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Terms define a date range associated with an academic term, semester, trimester, etc. In any given term there may be multiple offerings of the same course, so the EchoSystem assigns sections to a term. For example, an Introduction to Economics (ECON101) course has three offerings during the Fall term. Each of these offerings is defined as a section (001, 002 and 003).
Term dates are primarily used when scheduling recurring captures for a section. Although academic term dates are likely to be specifically defined, you can capture lectures outside the defined date range.
Most academic terms include dates when classes do not meet or exam days when no lecture is presented. We recommend that you specify these days as exclusion dates.
The dates entered as Excluded Dates for the term are passed through to any schedules created for the term. Schedulers can edit the inherited exclusion dates on the schedule if necessary. Scheduled captures will not occur on exclusion dates.
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Field | Input | |
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Name | Enter the term name. | |
EchoSystem Identifier |
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Alternate Identifier |
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Organization | Select the parent organization or child organization from the list. | |
Start Date | Enter or select the first day of the term. | |
End Date | Enter or select the last day of the term. | |
Exclusion Dates | See What Are Exclusion Dates? for details. Enter or select the first exclusion date range then click Add>>. Enter additional exclusion date ranges. |
You can edit a term at any time by hovering your mouse over the term on the Terms page and clicking the edit button. |
When you delete a term, the following objects are also deleted:
The following objects are not deleted, as they are related to objects outside of the term and/or may be reused:
For technical details on what happens when you delete a Term, see Deleting Objects from the System.
Once you confirm to delete the term, the term and its associated items are permanently deleted from the system. You cannot recover deleted terms, sections, schedules, or Echoes. |
For technical details on what happens when you delete a Term and how to confirm complete deletion, see Deleting Objects from the System.