How to Create Clinical/Lab Sections.

Create the section shell, then add clinical/lab class days and times along with groups and the clinical/lab site.

2. Click Add Section.

3. Select the School, Campus, and Course Code.

Enter the following information about the Class Section:

The Term the Section will run.
The Enter the Start Date, which is always the first day of the term.
Enter the # of actual class sessions (number of times attendance will be marked) and the following number of students allowed in the class
Be sure to select if it’s a clock hour class, online class or independent study.
Mark “Online Class” if the class will be needed on the schools LMS
Click Save.

The Section has now been created. You need to go to the Academics Tab > Sections to complete the setup for the section.

After the user has created the section:

3. Click Add Row and select the following:

Days and Times - choose the days of the week and class times using the drop down menu.
Choose the instructor using the drop down menu under the days and times.
Type of class: Lab or clinical
room # - if applicable
# session - number of attendance sessions for the day and time.
break minutes - Type in the break in minutes if needed
groups - Enter a group number based off the criteria below.
- If there is only 1 group leave the group field blank.
- If the roster needs to be divided into groups for the assigned day - assign the group the same number. For example the roster will be divided into groups for Monday and Wednesday for a clinical site. Monday and Wednesday would receive the SAME group number.
- If the roster is all going to the lab or clinical then each assign day would be assigned a different group number. For example all students are going to lab on Tuesday and Thursday. Tuesdays group number would be different than Thursday.

start week - What week will the clinical/lab section begin? Start dates are arranged by each Monday of the term. Choose the Monday date of the week the class is going to start.
# wks - How many weeks will the section run? Assign the number of Mondays and so on the section will run for the section.
Assigned - should display a number once students have been assigned to clinical/lab groups.
Max Assign - The maximum number of students per lab/clinical group.
Clinical Site - Choose the business the clinical/lab group will visit. The site must be entered into the business bank.
Orientation Notes - The user can add a note to students about clinical/lab orientation. This note will appear on the official class schedule.

Complete this process for each row or each day and time.

4. Click Save Dates/Times.

Users will see the section meeting times populate within the section detail screen.
Clinical/Lab Class sections will populate on the student’s calendar view on the student portal.
If adjustments in clinical/lab dates need to be made, these need to occur before attendance is entered.