Frequently Asked Questions

Quick links to access FAQs 

• How do I access Coursedog?
• How do I access Scheduling?
• How do I change the term?
• How do I add a course?
• How do I add a section?
• How do I view/edit the section details for an existing section?
• How do I Assign Instructors to Sections?
• How Do I create Dual Enrollment Classes?

How do I access Coursedog?

You can access Coursedog:

1. Directly through the
2. Using the Office of the Registrar Website 

You may be required to log in using your APSU email and single sign-on.

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How do I access Scheduling?

On the  , click the Academic Scheduling icon.

NOTE: Some users may open directly into the Scheduling product and will not see the screen below.

Select “Section Dashboard” from the left navigation

Confirm the Term and the scheduling Phase

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How do I change the term?

• Open the Section Dashboard.
• Click on the Select Term drop-down menu
• Select the new term you want to work in from the drop-down menu

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How do I add a course?

Navigate to Academic Scheduling > Section Dashboard

Click the COURSES button just below the Select Term dropdown

If you do not see your desired course listed here, click the “+Add Course” button at the top right

Search for the right course by Subject or Course Number.  

NOTE: If the course already exists for that term, you will see the following error message:

Select the course and click “Add course” in the lower right corner.

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How do I add a section?

Note

• Course must exist in Academic Scheduling before you can add a section to it.  
• Unlike courses, sections will sync with the SIS. If you need to make any changes, you can create new sections within the Coursedog platform.                                                                                                                                 

You can do either of the following to add section: 

• Navigate to Scheduling > Section Dashboard > Courses; find the course you want to create a section for; and select "+ Section" next to it. 
• Navigate to Scheduling > Section Dashboard > Sections; click “+ Add Section”; find the course in the “Add Section Modal” and click “Add Section”. 

This will open the section editing modal, where you can edit all the settings for your sections.

Input values into available “General Information” fields.

Any warnings or conflicts will be shown in yellow at the top of the card.

Required fields are denoted with a red "required" symbol in their label.

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How do I view/edit the section details for an existing section?

To access the sections of a specific course:

• Navigate to Scheduling > Section Dashboard > Sections. 
• Click into the section you wish to view and/or edit. This will open the section editing modal. 

Rule Violations

If you see a yellow alert triangle under the status, that means the section violates scheduling rules set by your Admin. 

• This typically indicates that something is missing or in conflict with something else. 
• You may hover over the triangle for a note about what the issue is. 
• You may resolve the issue by reviewing and updating the appropriate/related field. 

Section Editing Modal

• The Section Editing modal opens when you click into a section. 
• The modal contains all of the information about a section.

• The fields you see in the editing modal will vary depending on your access level set up by the admin, but here are some of the fields you might see: 
• Section Number – A unique identifier for each section under a given course. APSU has a standard section number Table.
• Section Type – e.g. Lecture, Lab, Seminar
• Call Number – Or Course Reference Number, sometimes used by students when registering for a course.
• Instruction Method – Most frequently “Face-to-Face Instruction”, “Online”, or “Hybrid”.
• Campus – The college campus associated with the section.
• Grade Mode – Most often “Standard Letter”, “Pass/Fail”, and “None”. 
• Part of Term – Only applicable to institutions with sub-terms i.e., Summer I, Summer II, Summer III

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How do I Assign Instructors to Sections?

PATH: Academic Scheduling > Section Dashboard > (Select Course) > (Select Section)

• Click on the section you wish to assign an instructor to; this will open the section editing modal.

• Navigate down to the “Instructors” card and select “+ Instructor”.

• Look through the listed instructors in the instructor modal to find the best fit.
• A conflict will be shown when attempting to assign an instructor whose approved courses don’t match up with the parent course of the section they are being assigned to.
• When searching through instructors, the system will evaluate the search query against the following fields: Instructor First Name, Instructor Last Name, and Instructor ID.

Department Instructors vs. All Instructors

• Instructors are intended to have associations with specific departments and can be associated with multiple departments at once.
• By default, only instructors associated with the course's Department will be shown (blue knob in the top left).
• If you want to search through the inventory of all instructors, you can click on the “All Instructors” knob.

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How Do I Create Dual Enrollment Classes 

Dual Enrollment classes are created in the same way as in the previous system, with the
following settings:
• Use a D in the section number.
• Select the correct campus.
• Set Show on Banner Web to No.
• Set Print on Schedule to No.
Enter the class time as a custom time. Once all information is completed, save the course.
A CRN will be generated within a few minutes. 

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