How to Create Class Sections in Banner

General Information

• SSASECT is the page in Banner Admin Pages that is used to schedule class sections.

• Please review the University Class Section Scheduling Requirements before creating class sections in Banner.

• Assistance with creating class sections is available by contacting [email protected].

• Bookmark the Scheduling Sections webpage where all instructional materials can be found.

Creating a Section

Course Section Information

***IMPORTANT***

• Changes made to sections on the Course Section Information tab after students have registered for the class, DO NOT automatically update the student’s record to adjust their account charges and registration.

• Please contact [email protected] if a change needs to be made to information on the Course Section Information tab after registration has begun.  These updates may only be made by the Registrar's Office.

• Departments must have prior, written approval from the Dean when requesting a change in instruction method (such as face-to-face instruction to online instruction) after students are registered.

Section Enrollment Information

• The Section Enrollment Information tab is used to enter the Enrollment details.

Meeting Times and Location

• Click here to review the Faculty Senate guidelines for scheduling lecture and discussion classes.

Adding Meeting Times and Location

• Select the below instructions based on the instruction method you set for the section.

  Sections taught on campus (instruction methods 01, 09, 10)Sections taught asynchronously online (instruction method WEBA) Sections taught synchronously online (instruction method WEBS) Sections taught off campus or abroad (instruction methods 07 or 90)

Adding Instructors

• Select one of the below instructions to add Instructor(s) to a class section.

  Adding an Instructor to a Class SectionAdding Multiple Instructors to a Class SectionAdding a Non-Credentialed Graduate Teaching Assistant as an Instructor to a Class Section

Section Preferences (OPTIONAL)

• The ROOM ATTRIBUTE PREFERENCE section is used to define room attributes (such as Active Learning, Web Conference Capable, etc. ) that are required to facilitate the needs of the instructor for the 25Live Schedule run.

• Adding Room attributes is optional.

• Most classrooms at ECU are equipped with a computer and projector.

  Adding Room Attribute Preferences

Adding a Classroom after the Schedule Run

• For all on campus sections (with instruction methods of 01, 09, 10), with the exceptions of labs or Registrar approved pre-assignments, do not enter a building and classroom in the Meeting Location and Credits tab prior to the classroom assignment process.

• 25Live is a program that makes classroom assignments based upon departmental identified locations, classroom utilization, and required room features.

• The date of 25Live schedule run will be included in the departmental requisition memo.

• Access to update SSASECT will be unavailable during the classroom assignment process. Departments will be notified when the classroom assignment process is complete and update access is available again.

• After the classroom assignment process has been run, you may make classroom adjustments.

  How to Assign a classroom for Labs or Registrar approved pre-assignmentsHow to Find Available Classrooms

Additional Banner Forms used when creating class sections

SSADETL

• SSADETL is the form in which section attributes may be added.  Attributes are codes that track characteristics of courses such as General Education courses.

• Course attributes that are approved by the university curriculum process and are listed in the University Catalog may not be removed from class sections.

• Courses in the University Catalog designated with an asterisk (WI*, RI*, SL*, etc.) indicate that only selected sections carry the course attribute.

• Honors sections with section numbers 294-299 must add the HON attribute to the section.

• Departments may also add program specific course attributes to track class sections for departmental purposes.

  Adding a Section Attribute

SSASYLB

• Course titles are approved through the curriculum process and display on the transcript.

• The section title field should only be modified in the long title field on the SSASYLB form and should only be modified if the section is an Independent Study, Directed Reading, Advance Reading, Topics course, Thesis, Dissertation, or research course.

• Notations such as WI, LLC, Online, For Majors Only, 8W1, 8W2, Listed with, etc. should not be added to the long title field for any section.

  Modifying a Section Title

SSARRES

• The section registration restriction information defaults from the course level as defined by the University catalog.

• Some section specific restrictions can be added but default restrictions should not be removed.

• Email [email protected] with questions regarding section registration restrictions.

  Add a Registration Restriction to Restrict a Section to Online Only Students

SIAASGN

• A Course Coordinator is responsible for the overall management of a course, including its development, preparation, delivery, and assessment.  Course Coordinators may teach class sections of the course they are coordinating.  They may also share a percentage of the teaching responsibility in one or more class sections of the course they are coordinating with another instructor or instructors.

•  When an individual is teaching in one of the class sections of a course they are coordinating, this role should be recorded in the “Assignment Type” field of the SIAASGN for the specific class section (CRN).

  How to add a Course Coordinator Assignment Type