Screen Description

The Instructional Types screen provides a list of all instructional types available for the current academic session.

Instructional type is a property of a scheduling subpart, reflecting the nature of activity of classes of that subpart (Lecture, Lab, etc.).

Details

• Instructional Type (IType)
  • ID of the itype
    • Also used for sorting of the list of instructional types (or scheduling subparts of different instructional types) on other screens
• Abbreviation
  • Abbreviation of the name of the itype, used in majority of the input data and solver screens as a part of the class name
• Name
  • Name of the instructional type
• Reference
  • Reference name of the itype used for external systems
• Type
  • Basic - these itypes are always a part of the drop down list in the Instructional Offering Configuration screen
  • Extended - these itypes are displayed in the Instructional Offering Configuration screen only when the user clicks on "More Options >>>" in the drop down list

Click on any itype to get to change its properties in the Edit Instructional Type screen.

Operations

• Add Instructional Type (Add IType)
  • Add a new instructional type in the Add Instructional Type screen
• Export PDF
  • Export the list of instructional types into a PDF document

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