Creating, editing, or deleting a section
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Creating a section
Note: To complete the procedures in this document,
you need to be assigned a role that has the necessary permissions. To
find out what your role is, follow the directions in Participant roles. To see a list of what permissions are
associated with a given role, see Permissions, roles, and tools. For a basic understanding of roles and
permissions, see Permissions and Roles: Overview.
Sections may or may not be populated with official course data,
depending on implementation. If they are not automatically created,
then you may create them if you have the appropriate
role. Participants (e.g., students) cannot create or modify sections.
To create a section, follow these steps:
- In your site's menubar, click
Section Info
. This will
open the Section Info tool.
Note: If you do
not see "Section Info" on your menubar, you may need to add
the tool. For more information, see Adding, editing, or removing tools on the menubar using Site Info.
- Click
Add Sections
.
- From the drop-down menus, select the
number of sections you wish to add and the category in which the
section(s) will be placed. You may add up to 10 sections at one
time; however, all these sections must be in the same category. To
add different sections in different categories, add them one at a
time. For the categories, you may choose from the following:
- Lecture
- Lab
- Discussion
- Studio
- Recitation
Note: The name of a category is the only thing
that differentiates it from other categories; the categories are
otherwise the same. For instance, a Lab section will function
exactly as a Discussion section in the Section Info tool.
- In the field next to "Title", give your section a name. If you
don't enter a title, the name of the category plus a number will be
the default title (e.g., Lab1, Lab2, Lab3).
- Next to "Days", select which days of the week this section meets.
- In the "Start Time" field, you may enter the time the
section meets. Enter the time and minutes, for example,
8:00
. Check next to AM
or PM
to indicate time
of day.
- In the "End Time" field, enter the time the section's
meeting ends. Use the same format as for "Start Time".
- Next to "Maximum Size", enter the maximum number of members
allowed in the section. If left blank, this field will allow any
number of members.
- For "Location" enter a short location identification, up
to 20 characters maximum.
- If you have chosen to add more than one section at a time,
enter information for the other sections.
- When you are finished, click
Add Sections
. If
you have changed your mind and do not wish to add the section(s),
click Cancel
.
Editing a section
To edit a section you have already created, follow the steps below:
- In the menubar of the relevant worksite, click
Section
Info
.
- If you aren't on the Overview page, click
Overview
.
- Under the section you wish to edit,
click
Edit
.
- You will be able to modify any of
the fields you first entered when you created the section. When you
have finished with your revisions, click
Update
to accept
these changes, or Cancel
to cancel them.
Deleting a section
To delete a section you have created, follow the steps below:
- In the menubar of the relevant worksite, click
Section
Info
.
- If you aren't on the Overview page, click
Overview
.
- In the row of the section(s) you wish
to remove, check the box(es) under "Remove".
- Click
Remove Sections
to remove the section(s). Click
Cancel
to cancel.