Changing Components

If you need to change or add a course component, use the Components page of the Course Catalog page group. Changes to the components of a course require approval for all approved new courses, for all permanent courses, and for graduate topics courses.

Important! Change components in the Course Catalog only if you are adding or changing the types of components that make up the course. If you are adding or changing the sections of the components offered in a term, make those changes in the Schedule of Classes.

This topic contains the following procedures:

To change an existing component:

  1. Access the course and add a new row.
  2. When the new row has been added, click the Components tab to display the Components page.
  3. To change a Course Component, click in the Course Component field, and select a component type from the drop-down list.
  1. If the component is no longer a primary, graded component, deselect the Graded Component and Primary Component check boxes (o). If the component has become the primary, graded component, select the Graded Component and Primary Component check boxes ().

    Note: One of the components must be the primary, graded component. If you deselect these check boxes for one component, you must select them for another component. If you select these check boxes for a component, the primary component designation for any other component will be removed.

  2. To change the final exam type, click the Final Exam field, and select the correct value from the drop-down list:
    Final
    There is a final exam, scheduled by the Registrar's Office during the final exam period.
    Other
    There is a term paper, lab report, or project in lieu of a final, or the final exam is scheduled on the last day of class, or there is no final. Select this value for non-graded components.
    Take Home
    The final is a take-home exercise.
  3. If you have made all the changes required for this course, click the Save button.

    Note: If you have already scheduled the class for the term, you must run the synchronization process after changing a component or adding a new component in the Course Catalog.

To add a new component:

  1. Access the course and add a new row.
  2. When the new row has been added, click the Components tab to display the Components page.
  3. Click the Add Row button to display a new component row.
  4. Click in the Course Component field and select the new component from the drop-down list. See the Table 2 for a list of component types with explanations.
  5. Leave the Instructor Contact Hours blank.
  6. The Default Section Size field is used to set the enrollment capacity default when you schedule a class. Enter the section size you want used by default for all sections of this component type. The enrollment capacity will cause enrollment to stop automatically when the specified number of students have selected the section (during online course selection). The default value of this field is 30.
  7. Leave the Workload Hours field blank.
  8. In the Final Exam field, select one of the following values:
    Final
    There is a final exam, scheduled by the Registrar's Office during the final exam period.
    Other
    There is a term paper, lab report, or project in lieu of a final, or the final exam is scheduled on the last day of class, or there is no final. Select this value for non-graded components.
    Take Home
    The final is a take-home exercise.

    9. Tip! This is a required field, so you must select a value. If the component is a non-graded component (not the primary component), select Other. For the graded component, you can select any of the values.

  9. Leave the LMS File Type field blank.
  10. Leave the Auto Create checkbox deselected (o).
  11. If this is the primary component, select the Graded Component checkbox () and the Primary Component checkbox ().

    12. Tip! If you select the Graded Component and Primary Component check boxes and another component was previously set as the graded component, the other component will lose the graded designation, since only one component can be the graded component.

    Note: If you selected the Graded Component checkbox, you must also select the Primary Component checkbox. At Princeton, the primary component is always the graded component.

  12. Leave the Instruction Mode to default.
  13. Leave the Room Characteristics field blank, since Princeton is controlling classroom scheduling through Resource25.
  14. If you have made all your changes for this course, click the Save button.

    Note: If you have already scheduled the class for the term, you must run the synchronization process after changing a component or adding a new component in the Course Catalog.

To delete a component:

  1. Access the course and add a new row.
  2. When the new row has been added, click the Components tab to display the Components page.

    Important! Never delete the primary component. Instead, change the component type, and if classes have already been scheduled, synchronize the classes with the course. The synchronization process will change the primary component sections to the new component type.

  3. You can locate the component that you want to delete in either of two ways-View 1 (using the header navigation controls) and View All (using the browser's scroll bar).

    4. View 1. The default display mode is View 1 which shows the rows one-at-a-time. In the Course Component Header bar, click the Previous and Next buttons to move through the rows until you find the component that you want to delete.

    View All. In the Course Components Header bar, click the View All link in the Course Component Header bar to view all the rows at once. Scroll down until the component that you want to delete is displayed.

  4. Click the Delete Row button to the right of the Course Component field. Access the course and add a new row.
  5. If you have finished all the changes for this course, click the Save button.

    Note: If you have already scheduled the class for the term, you must run the synchronization process after changing or deleting a component, or adding a new component in the Course Catalog.