Course administrators want the sessions to be automatically
created during the course intake creation, so that they don’t need to create
intakes and set up timetables separately. To enable the system to automatically
create sessions, course administrators needs to complete the following
steps:
First, create a pattern profile
To create a pattern profile, navigate to Course >
Pattern profile configuration, and then complete the following steps:
1. Click
Create.
2. Enter the name
and description for the pattern profile.
*Note: Course administrators can choose whether to
exclude block off dates. If they select the Exclude block off dates, the
block off dates will be excluded from calculation according to the pattern.
3. Configure the
following settings for the default recurring session:
•
Session count – Enter the number of sessions to create.
•
Start time – Select the start time for the session.
•
End time – Select the end time for the session.
•
Recurrence pattern – Select a recurrence pattern for the
session to follow. Admin can make the session recur daily, weekly, or
monthly.
Course administrators can click Add Recurring
Session to add multiple recurring sessions if needed.
4. Click
Save. The profile will be activated automatically.
Next, enable the system to automatically create
sessions
Course administrators can follow the instructions below to
configure the automatic session generation when creating a course intake:
1. Navigate to
Course >Course intake configuration, click Create.
2. Complete the
configurations in Step 1. General information. In the Schedule
details section, configure Course start date and end date in the
following steps:
a. Select the Specify start date and end
date checkbox.
b. Select the Automatically generate
end date by pattern checkbox and customize the course end date.
3. When configuring
the course structure in Step 2. Course intake details, select a pattern
for each module in all pathways.
