Maintain Unit Offering Pattern Notes - CRSF2410

Purpose To allow the creation and maintenance of notes relating to unit offering patterns
Subsystem Course Structure & Planning
Structure Two Blocks Unit Offering Pattern

Unit Offering Pattern Note

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Unit Offering Pattern

Explanation
The Unit Offering Pattern block (context block) displays the current offering pattern (context record) from the Maintain Unit Offerings form. The displayed records in the Unit Offering Pattern Note block are the notes for the context record
Example
When a unit offering pattern is displayed in the Maintain Unit Offerings form and the Unit Offering Pattern Notes navigation button selected, then this form will display that same offering pattern as the context record and any existing notes relating to this record will be displayed.

To inquire on the unit offering pattern notes of an offering pattern other than that initially displayed:
This block does not permit a query to be entered. It is necessary to:
  1. Re-query the unit version and/or the unit offering and/or the the unit offering pattern.
  2. Navigate back to the Maintain Unit Offering Pattern Notes form.

Unit Offering Pattern Note

Explanation
This function allows additional information to be attached to unit offering patterns in the form of notes. Notes of many types may be created, each type reflecting the common purpose of the notes asssociated with it.

Notes may be created, stored and retrieved in almost any format. The currently available formats are:

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Text
  • Other OLE (permitting virtually any other format)

Note:

  • NCA notes are currently available in Text format only. Future Developments might enable the portablitiy of all other formats.

Full instructions and explanations for the use of the notes facility are covered under Notes Facility in the General System Functions and Facilities section.

Note:

  • standards established by the institution should be used to determine to which data notes should be attached. Notes may be attached to data at the following levels:
    • Course Version
    • Course Offering
    • Course Offering Pattern
    • Course Offering Option
    • Unit Version
    • Unit Offering
    • Unit Offering Option
Example
Notes of type HANDBOOK could be created to record notes for publishing in a University handbook.