Schedule of Courses on the Web
Navigating to the Department Scheduling Form [SWCSCHD]
Entering Information on the Form
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The Logon window will open in addition to your original window. .
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In the Username field, type your netid.
Tab to the next field
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In Banner, there are several ways to navigate within forms.
There is an Auto Help Line at the bottom of every Banner screen is a status line which displays error messages and important information about your next step. In this line functions are displayed in uppercase letters. The following functions are the ones you will probably use most frequently…..
Enter the form name SWCSCHD in the ‘Go To’ field and select Enter. The form will be displayed.
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When you are working in the form, Banner functions should be used when the Auto Help Line specifies them. Navigation in the form itself, however, is a little different from the rest of Banner.
To go to the first line |
Tab |
To move forward in a line |
Tab |
To move backward in a line |
Shift + Tab |
To select an item from a list |
Enter |
To go to the next line |
Down Arrow |
To return to the previous line |
Up Arrow |
To return to the top of the form |
Shift + F7 |
Enter term and subject in the top part of the form (called the Key Block) and press Ctrl+PageDown or TAB
TERM - Format is YYYYSS where YYYY is the year and SS indicates the term
01 = Spring (think January)
06 = Summer (think June)
09 = Fall (think September)
Example: 200901 = Spring 2009
Use the following guide to enter/modify section information:
Field name |
Did it Roll? |
New and Update info entered by |
Description |
CRN |
N |
SYST |
This field is filled in
automatically when the record has been SAVED; a negative number displays
until that time. A new CRN is
generated when courses roll. |
Subj |
Y |
SYST |
Autofills with subject entered in the key block at the top of the
form. |
Crse |
Y |
SYST |
Enter the course number (or press
F9 to select from a list). The # autofills
on rolled courses and cannot be changed. Must be an active course # for the
semester being entered. If a new course number is still in
the approval process, please enter a special topics number (i.e. 095,
096,195,196,etc). |
Sect |
Y |
DEPT |
This field autofills
on rolled courses but can be changed on the main screen. Sections with the same Subj/Crse
combination must have different section letters.
If you mistakenly enter two sections with the same section number (e.g. enter MATH 19 A twice) you will get an Oracle error:
FMR-40508: ORACLE error: unable to INSERT record.
For one of the sections, you need to change the duplicate section number to something different.
So, if you have 2 sections of MATH 19 A, you need to change one to MATH 19 B (or whatever section number will make it unique). Day division courses use A-Z for
most sections. If you have more than 25 sections, such that all letters are used,
start using double letters: AA, BB, CC. Linked lab/discussion sections should
use letter of the lecture session plus 2 #s if all linked sections meet in
the same lecture (Lec A, Disc A01, Disc A02, etc.)
or “L” plus 2#s if the students can choose from multiple lectures ( If all students in a lecture meet
as a group in the same lab, the lab should be entered as a second meeting
pattern of the same section and not as a separate linked lab. CE courses use Z1-Z9 except for
online and off-campus courses. |
Schd Type |
Y |
DEPT |
This field autofills
on rolled courses but can be changed on the main screen. Press F9 to choose from a list of
available types. All sections with the same
Subj/Crse combination should have the same type if students should not be
allowed to enroll in multiple sections. Courses, including Special Topics and
linked sections should have different schedule types if students should be
able to enroll in multiple sections (e.g. all lectures should be Ls and all labs Bs). |
Insm Code |
Y |
DEPT |
This field autofills
on rolled courses but can be changed on the main screen. Press F9 to choose from a list of
available types. Instruction Methods is a new field
that was added to ensure that sections were properly coded with respect to
instruction method. Some courses have
multiple instruction methods. Please
select the appropriate value from the drop-down list. |
|
Y |
DEPT |
This field autofills
on rolled courses but can be changed on the main screen. M is for Day Division courses, C
for Continuing Education |
Title |
Y |
SYST DEPT |
Displays but in most cases cannot be changed.
A title may be changed for some courses such as special topics.
Tab to the title field; if the cursor lands in the title field, the
title can be changed. If you are
changing a title that includes “D1” or “D2”, please do not remove these entries. There is an approval process for adding D1
or D2 designations to courses, so please do not add these to
courses that do not already have them.
If you believe a course should be designated as D1 or D2 and it is not
appearing in the title, please contact the Registrar’s Office. |
|
Y |
DEPT |
Enter the estimated enrollment for
the section. Please give an accurate
estimate. Note, if the section is
going to be cross listed, this value should be the maximum enrollment you want
for this section. Use the SOC PRINTED
COMMENT field to communicate the overall enrollment for the cross listing. |
|
Y |
RO |
For Registrar Office course
management use only. |
Mult |
N |
SYST |
An * will appear if there is more than
one meeting pattern. |
Begin |
Y |
SYST DEPT |
Spring and Fall Instructions Only Instructions for sections meeting in a General-Purpose(GP) room:
Sections using general purpose classrooms should use the standard begin AND end times for all of the days of the pattern.
When entering a new section a window will automatically open with a list of standard meeting patterns. Please select from
one of the options. When modifying an existing section, navigate to the “Begin” time and press "ctrl-page-down” to open the
meeting pattern window. Click on the down-arrow under “Begin Time” and select the new standard time from the list.
Entering a non-standard time for a section meeting in a GP room:  
When modifying an existing section
:
1.Click on ‘Begin’ time and press ctrl-page-down
2.Click on drop-down arrow under “Requested Exception Ind” and select Associate Dean exception.
Check the “GP Ind” box if it isn’t checked (click OK if warning window pops up) and enter correct begin and end time.
Enter correct meeting days
(codes are M T W R F S U).
Enter room requested.
Save.
3. Enter ESMP note with detailed reason for exception request (See Notes section below for more info)
When entering a new section from scratch
:
1.Enter Subj, Crse, Sect, Schd Type, Insm Code, Camp Code, Title and Max enrollment
2.When you tab over to the Begin Time Field, the standard meeting time window will open
3.Click “Cancel” and enter the begin, end times and days.
4.Enter “ONCMP” in Bldg and “SEE NOTES” in room field
5.Enter instructor information and SAVE
6.Go to Begin time field and press ctrl-page-down
7.Click on drop-down arrow under “Requested Exception Ind” and select Associate Dean exception.
Check the “GP Ind” box
(click OK if warning window pops up) and enter GP room requested. Save.
8. Enter ESMP note with detailed reason for exception request (See Notes section below for more info)
Instructions for sections meeting in a departmentally scheduled room:
When modifying an existing section, press
Ctrl+PageDown
. Uncheck the ‘GP Ind’ box, enter the time and days the section meets, codes are M T W R F S U.
The departmentally scheduled room must be entered in the Bldg and Room fields otherwise an error will be generated.
If the room isn’t loaded in Banner, please enter ONCMP in Bldg field and SEE NOTES in Room field.
Enter the room information in the comments sections.
When entering a new section, select ‘Cancel’ when the standard meeting pattern window opens, and enter a standard begin time and an end time using military time. Leading zeros must be entered (
eg
, 0800 for 8:00am).
A military time guide is at the end of this document.
Enter the days the section meets, codes are M T W R F S U.
The departmentally scheduled room must be entered in the Bldg and Room fields otherwise an error will be generated.
If the room isn’t loaded in Banner, please enter ONCMP in Bldg field and SEE NOTES in Room field.
Enter the room information in the comments sections.
Instructions for sections meeting online:
1.Enter Subj, Crse, Sect, Schd Type, Insm Code, Camp Code, Title and Max enrollment
2.When you tab over to the Begin Time Field, the standard meeting time window will open
3.Click “Cancel” and tab over to the Bldg
field.
4.Enter “ONLINE” in Bldg and “SEE NOTES” in room field
5.Enter instructor information and SAVE
Instructions for sections meeting off campus:
1.Enter Subj, Crse, Sect, Schd Type, Insm Code, Camp Code, Title and Max enrollment
2.When you tab over to the Begin Time Field, the standard meeting time window will open
3.Click “Cancel” and either enter time and days or tab over to the Bldg field.
4.Enter “OFFCMP” in Bldg and “SEE NOTES” in room field
5.Enter instructor information and SAVE
6.Enter location in Comments Summer Instructions All sections whether in a general purpose classroom or locally scheduled space must use the standard begin AND end times for all of the days of the pattern. When entering a new section a window will automatically open with a list of standard meeting patterns. Please select from one of the options. When modifying an existing section, navigate to the “Begin” time and press ctrl-page-down” to open the meeting pattern window. Click on the down-arrow under “Begin Time” and select the new standard time from the list.
Instructions for sections meeting online:
1.Enter Subj, Crse, Sect, Schd Type = X, Insm Code = ONL, Camp Code, Title and Max enrollment
2.When you tab over to the Begin Time Field, the standard meeting time window will open
3.Click “Cancel” and tab over to the Bldg field.
4.Enter “ONLINE” in Bldg and “COURSE” in room field
Instructions for sections meeting off campus:
1.Enter Subj, Crse, Sect, Schd Type, Insm Code, Camp Code, Title and Max enrollment
2.When you tab over to the Begin Time Field, the standard meeting time window will open
3.Click “Cancel” and either enter time and days or tab over to the Bldg field.
4.Enter “OFFCMP” in Bldg and “SEE NOTES” in room field
5.Enter instructor information and SAVE
6.Enter location in Comments
Instructions for travel sections:
1.Enter Subj, Crse, Sect, Schd Type, Insm Code, Camp Code, Title and Max enrollment
2.When you tab over to the Begin Time Field, the standard meeting time window will open
3.Click “Cancel” and either enter time and days or tab over to the Bldg field.
4.Enter “TRAVEL” in Bldg and “COURSE” in room field
5.Enter instructor information and SAVE
Instructions for sections with pre- or post- travel on campus component:
1.Enter Subj, Crse, Sect, Schd Type, Insm Code, Camp Code, Title and Max enrollment
2.When you tab over to the Begin Time Field, the standard meeting time window will open
3.Click “Cancel” and either enter time and days or tab over to the Bldg field.
4.Enter “TRAVEL” in Bldg and “COURSE” in room field
5.Enter instructor information and SAVE
6. In the comments section enter the dates, times & location of the on-campus portion
7. In the notes section indicate whether a GP room is needed for the on-campus portion
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End
|
Y
|
SYST DEPT |
See notes above under Begin. Once you press SAVE, you can only edit this information, or add new information, by pressing NXT-BLK (Ctrl+PageDown) from one of those fields. |
Days
|
Y
|
SYST
DEPT
|
See notes above under Begin.
Once you press SAVE, you can only edit this information, or add new information, by pressing NXT-BLK (Ctrl+PageDown) from one of those fields.
|
Preferred Bldg |
Y |
SYST DEPT |
See notes above under Begin Enter the preferred building code,
or press F9 to choose from the list. General
Purpose classrooms have GP displaying next to them in the list. Once you press SAVE, you can only
edit this information, or add new information, by pressing NXT-BLK (Ctrl+PageDown) from one of those fields
NOTE: Any BLDG information entered is only the requested preference and there is no guarantee the BLDG listed will be assigned until room scheduling has been completed
|
Preferred Room |
Y |
SYST DEPT |
See notes above under Begin Enter the preferred room code, or
press F9 to choose from the list. Once you press SAVE, you can only
edit this information, or add new information, by pressing NXT-BLK (Ctrl+PageDown) from one of those fields NOTE: Any ROOM information entered
is only the requested preference and there is no guarantee the ROOM listed
will be assigned until room scheduling has been completed |
Schs Code |
N |
RO |
For Registrar Office room
scheduling use only. |
Partition |
N |
RO |
For Registrar Office room
scheduling use only. |
Mult |
N |
SYST |
An * will appear if there is more
than one instructor. |
Primary Instructor |
Y |
SYST DEPT |
Press NXT-BLK if you need to enter
multiple instructors. Instructors must be active for the
term. % assignments for multiples
instructors must equal 100% |
% Resp |
N |
SYST |
% that is assigned to primary
instructors. |
Cr |
Y |
SYST |
This field autofills
for fixed credit and is blank for variable credit courses. Depts should only enter credit hours for sections of variable credit
courses and you want it to be only a specific number of credits (i.e., the
course is variable 1-6 and you want this to be a 3 credit section). In all other cases, just leave this field
alone. |
Gradable |
Y |
SYST |
Defaults to Y, RO will change if
the section is not gradable. |
Link ID |
Y |
RO |
For linked courses (with Link
Conn). DEPT requests in SOC Comments and RO enters in BANNER. |
|
Y |
RO |
For linked courses (with Link ID). DEPT requests in SOC Comments and RO
enters in BANNER. |
|
Y |
DEPT |
Permission indicators can be
attached to a section to prohibit registration for the section until the
appropriate approval (electronic override) is granted. The permission requirement should also
be noted in SOC Comments. |
Note |
N |
RO DEPT |
If you have not SAVED yet, you
must press SAVE (F10) before you can enter information. Press NXT-BLK (Ctrl+PageDown)
to access the popup box for Note information. The 3 Note types used are: ESMP
– Enter detailed reason for requesting an exception to a standard meeting
pattern
ROOM
– Any information about the room we need to know (eg.
needs tablet arm chairs and a computer).
Media codes are provided for your convenience. CERF
– Operating Expenses (entered for CE courses only) Notes have 2 components, a note
type and the note contents. ·
Press F9 to select them from the
list. ·
TAB to the Instructions. ·
Enter the information related to
the instruction type you have chosen. The other information that
departments and programs previously recorded in the other Note fields should
now be entered in SOC comments. |
SOC printed Comment |
Y |
DEPT |
You must NXT-BLK (Ctrl+PageDown) to enter the information. Information previously entered in Notes should now be entered in the SOC Comments. We will enter
course specifics noted here in the appropriate Banner fields and then format
the information to the form it should take for the online SOC. Use this field to tell us: ·
If the instructor’s salary is
being paid by CE, department, or contract w/school district. ·
If funds are needed from CE such
as copy fee, travel expenses, special speaker stipends. ·
If the course is cross
listed. Be sure all departments submit
their section and that times,etc agree. ·
If there is a fee associated with
the section. Indicate the fee amount, the detail code, and whether it is a
flat or per credit charge. ·
If a lecture should be linked w/ a
lab/discussion. ·
If prerequisites, co-requisites
apply to the section ·
If there are college, class, maj/min/conc, or level
restrictions ·
If you request a title change and
were unable to enter it in the Title field Note:
30 characters max, not all titles can be changed) ·
If there is a subject area where
this section should appear as a "See Also" ·
If this is a service learning or a
tap course ·
If there is additional information
for Registrar Office processing. |
Sect Desc |
N |
DEPT |
(by using Next Block) if the
Subj/Crse allows changes. You can cut the text from a
document and paste into this field. |
|
Y |
RO |
DEPT requests in SOC comments and
RO enters in BANNER. Indicate fee amounts, detail code, flat or per credit. |
|
N |
RO |
For RO use to enter course
attributes. |
Res |
Y |
RO |
DEPT requests in SOC Comments and RO
enters electronically enforceable restrictions in BANNER. A section may be electronically
restricted (including or excluding students) by the student’s College,
Major/Minor/Concentration, Class, or Level. • Restrictions
between these 4 areas have an AND relationship. • Restrictions
within these 4 areas have an OR relationship. When using exclude restrictions
then, excluding students with a given major and excluding students with a given
level does not only exclude students with the major and level, it excludes
all students with the major and all students with the level. Instead of the "AND" creating a
smaller group, the "AND" relationship in excluding creates a bigger
group of excluded students. To avoid confusion on class
restrictions, please use the words “minimum” or “only” to clarify the class
standing of the students who should be allowed to enroll; “Minimum sophomore
standing” (exclude first-year students) would allow students with at least
sophomore standing to enroll; “Sophomore standing only” (include sophomore
students) would allow only students with sophomore class standing to enroll. Unless otherwise instructed we
will automatically put level restrictions in place to prevent day division
students from registering in CE sections and to prevent CE students from
registering in day division sections. These restrictions will automatically
be removed when level restrictions are dropped. |
XL Grp |
N |
RO |
DEPT requests in SOC comments and
RO enters in BANNER. Cross listing does not happen
automatically. Each department needs
to enter their respective courses. Please be sure the meeting patterns and
instructors match and that each course lists the cross list information in
SOC comments. The maximum enrollment for each
section in the cross listing should be entered for that section. The maximum enrollment for the combined
sections should be noted in SOC comments. |
Credit |
Y |
SYST |
Indicates the credit amount for
fixed credit courses and the low credit value for variable credit sourses. This information is pulled from the catalog
entry for the Subj/Crse and cannot be changed. |
Credit Hrs
High |
Y |
SYST |
Indicates the high credit value
available from the catalog entry for the Subj/Crse. |
Gmod |
Y |
RO |
DEPT notes in SOC comments and RO
enters in BANNER. |
Ptrm |
|
SYST |
Defaults to 1 – Full Term |
Part of Term Start Date |
Y |
SYST |
Defaults to full term start date, RO
can change dates if necessary. DEPT should note dates that are
different from default in SOC PRINTED COMMENT. |
Part of Term End Date |
Y |
SYST |
Defaults to full term end date, RO
can change dates if necessary. DEPT should note dates that are different
from default in SOC PRINTED COMMENT. |
Weeks |
Y |
SYST |
Calculated Based on Start and End
Dates. |
Military time
1am 0100
2am 0200
3am 0300
4am 0400
5am 0500
6am 0600
7am 0700
8am 0800
9am 0900
10am 1000
11am 1100
noon 1200
1pm 1300
2pm 1400
3pm 1500
4pm 1600
5pm 1700
6pm 1800
7pm 1900
8pm 2000
9pm 2100
10pm 2200
11pm 2300
midnight 2400