Schedule Campus Online Classes

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INTRODUCTION 

This guide reviews how CSUN staff granted security access to the Schedule of Classes (SOC) adds an online course to their department class schedule in SOLAR. CSUN currently offers eight (8) course types, three (3) of which have a few on-campus meetings (COA, COS, and COI). View Online Course Designations.

This guide discusses the Campus Online (OC) course type:

Campus Online (OC) is an online course in which MOST class sessions are presented in an ONLINE environment with few on-campus meetings (orientation, special in-class presentations, other in-class proofs of competency, or exams). Two concerns raised are (1) ensuring that lecture rooms are not under-utilized by “blocking” the entire semester for a class that would use the room only several times during the term; and (2) ensuring that the students are aware of on-campus meetings for these otherwise online classes. Hence, we are suggesting:

1. Schedule the on-campus meetings during non-primetime hours.
2. Create a meeting pattern for each on-campus event.  EMS and SOLAR will know the dates the room is not available. 
3. When campus meetings are unknown, add class note 9996 as shown in Step 6 of this guide.

Step 1

After logging into the myNorthridge Portal:

1. Click SOLAR SA.
2. Click Maintain Schedule of Classes.

Step 2

The Find an Existing Value page displays.

1. Enter the Term and Subject.
2. Click Search.
3. Select the course from the Search Results.

If the course does not display in the Search Results, use Schedule New Course to establish the course in the Schedule of Classes.

Step 3

The Basic Data page displays.

Navigate to an existing section or click the plus (+) sign to add a new section.

1. Enter the two-digit Class Section number.
2. Enter the matching Associated Class number (no leading zero).
3. Click the plus (+) sign to create a new attribute row if one doesn't already exist.
4. Enter OLNE in the Course Attribute field.
5. Enter OC in the Course Attribute Value field.

Step 4

Go to the Meetings page to enter a meeting and instructor assignment for the fields listed below:

Meeting Pattern

1. Enter ONLINE in the Facility ID.
2. Enter ARR (arranged) or day(s) in the Pat field.
3. Leave Mtg Start/End times blank if class is arranged. Otherwise, enter Mtg Start/End times.
4. Enter the mode of instruction for the section in the Class APDB Mapping Value link.
5. Enter the Space Type for the individual meeting pattern in the Meeting APDB Mapping Values link.
6. Create another meeting pattern row for each in-person (on campus) event if room, day and time are known. 

Assignment Tab

1. Enter the instructor's ID.
2. Select Primary Instructor as the the instructor's role type.
3. Check the Print box to publish the instructor's name on Class Search.
4. Enter Approve as the instructor's grading method in the Access field.
5. Verify the Empl Rcd# and enter the number if blank (use lookup).

Workload Tab

1. Online Meeting Pattern: Verify that the Assign Type is IFF and that the Load Factor is 100%.
2. On-campus Meeting Pattern(s): Do not add instructor to any secondary patterns.

Step 5

Go to the Enrollment Cntrl page to enter the enrollment requirements and seating capacity for the fields listed below:

1. Class Status
2. Add Consent
3. Enrollment Capacity

Step 6

Go to the Notes page to add the required ONLINE note.

1. Enter 9998 in the Note Nbr field.
2. Add a second note when on-campus meetings are unknown. Click the plus (+) sign to add a second note row and enter 9996 in the Note Nbr field - "This online class requires on-campus meeting(s). Contact instructor for details."

IMPORTANT! Every attempt must be made to record on-campus meetings; otherwise, students won't know if a time conflict exists with their class schedule. Also, the room will be reserved in SOLAR for the one-time event.

Learn about Notes.

Step 7

SOLAR will not schedule an exam for online class sections. Departments can manually add exams to the class regardless of its catalog designation.

Learn more: Final Exams Information