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Course administration today Problem and motivation. Excel file & verbally. Group leader. Administration. Excel file. Director of studies. Verbally. Excel file & verbally. Teachers, students, etc. Typical problems: Different versions of excel files Different types of excel files
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Course administration todayProblem and motivation Excel file & verbally Group leader Administration Excel file Director of studies Verbally Excel file & verbally Teachers,students, etc. • Typical problems: • Different versions of excel files • Different types of excel files • Admin, teachers and students lack info, or have incorrect info
Group leader Admin. Director ofstudies Database Teachers,students, etc Course administration systemSuggestion / wishes
location start period speed: full, half, quarter day or evening course 1-n programs n.o. students/program guaranteed/program course code credits level (A-D) course name responsible lab 1-n teacher/lab ass. Scheduled time 0-1 application code enrolled students throughput Information regarding course instances S = Director of studies, G = Group leader, A = Admin.
Information regarding teachers The group leader can manipulate information about the individual teachers: • Full name • Signature (for example rjn) • Work distribution: education, research, other(for example 75%, 25%, 0%) • Lab (CSL, CAL, SDL)
Assign teachers, lab assistants, etc. to course instances Verify and show time for the teachers, compared to their planned time Planning: Start from an existing plan, or with an empty one Freeze (and save) a plan, and then continue Go back to one of the frozen plans Show the differences between several plans Course planning
Priorities • Good database design • Some way to input the different types of data. • Good, web based user interface for group leaders, supporting different scenarios • Web page for viewing information (teachers, students, etc.) • Web interface for administrators • Web interface for number 2 above