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1.1 ! raeburn 1: \label{Domain_Configuration_Cataloging_Courses}
! 2: LON-CAPA courses can be both self-cataloging, and also manually cataloged.
! 3:
! 4: Self-cataloging uses the institutional course code assigned to the
! 5: course when it is first created, or when the course is modified by
! 6: a Domain Coordinator via \char`\"{}Modify a course\char`\"{}. If a
! 7: course has no institutional code it will not appear in the category:
! 8: Official courses (with institutional codes).
! 9:
! 10: A hierarchy of categories and sub-categories can be defined which
! 11: are independent of institutional course codes. These categories might
! 12: be used to catalog courses in the domain to which the \char`\"{}official
! 13: courses\char`\"{} designation does not apply, or they might be used
! 14: to provide alternative ways of cataloging official courses.
! 15:
! 16: Besides definition of the hierarchy of categories and sub-categories,
! 17: the \char`\"{}cataloging of courses\char`\"{} screen provides two
! 18: options to be set for the domain by a Domain Coordinator, which control:
! 19:
! 20: \begin{itemize}
! 21: \item Who may hide a course from the course catalog, if the course would
! 22: ordinarily appear by virtue of having an institutional course code,
! 23: or having been assigned to a custom category/sub-category.
! 24: \item Who may assign a custom category/subcategory to a course
! 25: \end{itemize}
! 26: In both cases, the choice is between a Domain Coordinator and a Course
! 27: Coordinator. For the former, hiding of courses and assignment of categories
! 28: will be via \char`\"{}Modify Course\char`\"{}, while for the latter
! 29: these operations will be via \char`\"{}Modify Parameters\char`\"{}
! 30: (\char`\"{}Set Course Environment\char`\"{} option in sub-menu).
! 31:
! 32: Definition of custom categories is by the Domain Coordinator. The
! 33: \char`\"{}Cataloging of courses\char`\"{} interface allows custom
! 34: categories and sub-categories to be defined and reordered. There is
! 35: one category listed at the top level in the hierarchy which behaves
! 36: differently to the others - the category: \char`\"{}Official courses
! 37: (with institutional codes)\char`\"{}. This is the category which is
! 38: used for self-cataloged courses: the option is to either display or
! 39: not display.
! 40:
! 41: Although sub-categories can not be defined via this interface for
! 42: this \char`\"{}system\char`\"{} category (unlike the other \char`\"{}custom\char`\"{}
! 43: categories), customization of two routines in localenroll.pm - \&instcode\_defaults()
! 44: and \&instcode\_format() are used to automatically generate linked
! 45: select boxes which will be displayed when the course catalog is shown
! 46: to allow users to include limits to their searches for official courses.
! 47: If these routines have not been customized, the catalog for official
! 48: courses will display all courses with institutional codes, which have
! 49: not been specifically hidden.
! 50:
! 51: When \&instcode\_format() has been customized it will populate perl
! 52: structures (hashes and arrays) which LON-CAPA will use to generate
! 53: the Javascript code embedded in the course catalog page which is used
! 54: in the functioning of the linked select boxes. The contents of the
! 55: hashes and arrays are determined from the complete list of institutional
! 56: course codes used in the domain. For example at MSU, the following
! 57: linked select boxes are displayed for the official courses catalog:
! 58: Year, Semester, Department, Number.
! 59:
! 60: The course catalog is useful in domains where Course Coordinators
! 61: have opted to allow self-enrollment in their courses. In such cases,
! 62: students can include a flag to only display courses allowing self
! 63: enrollment when they display courses from the catalog. Course Coordinators
! 64: will be advised, when enabling self-enrollment, if a courses is currently
! 65: unlisted in the course catalog (and therefore difficult for students
! 66: to locate), and the action to take to rectify the reason why there
! 67: is no listing, which could be because:
! 68:
! 69: \begin{itemize}
! 70: \item the course is hidden
! 71: \item the course has no institutional code
! 72: \item the course has not been assigned to any custom categories
! 73: \item the course has an institutional code, but display of the official
! 74: courses catalog is disabled
! 75: \end{itemize}
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