Start Date
• Period End Date

Delivery Group

• Real Limit
• Pub. Limit
• Actual Places

Delivery Period

• Real Limit
• Pub. Limit
• Actual Places

Buttons

• Find Delivery Period (CRSF1880)
• Shared By (overlay)
  • Spread Table
    • Title
    • Location
    • Att Mode
    • Att Type
    • Delivery Group Code
    • Description
    • Real Limit
    • Published Limit
    • Actual Places
    • Offered check box
    • SSF Avail check box
    • Back button
• Inquire On Dates (overlay)
  • Date Alias
  • Abbreviation
  • Alias Value
  • Back button
• Comments (overlay)
  • Comments
  • Back button
• Override Dates (CALF0512)
• Explanation (overlay)
  • Explanation
  • Back button
• Units/Activities (CRSF1820)

Rules/Notes:

Shared By - + shown if Delivery Period is shared by other COPDP's or COPDGO excluding the current DP record in the form.

Inquire On Dates - Navigate To Delivery Period Dates block.

Comments - + shown if delivery period comments is not null.

Override Dates - Navigate To CALF0512 form in context of current record.

Explanation - + shown if delivery period explanation is not null.

Units/Activities - + shown if a Delivery Period Unit Offering Option record exists for the current Delivery Period record.

Fields manipulation/population:

• Default Total period limits to COPDGO or COPDP limits, therefore if a one to one relationship is created the user doesn't have to enter the limits every time.
• Delivery Period ID is a sequential number.
• Delivery Cal Type is mandatory at the form level. You cannot navigate to Period Start Date and Period End Date if Display Cal Type is null.

To create Course Offering Pattern Delivery Periods:

• Enter Insert mode.
• Define the Course Offering Pattern Delivery Periods by nominating the relevant information for:
  • Delivery Period ID
  • Delivery Cal Type
  • Period Start Date
  • Period End Date
  • Delivery Group Limits and Places
  • Delivery period Limits and Places
• Save.

A delivery period cannot be inserted, updated or deleted if the parent COP course version is inactive.

The Delivery Period's Published Limit must be less than or equal to the Real Limit.

The Course Offering Pattern Delivery Period's Published Limit must be less than or equal to the Real Limit.

The Delivery Period real limit cannot be altered so that Delivery Period actual places are greater than the Delivery Period real limit. (i.e. Cannot reduce the real limit to a level lower than the actual places).

The Course Offering Pattern Delivery Period real limit cannot be altered so that Course Offering Pattern Delivery Period actual places are greater than the Course Offering Pattern Delivery Period real limit. (i.e. Cannot reduce the real limit to a level lower than the actual places).

Changes to the Delivery Period details may affect other course offering patterns that share the period.

The sum of the real/published limits for all delivery group offerings and COP delivery periods that share this delivery period must be less than or equal to the delivery period real/published limit.

• Find the record to be modified.
• Modify the record as required.
• Save.

Rules/Notes:

• Find the record to be deleted.
• Locate the cursor in the record to be deleted.
• Delete record.
• Save.

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