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Online Option Choice 2013

Online Option Choice 2013. Process and system overview. Curriculum and Timetabling Team April 2013. Open period Continuing students. Caption for the image should be placed in a clear area on the image to ensure it is legible. Friday 3rd May. Monday 15 April. What do students see?.

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Online Option Choice 2013

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  1. Online Option Choice 2013 Process and system overview Curriculum and Timetabling Team April 2013

  2. Open period • Continuing students Caption for the image should be placed in a clear area on the image to ensure it is legible Friday 3rd May Monday 15 April

  3. What do students see? • To log in, students should use the SUSSED portal • From the home tab, select Students • Then select ‘Your Student Record’

  4. Log into the Student Record System • Click on Optional Module Choice to choose their modules

  5. The first screen asks the user to confirm their academic details. This is to ensure that a student is registered on the correct programme of study and where 1 or more programme is studied to select the programme they wish to indicate their options preference. The user should tick the Confirm check box. They will then be presented with appropriate optional modules.

  6. The next screen will display a list of the compulsory modules for the part (year of study) Underneath it will display available optional modules for that programme and part (year of study).

  7. Rules for selection of optional modules can be viewed above the available choices, these may be in groups depending on the regulations of the particular programme of study

  8. FREE Electives / Subject Electives • If the programme of study includes either a FREE elective or Subject elective, it will be displayed as below showing either FREE or the subject code and the number of credits • If this module is set to yes, a further screen will be presented to the student to either select the relevant Subject code (FREE electives) or select the relevant module (Subject electives)

  9. Validation If the choices a student submits are not within the rules specified for the programme, an error message will be displayed and the student will not be able to continue until this is resolved The system will also check whether the optional modules selected have any pre or co-requisites and alert the student if they do not meet this requirement

  10. Confirmation and Comments Once a set of modules that meets the programme requirements has been selected by the student, they are taken to the Confirmation and Comments screen to review the choices they have made

  11. Confirmation & Comments ctd. • Once the user is satisfied with their choices they can use the Comments box to add any further comments relating to their choices selected • The student has to click on Confirm and Submit to confirm the optional module choices

  12. Modules Capping • Module capping is only used on continuing students modules where it has been requested by the Faculty for educational reasons • The cap will be applied on a first-come, first served basis. • If a module is core/compulsory it will be added to a student’s record regardless of the cap • If a course is full, students will need to click on the Go back to change options button and reselect

  13. Once options have been submitted, a confirmation message will appear and the students will also receive an email confirming the choices they have made

  14. Accessing the Online Programme Catalogue • All academic staff have access to the Online Programme Catalogue which shows the same information that students see in the Online Option Choice System • Log in via SUSSED and select Banner Self Service (on the right-hand side

  15. Log into the Student Record System • Click on Programme Catalogue to view the details

  16. You can now select the Academic Year, Faculty and Level of Study (UG/PC/PR) that interests you

  17. Programmes are listed in alpha order (including the qualification name). You can search in the displayed list, by clicking Ctrl & F and entering either the programme code or part of the programme name

  18. Clicking on the programme code will take you through to a page showing the Parts and Themes assigned to that programme

  19. Clicking on the relevant part will display the compulsory and optional modules for that programme

  20. Clicking on the relevant module will return information about pre and co-requisites, as well as a link to the module web page

  21. FREE Electives / Subject Electives • If the programme of study includes either a FREE elective or Subject elective, it will be displayed as below showing either FREE or the subject code and the number of credits • Clicking on the link ‘Show Electives’ will display the list of modules available to students under this list.

  22. What actions to Faculty staff need to undertake in the Online Option Choice open period? Before: • Check the programme regulations (SZAPGST / Online Programme Catalogue); • Confirm which programmes should be excluded; • Check for missing module link; • Write to students to advise them of Online Option Choice – suggested text available at: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/studentadmin/curriculum/optionchoice/staff/studentcommunication.html

  23. What actions to Faculty staff need to undertake in the Online Option Choice open period? During: • Monitor progress using Discoverer report 5.009 and 5.011; • Check for oversubscribed modules; • Manually update registrations in SFAREGS where modules have multiple CRNs; • Check prior study pre-requisites; • Send reminder email to students who have not completed their option choice (use the third worksheet in 5.009 to identify these students.

  24. What actions to Faculty staff need to undertake in the Online Option Choice open period? After: • Manage numbers on modules – manually process student module changes in SFAREGS; • Manually update registrations in SFAREGS where modules have multiple CRNs; • Check prior study pre-requisites; • Allocate students who did not select their options online to modules

  25. What reports should I use? • Discoverer 5.009 Online Option Choice • Discoverer 5.011 Prior Study Check by Module • Discoverer 5.015 Module Demand Report You might also find the following report useful: • Discoverer 5.014 Programme to Module cross-tab

  26. Where can I get help? • Website for staff: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/studentadmin/curriculum/optionchoice/staff/forstaff.shtml • Curriculum and timetabling team: curriculum@soton.ac.uk • Telephone ext 23506

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