Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Cataloging_Courses.tex, revision 1.3
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}
1.2 bisitz 21: \item Who may hide a course from the course/community catalog, if the course would
1.1 raeburn 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
1.2 bisitz 45: select boxes which will be displayed when the course/community catalog is shown
1.1 raeburn 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
1.2 bisitz 53: the Javascript code embedded in the course/community catalog page which is used
1.1 raeburn 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
1.2 bisitz 57: linked select boxes are displayed for the official course/community catalog:
1.1 raeburn 58: Year, Semester, Department, Number.
59:
1.2 bisitz 60: The course/community catalog is useful in domains where Course Coordinators
1.1 raeburn 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
1.2 bisitz 64: will be advised, when enabling self-enrollment, if a course is currently
65: unlisted in the course/community catalog (and therefore difficult for students
1.1 raeburn 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
1.3 ! raeburn 73: \item the course has an institutional code, but the
! 74: course/community catalog has been set to not display self-cataloged
! 75: courses.
1.1 raeburn 76: \end{itemize}
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