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A term used interchangeably with the program that describes the awards, non-awards, programs or courses offered by a provider.
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Describes the specific assessment tasks associated with a unit. Assessments include items such as essays, quizzes, exams etc.
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Describes the learning outcomes and accreditation information for units, subjects and modules that form one or more programs.
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One of four potential ways that Paradigm builds drop-down menus for display on the user interface. Code items are grouped by type.
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A contact is a non-student user who may or may not have an account to directly access Paradigm. Examples of contacts include administration staff, lecturers, teachers, etc.
Describes the academic progression of a specific student in a specific course or program
The visual representation of a student course enrolment consists of rules to govern course progression.
A rule-based approach that uses matching criteria to dynamically calculate unit tuition fees.
This record reflects the grade schema used by Paradigm to calculate academic outcomes at an assessment and a unit level. The grade table may also be used to calculate GPA or to associate specific academic outcomes with enrolment status codes.
Describes the organisations that have relationships with people reflecting some form of service they provide in an education context.
Examples of services include a campus, a higher education provider, work experience business etc.
The record of how assessments are delivered for a specific scheduled unit.
A Course being offered by the institution with Offer Start and Expected End Date, and the Course Study Start Date. Inherits the details of the Base Course record.
The individual classes for a particular scheduled unit.
The record of what units are offered and how they are offered for a specific time. Key fields include start date, end date, delivery mode, and delivery location.
Status items represent one type of drop-down menu within Paradigm and are used to reflect the last and best-known state of a record. Most records in Paradigm may be assigned a status.
Students are the learners who study at an institution
Student Academic outcomes record, the final grade for each unit enrolment and grades to assessments per unit enrolment.
Time periods are records that capture meaning against specific dates or date ranges. Time periods are used to control specific system functionality such as the course outline, or to capture the academic calendar in the form of terms, census periods and academic years.
Describes the academic progress in a unit of study for a specific student in a specific course
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