Course Sections

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Search functionality is available, and clicking the Filters option allows specific filters to be applied. Once filters have been applied, they will display below the search bar and can be removed individually (1) or in bulk (2).

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Clicking a section’s name navigates to the Course Section Homepage.

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The instructor(s) assigned to the section. If no instructor has been assigned, this column will display Not Assigned. Instructors are assigned by navigating to the Course Section Instructors page from the Course Section Homepage.

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Displays quick glance section information without navigating to the Course Section Homepage.

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By expanding the More Options menu, section status can be changed in bulk, syllabi can be exported to a zip file in bulk, and the manager view can be exported to CSV.

Draft

Course sections in this status have been received by HelioCampus via the Course Section data file. While available on the platform, these sections are often not ready for faculty or students and still require an instructor to be assigned by navigating to the Course Section Instructors page from the Course Section Homepage.

Faculty Pending

Course sections will be in this status once an instructor has been assigned; at that point, the section will be available to instructors via the My Course Sections & Syllabi dashboard widget and will be assigned to associated assessment schedules. In this status, faculty and coordinators can:

• Build and edit the syllabus.

• Configure assignments and rubrics.

• Set up the section assignment linking to outcomes.

• Review section‑level settings before anything is visible to students.

Approval Pending

This status is available only when the Enable Admin Approval in Course Section Publishing setting is enabled on the associated courses' Settings page or in the institution, college, or department Course Settings.

This status serves as an intermediate review option, primarily for institutions managing their syllabi through the platform. By this status, faculty should have prepared the section; an admin needs to approve it, and faculty respond to requested changes before it becomes fully published. If changes are necessary, admins can revert a section to Faculty Pending status via the Course Section Homepage.

Published

Once published, sections are fully active for their associated term(s) and can be associated with other platform functionality:

• Course Evaluations/Surveys: Only published sections are included.

• Syllabus Visibility: Students see syllabi.

• Assessments: Sections can be included in Program or Juried Assessments.

Sections can be published individually via the Course Section Homepage, in bulk via the Course Section Manager More Options menu, or auto-published if Enable Auto Publish for Syllabus is enabled on the associated courses' Course Syllabi Settings page or the institution, college, or department Course Syllabi Settings page.

Admins can revert published sections to Faculty Pending or Approval Pending. Reverting after evaluations or assessments have started should be done with caution, as it can have downstream effects on surveys and reporting.

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Course Sections can be clicked to return to the manager view to select a different Course Section.

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The lefthand menu can be utilized to navigate through various settings for a Course Section.

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The Actions and Export drop-down menus are available on all pages when viewing a Course Section:

• Actions:

  • Action items, notes, and files can be attached by clicking the Actions dropdown menu.

  • Selecting Course Home will navigate to the Course Homepage for the associated Course.

  • Copy From: Allows for the copying of Assignment Linking from a different Course Section into the Course Section being viewed.

  • Link Sections: Cross-listed Course Section information can be received via the data files sent to HelioCampus although the Link Sections option can be chosen to manually create relationships between Course Sections resulting in a Parent Course Section and one or more Linked Course Sections.
    Note: For more information about this feature, please submit a support ticket or contact the Customer Success Manager assigned to the institution.

• By clicking the Export dropdown menu, users can export (PDF) or print the page being viewed.

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The count of action items, notes, documents, and locations where the Course Section has been tagged are displayed. This information can be viewed in more detail by scrolling to the bottom of the Course Section Homepage. Users can click each tab to view existing items and click the Add button to attach new items, notes, documents, and tags.