Functionality
Text Wrapping and URLs
This article will be most useful for Syllabus Editors. Text Wrapping and URLs When a user opts to print or download a Concourse syllabus, they effectively transform the HTML version of the syllabus into a PDF file using their web browser’s ...
User Preferences
This article will be most useful for System Admins. Overview Concourse allows users to control three settings related to how syllabi display in Concourse: Date Format, Time Format, and Time Zone. Users can update these settings for their individual ...
Group Permissions
This article will be most useful for Concourse Admins. Overview Concourse employs mass permissions for user groups to assist institutions with enforcing viewing and editing capabilities within the system. Your institution decides how each of seven ...
Hidden Courses
This article will be most useful for Concourse Admins, Domain Admins, and Domain Editors. Overview In Concourse, hidden courses are courses that are not discoverable by searching. No user, even system administrators, is able to locate courses that ...
Getting Started with Concourse
Congratulations on your decision to bring Concourse to your institution! The Concourse team is excited to assist you in this process to ensure a smooth and successful deployment of Concourse to your faculty, staff, and students. As with the ...
Overview of Concourse Feeds
This is a General Information article designed to give you a general overview of the Concourse feed process. If you are looking for technical specifications for feeds, consider exploring Construct and Process System Data Feeds or Automated Feed ...
Typical Points of Access for Concourse
In general there are three places where access should be provided: Externally: This refers to the public domain. All syllabi in Concourse can be made available, in whole or in part, through the public view. The search page is also available to the ...
Report Center
Concourse here, ready and reporting for duty! The Concourse Report Center is your one-stop shop for all of your reporting needs. You can access the Report Center at any time by clicking on the Reports link in the navigation bar at the top of the ...
Initial Group Permissions
The ability to set initial group permissions allows system administrators to configure group permission settings before a syllabus is ever created in Concourse. Setting Initial group permissions will determine whether a particular group (e.g. ...
Relationship Between Templates, Courses, and Sections
This is a very important topic for an administrator to wrap their head around as they design a template structure and then combine that with feeds to create courses. Courses A course is the main unit of organization in Concourse. Each course: ...
System Permissions in Concourse
System-level permissions allow for technical operations within Concourse, and is considered the highest level of administration. System-level permissions are found with a user's details, and include the following: If you have system-level ...
Domain Permissions in Concourse
Domain level permissions are at a lower level than system level permissions, but are at a higher level than course level permissions and item level permissions. Domain permissions are based on the scope of a domain and around the actions that can be ...
Determining Your Administrative Scheme
First it is helpful to understand how permissions are allocated and enforced at various levels throughout the system. We highly recommend you read our article, Administering Concourse, to get a robust walkthrough of our administrative permissions. ...
Default Syllabus Items
Syllabi are often comprised of a series of similar components, such as the course description and outcomes. In Concourse these components are referred to as Items. The full breakdown of Concourse syllabus items is as follows: Meeting Times Contact ...
Syllabus Items Explained
In Concourse a structured syllabus is made up of a series of components we call "Items." In other words the Item is the building block of Concourse syllabi. Each Item has a number of properties. They can have data. Each belongs to parent item and may ...
Structured Syllabus (Template) Explained
A structured syllabus is a syllabus where content is organized according to a data model that explicitly understands the meaning of that data. In other words, as opposed to a "flat" syllabus authored in a tool like Microsoft Word, a structured ...
Course Templates Explained
A course template typically refers to a syllabus that contains boilerplate language for everyone throughout an institution to adhere to. Such a document can go by many names (master syllabus, course outline, course format, etc.). Despite the ...
Last Modified
This article will be most useful for System Admins. Last Modified Concourse provides a last modified date for every course, as well as a date and time for each individual syllabus item. The date and time of modifications are presented in the format ...
Is There a Single Syllabus for Every Course Section?
This depends on how many sections were entered when the course was first created. For simplicity, many administrators will choose to create one syllabus per course section, though it is also possible to merge together a number of course sections onto ...
Domain Administrator vs. Course Manager
Whether someone is a domain admin or a course manager is dependent upon the scope of courses for which you want the user to be responsible. In the case of a domain administrator, they will be able to operate on any course which falls within their ...
Administering Concourse
Administering Concourse as a whole is a huge step of any implementation process. For example, what level of access should a Dean have? Who will be able to configure integrations? Load courses in bulk? This article describes the two highest tiers of ...
Planning for Concourse Implementation
We are excited that you are ready to hit the ground running with Concourse! The following information will not only assist with your planning for each phase of the implementation, but should also serve to mitigate as much as possible the roadblock ...
Previously Viewed Versions
Previously Viewed Versions is a feature that creates and stores an HTML view of a syllabus for future review. Versions can be reviewed by individuals with domain permissions and downloaded as PDFs. They are available for view if generated after ...
Change Log
The Change Log provides insight into the developmental history of individual syllabi. It provides a chronological record for every current and historical Item. Log entries are produced any time an item is created, modified, reordered, or deleted, and ...