Coursedog Glossary & International Naming Conventions

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Modified on: Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Overview
Using this Glossary for Global Audiences
Anti-requisites
Approval Workflow
Bidirectional Integration
Calendar
Course
Credit(s)/Credit Hours
Curriculum Management
Departments
Entity
Field
GET
GET-only
Instructor
Integrated
Integration Specs
Logic Jump
Meeting Pattern
POST
Preference Forms
Program
Program Map/Program Pathway
Requests
Role-Based Access Control
Section
Section Dashboard
Steps
Unidirectional Integration

Overview

This glossary is designed to provide a high-level definition of key terms throughout our platform as well as to serve as a terminology reference for institutions outside of the US.
Terms listed here are further defined in related articles, some of which we link to below.
If no term is listed, we do not historically see different terms between US and Non-US institutions.

Using this Glossary for Global Audiences

Coursedog supports institutions across the globe. Given the regionally-specific nature of educational terms, this glossary can help global audiences find the articles you’re looking for.
If you’re looking for something you can’t find here or elsewhere in our Knowledge Base, please reach out to your Customer Success representative (Project Manager or CSM) for guidance; in addition to helping you find what you’re looking for, they’ll work with our User Education team to add relevant terms to this glossary.
This glossary is a standardized guide, but these adjustments are made in concert with your project manager during implementation. If your institution uses alternative terms, Coursedog might be able to make bespoke adjustments.
Updated terms do not apply to the Integrations Hub in Coursedog, in order to more rapidly facilitate integration support.

A

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Anti-requisites	Incompatibilities				Classes which cannot be taken together, either in parallel or sequentially. E.g., if you take LAT100: Explorations of Rome, you cannot also earn credit by taking HIST105: Exploring Ancient Rome.
Approval Workflow					A list of steps, each with its own rules and participants, used to approve requests within Coursedog. You can use this to define where you want the information to flow, who should approve or see that information, and how folks are informed of decisions regarding that information.

B

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Bidirectional Integration					An integration wherein we can GET information from your SIS and POST it back. In other words: Data flows in both directions between Coursedog and your SIS.

C

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Calendar					A visualization of the class or event schedule that allows one to see its distribution across the day/week/month/other units of time.
Course	Unit			Module	A class or unit of teaching that typically lasts one academic term, is led by one or more instructors, and has a fixed roster of students. A course is usually an individual subject, e.g., Chemistry 101, Ceramics 500, BIO 100 - Introduction to Biology. This is different from a section, defined later in this document.
Credit(s)/Credit Hours	Credit Points				Used to track the “amount” of learning in a course/unit. E.g., If you complete Chemistry 101, you will earn 3 credits.
Curriculum Management					The process of updating courses, degree programs, and other curricular content (and the name of the Coursedog product with which you can accomplish these objectives).

D

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Departments	Faculty	Academic Units / Faculty		Faculty	Administrative structures that have a specific role to perform at an institution. Departments are generally divided up by an academic study (e.g. English, Math, Biology, Fine Arts), but there can be non-academic departments as well (e.g. Admissions, IT, etc.).

E

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Entity					A major component or object, such as Courses, Programs, Sections, or Instructors.

F

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Field					A specific piece of data or attribute within an entity.

G

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
GET					To retrieve it from the SIS.
GET-only					A unidirectional integration where we can only GET data from– and not POST data to – your SIS.

I

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Instructor					Refers to everybody who teaches at a university, with jobs that are on contract, full time, TA or part-time/adjunct.
Integrated					If Coursedog is “integrated” with your SIS, that means we support the transfer of data between Coursedog and your SIS, ensuring both systems are in sync with each other.
Integration Specs					Integration Specs or “SOTs” outline which entities and fields are supported in an integration. You can access the specs/SOTs for most integrations via the “Supported Fields & Objects” section of each Integration Overview article.

L

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Logic Jump					Conditions that can be used to dynamically change the path of a request.

M

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Meeting Pattern					A specific combination of meeting times and days that may be assigned to an academic course section offering.

P

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
POST					To add/update data to your SIS
Preference Forms					Preference forms are used to gather time, room, or other preferences from faculty or staff during scheduling.
Program	Course			Course	A route of study, e.g., B.S. in Chemistry, minor in Art, major in Latin.
Program Map/Program Pathway				Course Diet	The recommended sequence and timing of the units of study which make up a degree program. For example, see Program Maps.

R

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Requests					A request is an action that has been taken in the system that another user needs to review for approval. Also called “proposals” in Curriculum.
Role-Based Access Control					The concept that a user's access and experience within the application is defined by their role. Coursedog provides predefined roles such as Instructor, Staff, and Department Scheduler. Institutions can tailor these roles to their practices or create new ones.

S

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Section					A particular instance of a course offered within an academic term. A course may have one or more sections offered. Each section offering is unique as it combines a course, instructor assignment, resources like rooms, and schedule details. For example, BIO 100 - Introduction to Biology Section 001 that meets MWF 8AM in Room A. This is different from a course, defined earlier in this document.
Section Dashboard					The area in the UI where you can view your sections. If you click on a section in the Section Dashboard, that will open the “section editing modal”. Users with applicable permissions can edit section details, add sections, etc. within the Dashboard.
Steps					The individual blocks within a workflow, where participants can take actions on requests. Each card in the below screenshot is a step.

U

Coursedog Term	Australian Term	Canadian Term	Singaporean Term	UK Term	Description
Unidirectional Integration					If an integration is “unidirectional”, that means data only flows in one direction (“GET-only”). This generally means data from your SIS is brought into Coursedog but data is not sent back to your SIS.

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Table of Contents

Overview

Using this Glossary for Global Audiences

A

Anti-requisites

Approval Workflow

B

Bidirectional Integration

C

Calendar

Course

Credit(s)/Credit Hours

Curriculum Management

D

Departments

E

Entity

F

Field

G

GET

GET-only

I

Instructor

Integrated

Integration Specs

L

Logic Jump

M

Meeting Pattern

P

POST

Preference Forms

Program

Program Map/Program Pathway

R

Requests

Role-Based Access Control

S

Section

Section Dashboard

Steps

U

Unidirectional Integration

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