CSS - Rutgers University Course Scheduling System – User Guide – version 8.2
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Once the user adds an instructor, he or she may edit the following information:
• Mode of instruction. This can be set to “all” for all instructors, or instructors can be
assigned to specific modes of instruction that the section’s meetings has. In the latter
case, all instruction modes must have at least one instructor assigned
• Course role. SIRS and EAB/SSC flags are set by default for the selected instructor role
(SIRS flag cannot be edited and is only displayed for information purposes). The
following roles are available:
o IN: Instruction-Primary (SIRS=yes, EAB/SSC=yes). This person is teaching in the
classroom, and is the primary (or one of the primary) individuals responsible for
the course.
o RL:
Recitation/Lab Leader (SIRS=yes, EAB/SSC=yes). This person is teaching in a
classroom, typically for the recitation period or lab portion of a lecture-and-lab
course section. If there’s a Recitation/Lab Leader, there should also be an
Instruction-Primary for the lecture portion of the course (otherwise, a warning is
displayed, but the user may continue).
o CA: C
ourse Assistant (SIRS=no, EAB/SSC=yes). This person assists with the
administration of the course. If there’s a Course Assistant, there should also be an
Instruction-Primary for the lecture portion of the course (otherwise, a warning is
displayed, but the user may continue).
o C
C: Course Coordinator (SIRS=no, EAB/SSC=yes). This person is responsible for
coordinating the administration of all sections of a multi-sectioned course. If
there’s a Course Coordinator, there should also be an Instruction-Primary for the
lecture portion of the course (otherwise, a warning is displayed, but the user may
continue). If the Course Coordinator is also an instructor for some of the sections,
that individual should be entered twice: once as an Instruction-Primary, and once
as a Course Coordinator. If the person responsible for coordinating the
administration of all sections of a multi-sectioned course is the instructor for all of
the sections, that person should only be listed as an Instruction-Primary.
o U
I: Undergraduate Peer Instructor (SIRS=no, EAB/SSC=no). This person is
teaching in the classroom, and may or may not be the primary individual
responsible for the course.
• Class time. Generally, the load should add up to 100% for all instructors assigned to the
same mode of instruction; if the percentages do not add up to 100%, a warning will be
displayed.
• Show on SOC. A flag indicating whether the instructor should be displayed on or hidden
from the Online Schedule of Classes (Note: currently, unchecking the field will result
in hiding the instructor from IMS. Other than that, it is more of a recommendation since
downstream systems may choose to ignore it). Up to two instructors may be displayed.
• EAB/SSC. Checking this flag will make the information about the associated instructor of
record and course available to the EAB student information platform (i.e., RaptorSuccess
in Camden, RUN4Success in Newark, and SSC Campus in New Brunswick).
• Display name for Online Schedule of Classes (the default value is the instructor’s real
name; however, occasionally departments may choose to enter a different value, such as
“Staff”). Currently, this value is submitted to IMS and picked up by the Schedule of
Classes from there.
The system will permanently store the associations between internal instructor ids (allowing the
instructor of record data to be linked to the full employee record) and the key of the section
(term/year, school, subject, course, supplement, section, and index number, if available). It will
also store the user’s selections for course role, instruction mode, display flags, and display
name. Downstream systems may access this information as needed.