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Using Batch Activity Generator

This section discusses how to generate activity IDs using Batch Activity Generator.

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Definition Name

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Usage

Batch Activity Generator

SSR_ACO_GEN

select Curriculum Management, then select Activity Management, then select Organize and Manage, then select Batch Activity Generator

Batch generate Activity IDs using the Activity Registry as the source of data.

Access the Batch Activity Generator (select Curriculum Management, then select Activity Management, then select Organize and Manage, then select Batch Activity Generator).

Image: Batch Activity Generator page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Batch Activity Generator page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Batch Activity Generator page

The batch generation process matches course roots based on matching Course IDs, Offer Nbr, and Topic ID and previous generation settings, as applicable.

Field or Control

Definition
Run Mode

Select the option for the run process. Options include Generate or Remove. Generate will create a new course root and generate Activity IDs for assigned term/period while Remove will delete existing activity IDs for the selected population.
Overlay if Activity Already Exists

Available when the Run Mode is Generate. Indicates to replace any existing activity IDs with newly generated activity IDs.
Source

The delivered source is Activity Registry which will generate the IDs from the course template structure.
Exam Only Option

Indicates how to process Exam Only Courses. Options include Include which indicates that exam only courses will be processed along with regular courses; Exam Only indicates that only exam only courses will be processed; and Exclude in selection ignores all exam only courses and does not generate IDs.
Assign Root Activity by

Select a value to define how to create Activity IDs for the course root. Options are:

Session: When selected, the system will create one course root for each session.

Session & Class Association: When selected, the system will create one course root for each class association within a session. This value is selected by default.

Individual Graded Section: When selected, the system will create a course root for every scheduled section indicated as the graded component. You can select this option even if there is no graded component built into the Activity Registry Content Tree for the course.

This option will not appear if the Exam Only Option is Exam Only.
Assign Component Activity by

Select a value to define how to create Activity IDs for the component. Options are: Session, Session & Class Association, and Individual Class Section. The default for this field is Session & Class Association.

This option is also found in the Advanced Activity Generator component for individual courses. Here users can select which method to use when generating Activity IDs for components. Using the component methods available here, six possible course root/component combinations are possible:

  1. Course Root by Session / Component by Session.

  2. Course Root by Session / Component by Session & Class Association.

  3. Course Root by Session / Component by Individual Class Section.

  4. Course Root by Session & Class Association / Component by Session & Class Association.

  5. Course Root by Session & Class Association / Component by Individual Class Section.

  6. Course Root by Individual Graded Section / Component by Individual Class Section.
Aggregate 9999 Class Assoc

This check box appears only when multiple 9999 sections exist. This check box is selected by default.

When generating Activity IDs in the Activity Generator, the aggregation of 9999 class association sections is automatic. In the Advanced component, users can choose to aggregate these class associations or not. When you select this check box, the system aggregates all 9999 sections within a course root into one Activity ID. When you clear the check box, the system assigns all 9999 sections a unique Activity ID.
Assign Exam Activity by

This field is visible when an exam content type exists in the content tree for the course. Select a value to define how exam sittings will be created for the course. It is assumed that for each unique exam activity ID generated an exam sitting will be scheduled. Options are:

Activity Root: A unique exam activity will be generated for each course root. Students enrolled in any of the course root class sections will be associated with the exam(s) of the corresponding course root.

Session: A unique exam activity will be generated for each session which has class sections scheduled. Students enrolled in a class section of a specific session will be associated with the exam of the corresponding session.

Term: One exam activity will be generated for the entire term. All students enrolled in the course for the term will be associated with this exam. Term is selected by default. In the instance of an EOC (defined as such in the Activity Registry), there will only be one course root and exam option, so this option will not appear.
New Term

Select the term for which the course will be associated.
New Period ID

Enter the Academic Period ID with which the exam(s) for this course will be associated. Academic Period IDs are set up on the Academic Period Table. The career associated with the academic period must match the career associated with the course to appear in the search results. If the course was designated as an EOC in the Activity Registry, the selection of the Academic Period ID will occur on the search page of the Activity Generator component and appear upon entering this page.
Log Reporting

For future use.
Population Selection

Population selection is a method for selecting the IDs to process for a specific transaction. The Population Selection group box is a standard group box that appears on run control pages when the Population Selection process is available or required for the transaction. Selection tools are available based on the selection tools that your institution selected in the setup of the Population Selection process for the application process and on your user security. Fields in the group box appear based on the selection tool that you select. The fields behave the same way from within the group box on all run control pages and application processes. If your institution uses a specific delivered selection tool (such as PS Query) to identify IDs for a specific transaction, you must use it.

The delivered queries include: SSR_ACO_GEN_BY_COURSE - prompts users to enter the institution, course ID and offering number; SSR_ACO_GEN_BY_INST - - prompts users to enter the institution; and SSR_ACO_GEN_BY_SUBJECT - prompts users for a subject code.

You can create additional queries as needed.

See Using the Population Selection Process