Module 5 - Course Settings, Pt. 1

Video Summary

• Purpose: These settings must be configured before creating courses and sections.

Key Areas to Set Up

• Course Options (optional but useful)

• Departments (required)

• Classrooms (optional)

• Gradebook Settings (required)

Course Options

• Used to define attributes of courses (e.g., Honors, AP, Campus).

• Common use:

  • GPA weighting (e.g., Honors/AP scales like 5–4–3 vs. 4–3–2–1).

• Organized into option groups with selectable values.

• Can enforce:

  • Minimum/maximum selections (e.g., only one campus per course).

• Enables filtering courses by these attributes in the course list.

Departments

• Required for all courses.

• Used to organize courses (e.g., Math, Science, Elementary, Upper School).

• Must be set up before course creation.

• Deleting a department requires:

  • Removing or reassigning all associated courses first.

• Supports Department Heads:

  • Teachers with access to all courses/gradebooks in that department.

• Optional feature:

  • Lesson plan approval workflows via department heads.

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