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Search Terms: Ed-Fi
This educational entity represents a setting in which organized instruction of course content is provided to one or more students for a given period of time. A course may be offered to more than one class/section. Instruction, provided by one or more teachers or other staff members, may be delivered in person or via a different medium.
Object Triggering Logic
This table describes logic for triggering syncing of this object.
| Action | Trigger |
|---|---|
| Post | When a section is created and saved.
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| Post | When Section Placement is changed and saved on a section. |
| Post | When the Local Course Number or Term type Override is changed. |
| Put | When any fields listed below are changed:
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| Delete | When a section is deleted. |
| Delete | When Section Placement is changed or removed and saved on a section. |
| Delete | When the Local Course Number is changed. |
School Exclude, Calendar Exclude, Resource Toggle and Resync Logic
This table describes the School Exclude, Calendar Exclude, Resource Toggle and Resync logic of this object.
| Action | Trigger |
|---|---|
| None | If a resource is toggled to 'OFF' after data has sent, all sent data will remain in the ODS but no new data will send. |
| Delete | If a resource is toggled to 'OFF" after data has sent and an action is performed that would trigger a delete, that data will remain in the ODS until a resync is done. |
| Resync | If a record is in the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table and not in the ODS, it will be deleted from the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table. |
| Resync | If a record is in the ODS and it does not have a matching record in Campus or the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table, it will be deleted from the ODS. |
| Resync | If a mapping is changed in Resource Preferences, a resync will need to be done to reflect the changes. |
Natural Key Changes, Cascading Updates, and Deletes Logic
This table describes the Natural Key Changes/Cascading Updates and Deletes logic of this object.
| Action | Trigger |
|---|---|
| Post/Delete | Natural Key Changes:
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| Post/Delete | If any of the following changes in the Course Offerings resource:
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| Post/Delete | If the natural key changes all dependent data will delete/post. |
| Dependent Resources | Staff Section Associations, Student Section Associations, Student Section Attendance Events, Grades. |
Scope Year Logic
This table describes scope year logic of this object.
| Logic |
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| Sections will report to the configured year to which they are aligned. |
| Data will only send for years that have valid configuration. |
Event Queue Detail
This table describes the Event Queue Detail of this object.
| Campus Table | Ed-Fi Action | Fields |
|---|---|---|
| section | Post/Put/Delete | The primary table used for sending data for this resource. |
| course | Put | Educational Environment Descriptor Sequence of Course |
| gradingTaskCredit | Put | Available Credits |
Object Data Elements
This table describes data elements sent within the Sections resource.
Data Element Label | Business Requirement | Business Rules | M, C or O | Data Source GUI Path | Database Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | The unique identifier of the resource. |
| M | ||
| sectionIdentifier | The local identifier assigned to a section. | Reports the section ID of the section being reported. | M | Course > Section | section.sectionID |
| courseOfferingReference | A reference to the related CourseOffering resource. | Reports the fields that are part of the Natural Key for the Course Offering resource. | M | ||
| locationReference | A reference to the related Location resource. | Reports the fields that are part of the Natural Key for the Locations resource. | O | ||
| locationSchoolReference | A reference to the related School resource. | Reports the fields that are part of the Natural Key for the School resource. | M | ||
| availableCreditConversion | Conversion factor that when multiplied by the number of credits is equivalent to Carnegie units. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| availableCredits | Credits or units of value awarded for the completion of a course. | This is optional, does not report. | O | Course> Grading Tasks> Credit | gradingTaskCredit.Credit |
| availableCreditTypeDescriptor | The type of credits or units of value awarded for the completion of a course. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| characteristics | This descriptor defines characteristics of a section, such as whether attendance is taken and the section is graded. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| classPeriods | The class period during which the Section meets. | See array section for logic. | O | ||
| courseLevelCharacteristics | he type of specific program or designation with which the section is associated (e.g., AP, IB, Dual Credit, CTE). This collection should only be populated if it differs from the Course Level Characteristics identified at the Course Offering level. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| educationalEnvironmentDescriptor | The setting in which a child receives education and related services; for example: Center-based instruction Home-based instruction Hospital class Mainstream Residential care and treatment facility. |
| O | Course > Type Course > Section > Type Override | |
| instructionLanguageDescriptor | The primary language of instruction, if omitted English is assumed. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| mediumOfInstructionDescriptor | The media through which teachers provide instruction to students and students and teachers communicate about instructional matters; for example: Technology-based instruction in classroom Correspondence instruction Face-to-face instruction Virtual/On-line Distance learning Center-based instruction. |
| O | Course > Teaching Method Course > Section > Teaching Method Override | |
| offeredGradeLevels | The grade levels in which the section is offered. This collection should only be populated if it differs from the Offered Grade Levels identified at the Course Offering level. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| populationServedDescriptor | The population for which the course was designed; for example: Bilingual students Remedial education students Gifted and talented students Career and Technical Education students Special education students. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| programs | An unordered collection of sectionPrograms. This educational entity represents a setting in which organized instruction of course content is provided to one or more students for a given period of time. A course may be offered to more than one class/section. Instruction, provided by one or more teachers or other staff members, may be delivered in person or via a different medium. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| courseLevelCharacteristics / courseLevelCharactersticsDesriptor | The type of specific program or designation with which the section is associated (e.g., AP, IB, Dual Credit, CTE). This collection should only be populated if it differs from the Course Level Characteristics identified at the Course Offering level. |
| O | Course > Advanced Academics Course > Section > Advanced Academics | |
| sectionMeetingDates | This list should contain the actual complete meeting schedule for this section. This list should be dynamic and trigger updates due to changes in daily scheduling and calendar as the school year progresses. This list will allow us to accomplish a more accurate assessment of instructional minutes spent in class, which classes are actually impacted by school absences, which classes are actually impacted by section absences, and the actual total number of section meeting times for statistical analysis. The calendar Reference allows cross validation against the instructional days on the associated calendar. | Report all days marked as Instruction within the terms assigned for the section. | M | ||
| sectionMeetingDays | This list replaces the 031 records for EIS and would contain the days of the week, the number of instructional minutes on that day, and the period on which the class meets (if more than one, the first occurring). In the case when the actual schedule varies from week to week, this will contain a synthetic weekly schedule that takes the average values of a rotating schedule. | Reports Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
| M | ||
| _ext.tdoe.submittedFor SchoolYearTypeReference. schoolYear | Indicates the school year for which the record is reporting. | Using the End Date tied to the calendar, report the year. | M | ||
| _ext.tdoe.submittedBy EducationOrganization Reference.education OrgnizationID | The identifier assigned to an education organization. | Populate State District Number + State School Number. | M | ||
| _ext.tdoe.postSecondary InstitutionReference.post SecondaryInstitutionId | For Statewide Dual Credit, Local Dual Credit, or Dual Enrollment. | Report Post Secondary Instituition ID from Section If NULL, do not report this field. | O | Scheduling > Course > Section > Post Secondary Instituition ID | |
| ext.tdoe.eisLocalClassNumber | The Local Class Number value that is being sent to EIS, used only for cross database validation. | Reports Course Number + Section Number | O | Scheduling > Course > Section | |
| sequenceOfCourse | When a section is part of a sequence of parts for a course, the number if the sequence. If the course has only onle part, the value of this section attribute should be 1. | This is optional, does not report. | O | ||
| etag | A unique system-generated value that identifies the version of the resource. | This is optional, does not report. | O |
