Course Upload (Montana)

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The Course Upload allows districts to import course data. Acceptable import formats are .TXT and .TSV. See the MT Data Upload article for more information about this tool.

Import Records

See the Uploading Files section of the MT Data Upload article for detailed information about importing records via the MT Data Upload tool.

The Retrieve New Student State ID File option is only relevant to Student Demographic uploads. Please ignore this option when uploading staff data.

Upload Logic 

This report can run against a district’s active year as well as any prior year and in both District Edition and State Edition against District Edition data.

Course data is compared to existing data to determine when to create a new course record. Course data CANNOT be imported for existing courses.

Upload Layout

Header Layout

Data ElementDescription
Record Type
The abbreviation for the type of file generated. This reports as CU.

Alphanumeric, 2 characters (CU)
Date
The most recent date a change was made on the file or the date the file was generated.

Date field, 10 characters (MM/DD/YYYY)
Time
The most recent time a change was made on the file or the date the file was generated.

Time field, 8 characters (HH:MM:SS)
Version
The most current version of the file interface specification and references to the application system. This field reports as MT9.1.

Alphanumeric, 5 characters (MT9.1)

Upload Layout

Data ElementDescriptionLocation
Record TypeThe abbreviation for the type of file generated. This reports as CU.

Alphanumeric, 2 characters (CU)
N/A
District NumberThe unique identifier assigned to the district by the OPI.

String, 4 characters
District Information > State District Number

District.number
School Number The unique identifier assigned to the school by the OPI.

String, 4 characters
School Information > State School Number

School.number
Calendar NumberThe unique calendar identifier.

String, 3 characters
Calendar > Number

Calendar.number
Course NumberThe number assigned to the course.

String, 13 characters
Course > Course Number

Course.number
CourseThe name of the course.

Alphanumeric, 30 characters
Course > Course Name

Course.name
SCED Subject AreaThe SCED subject area number assigned to the course.

Numeric, 2 digits
Course > SCED Subject Area

Course.scedSubjectArea
SCED Course IdentifierThe SCED course identifier assigned to the course.

Numeric, 3 digits
Course > SCED Course Identifier

Course.scedCourseID
SCED Lowest GradeThe lowest grade level offered for a specific course.

String, 3 characters
Course > SCED Lowest Grade

Course.scedLowestGrade
SCED Highest GradeThe highest grade level offered for a specific course.

String, 3 characters
Course > SCED Lowest Grade

Course.scedHighestGrade
Available Carnegie Unit CreditThe amount of credit available to a student who successfully meets the objectives of the course. It is a measure of "seat time" rather than a measure of attainment of the course objectives.

String, 8 characters (XXXXX.XXX)
Course > Available Carnegie Unit Credit

Course.scedAvailableCredit
SCED Course LevelThe secondary course's level of rigor.

String, 2 characters
Course > SCED Course Level

Course.scedCourseLevel
SCED SequenceThe manner in which schools may break up complex content.

String, 2 characters
Courser > SCED Sequence

Course.scedSequenceNum
SCED Sequence TotalThe total possible sequence.

String, 2 characters
Courser > SCED Sequence

Course.scedSequenceMax
Distance ClassIndicates this is a distance learning course.

String, 1 character (Y or N)
Course > Distance Class

Course.distanceCode
Dual Enrollment CreditIndicates this is a dual enrollment credit course.

String, 1 character (Y or N)
Course > Dual Enrollment Credit

Coruse.dualEnrollmentCourse
Alternate Ed ProgramIndicates this is an alternate education program course.

String, 1 character (Y or N)
Course > Alternate Ed Program

CustomCourse.value
YearThe end year of the course.

String, 4 characters (YYYY)
Calendar > School Year

School.year