Course Maintenance - General bar

Use the General bar to view general information about the course such as the description, classification and the department it relates to.

To open the General bar:

Select Curriculum > Course Maintenance from the SynWeb main menu.
The Course Maintenance Search Criteria window is displayed.
Search for the course. See Searching for courses.
Click the General bar.
Tip: You can click anywhere on the bar to open it.

The General bar of the Course Maintenance window is expanded.

Field	Description
Description	Name of the course. For example, Delphi Programming.
Program Code	Can be used to group a collective series of courses. Note: Values are maintained in the luCourseProgram lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the Synergetic System maintenance manual
Active Flag	Indicates whether the course is currently active. Note: This is a display-only field. You cannot make a course active or not active by clicking this check box. You must use the Set as Active or Set as NOT Active buttons described below.
Linked Course Code	Course that the current course feeds into. For example, the course is a remedial or preparatory course for another difficult or important course. Students studying this preparatory class will continue into the linked class. The default value is the current course code, which indicates the course does not feed into another course.
Commission Link Course Code	Course that the current course feeds into. Enrolments in the feeder course count towards the current course when calculating agent commissions. The default value is the current course code.
Classification Code	Type of course. For example, diploma or hobby.
Department Code	Academic area of your organisation that the course relates to. For example, Information Technology.
CRICOS Code	Code used for the course, if it is offered in Australia to overseas students. CRICOS is the acronym for the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students.
Issue Certificate	Select this field to issue a certificate when the course is completed.
Commission Control Code	Agent commission control code that applies to this course. See Maintaining course agents in the Synergetic Curriculum manual.
Course Note	General overview of course content.

Field

Description

Name of the course. For example, Delphi Programming.

Program Code

Can be used to group a collective series of courses.

Note: Values are maintained in the luCourseProgram lookup table. See Maintaining lookup tables in the Synergetic System maintenance manual

Active Flag

Indicates whether the course is currently active.

Note: This is a display-only field. You cannot make a course active or not active by clicking this check box. You must use the Set as Active or Set as NOT Active buttons described below.

Linked Course Code

Course that the current course feeds into. For example, the course is a remedial or preparatory course for another difficult or important course. Students studying this preparatory class will continue into the linked class.

The default value is the current course code, which indicates the course does not feed into another course.

Commission Link Course Code

Course that the current course feeds into. Enrolments in the feeder course count towards the current course when calculating agent commissions. The default value is the current course code.

Classification Code

Type of course. For example, diploma or hobby.

Department Code

Academic area of your organisation that the course relates to. For example, Information Technology.

CRICOS Code

Code used for the course, if it is offered in Australia to overseas students.

CRICOS is the acronym for the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students.

Issue Certificate

Select this field to issue a certificate when the course is completed.

Commission Control Code

Agent commission control code that applies to this course. See Maintaining course agents in the Synergetic Curriculum manual.

Course Note

General overview of course content.

Field	Description
	Allow editing of the fields in the General area. Click to save changes.

Field

Description

Allow editing of the fields in the General area.

Click to save changes.

Button	Description
	Navigate between the selected courses.
	Launch the Create New Course window to add a new course to the database. Enter the details for the course and click .
	Display the Course Maintenance Search Criteria window. You can update the search criteria and search for new courses. See Searching for courses.
	Customise how the bars are displayed. See Customising navigation bars in the Introduction manual.

Button

Description