Database - Courses

"It's easier to wash a cat than it is to think about it."
 

General

Defining: Each course is required to have a Subject, Teacher, and School Year. Most courses will also have a suffix (e.g. French 2), and for each term, a subhead ('Algebra'), a blurb, and possibly team teachers.
Managing: Courses are managed by clicking 'Courses' from the Lighthouse Data Menu (available on most staff computers from the Apple Menu or Dock), or from the Main Menu of Progress Reports.

  • Since most courses have been carried forward from the previous year, or created for you, they should only need editing.
  • Courses not taught by the teacher in the previous year must be created ('tho this is usually done for you).
  • Courses taught in the previous year may be redefined for the current year (if needed).

Editing a Course

  1. If in List view, click the green 'Edit' button for the desired course.
  2. If you are at the 'Edit Description' screen, but the desired term is not yellow, click the green 'Edit' button for the appropriate term.
  3. Enter info for Team (team teaching only); Subhead (nice, but optional); the 'blurb' / description (large field); and, for some seminars, Maximum student #.
  4. Check your spelling!
  5. Continue by clicking another of your courses (in blue-green area) or a button at the top (Main Menu will lead you to Progress Reports).

Creating a Course

  1. From Courses' Main Menu, click 'New Course...'
  2. Enter the Subject and (if you teach more than one course in that Subject) a Suffix.
  3. Confirm the Teacher ID & School Year (should be fine).
  4. Click 'Accept'.
  5. Edit the appropriate Terms (see editing, above).

Redefining a Course

  1. Find the course (from the prior year). If you see a list of courses, click the Edit button for the desired course.
  2. Click the blue 'Redefine Course for THIS year' button, and 'Accept'.
  3. Edit the appropriate Terms (see editing, above).


IMPORTANT - when done with the session, click on a green DATA MENU button, then click (near the top) on QUIT FILEMAKER or (to allow quicker access to the databases) CLOSE THESE DBs.