Nebraska Ed-Fi Data v3.1 - Sections

This educational entity represents a setting in which organized instruction of course content is provided to one or more students for a given period of time. A course may be offered to more than one class/section. Instruction, provided by one or more teachers or other staff members, may be delivered in person or via a different medium.

Object Triggering Logic

This table describes logic for triggering syncing of this object.

ActionTrigger
Post

When a section is created and saved.

  • Section Placement is required in order for the section to send.
  • 1 record will report for each Section and Term Type combination.
  • Do not send records if the Calendar Exclude check box is checked.

  • Do not send records if the course is marked inactive or State Exclude.
  • Do not send if the School Exclude check box is checked.
  • When the Secondary School field is populated, report information from this new school as an override to the current school.
PostWhen Section Placement is changed and saved on a section.
PostWhen the Local Course Number or Term type Override is changed.
Put

When any fields listed below are changed:

  • When the local course name or SCED Seq Number is changed and saved on the Course editor.
  • When the Instructional Setting is changed and saved on a section.
  • When the Credit field is changed and saved on a Grading Task assigned to the course.
DeleteWhen a section is deleted.
DeleteWhen Section Placement is changed or removed and saved on a section.
DeleteWhen the Local Course Number or Term type Override is changed.


School Exclude, Calendar Exclude, Resource Toggle and Resync Logic

This table describes the School Exclude, Calendar Exclude, Resource Toggle and Resync logic of this object.

ActionTrigger
NoneIf a resource is toggled to 'OFF' after data has sent, all sent data will remain in the ODS but no new data will send.
DeleteIf a resource is toggled to 'OFF" after data has sent and an action is performed that would trigger a delete, that data will remain in the ODS until a resync is done.
ResyncIf a record is in the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table and not in the ODS, it will be deleted from the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table
ResyncIf a record is in the ODS and it does not have a matching record in Campus or the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table, it will be deleted from the ODS.
ResyncIf a mapping is changed in Resource Preferences, a resync will need to be done to reflect the changes.


Natural Key Changes, Cascading Updates, and Deletes Logic

This table describes the Natural Key Changes/Cascading Updates and Deletes logic of this object.

ActionTrigger
Post/Delete

Natural Key Changes:

  • If the School ID changes, all data will remain under the old number and a resync will need to be completed to populate data under the new number.  The delete tool would need to be used to remove all data from the old School ID.
Post/Delete

If any of the following changes in the Course Offerings resource:

  • Local Course Code
  • Session Name
Post/DeleteIf the natural key changes all dependent data will delete/post
Dependent ResourcesStaff Section Associations, Student Section Associations, Student Section Attendance Events, Grades


Scope Year Logic

This table describes scope year logic of this object.

Logic
Sections will report to the configured year to which they are aligned.
Data will only send for years that have valid configuration.


Resource Preferences

This table describes the Resource Preferences of this object.

Data Element LabelMapping Needed
Instructional SettingEducational Environment Types
Section Delivery Section Delivery Model

Event Queue Detail

This table describes the Event Queue Detail of this object.

Campus TableEd-Fi ActionFields
sectionPost/Put/DeleteThe primary table used for sending data for this resource.
coursePut

Educational Environment Descriptor

Sequence of Course

gradingTaskCreditPutAvailable Credits


Object Data Elements

This table describes data elements sent within the Sections resource.

Data Element Label

Business Requirement

Business Rules

M, C or O

Data Source GUI Path

Database Field

idThe unique identifier of the resource.


M

sectionIdentifier

The local identifier assigned to a section.

  1. Reports the section ID of the section being reported.
M Course > Sectionsection.sectionID
courseOfferingReferenceA reference to the related CourseOffering resource.
  1. Reports the fields that are part of the Natural Key for the Course Offering resource.


M

locationReferenceA reference to the related Location resource.
  1. Reports the fields that are part of the Natural Key for the Locations resource.


O

locationSchoolReferenceA reference to the related School resource.
  1. Reports the fields that are part of the Natural Key for the School resource.


M

availableCreditConversionConversion factor that when multiplied by the number of credits is equivalent to Carnegie units.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

availableCreditsCredits or units of value awarded for the completion of a course.
  1. Sum the total number of credits from the Grading Tasks on the course.
  2. Divide by the number of terms the course section occurs.
OCourse> Grading Tasks> CreditgradingTaskCredit.Credit
availableCreditTypeDescriptorThe type of credits or units of value awarded for the completion of a course.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

characteristics

This descriptor defines characteristics of a section, such as whether attendance is taken and the section is graded.

  1. This is optional, does not report.
O




classPeriods The class period during which the Section meets.

  1. See array section for logic.
O

courseLevelCharacteristicshe type of specific program or designation with which the section is associated (e.g., AP, IB, Dual Credit, CTE). This collection should only be populated if it differs from the Course Level Characteristics identified at the Course Offering level.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

educationalEnvironmentDescriptorThe setting in which a child receives education and related services; for example: Center-based instruction Home-based instruction Hospital class Mainstream Residential care and treatment facility.
  1. Report the Ed-Fi Code value from the mapped Instructional Setting selected on the course section being reported.
  2. If NULL, do not report.
OCourse > Section > Instructional Settingsection.instructionalSetting
instructionLanguageDescriptor The primary language of instruction, if omitted English is assumed.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

mediumOfInstructionDescriptorThe media through which teachers provide instruction to students and students and teachers communicate about instructional matters; for example: Technology-based instruction in classroom Correspondence instruction Face-to-face instruction Virtual/On-line Distance learning Center-based instruction.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

offeredGradeLevelsThe grade levels in which the section is offered. This collection should only be populated if it differs from the Offered Grade Levels identified at the Course Offering level.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

populationServedDescriptorThe population for which the course was designed; for example: Bilingual students Remedial education students Gifted and talented students Career and Technical Education students Special education students.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

programsAn unordered collection of sectionPrograms. This educational entity represents a setting in which organized instruction of course content is provided to one or more students for a given period of time. A course may be offered to more than one class/section. Instruction, provided by one or more teachers or other staff members, may be delivered in person or via a different medium.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

sequenceOfCourseWhen a section is part of a sequence of parts for a course, the number if the sequence. If the course has only onle part, the value of this section attribute should be 1.
  1. Report the value selected in the SCED Sequence "Part n" field.
  2. If NULL, report '1'.
M

SectionDeliveryReports the Course Delivery Model.

Course Delivery Model can be found on course or section. 

  1. Report the value from course> course delivery model.
  2. If Section> Course Delivery Model is populated, override and send from section for those particular sections marked.  All else, report what is on course.
O

SectionCharacteristicsThis descriptor defines characteristics of a section, such as whether attendance is taken and the section is graded.
  1. Report 'Attendance Tracked' when Attendance and/or Positive Attendance check box is checked on a course.
  2. Report 'Graded Credit Available' when a grading task is added and saved to a course.
O

etagA unique system-generated value that identifies the version of the resource.
  1. This is optional, does not report.
O

Arrays

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Class Periods

Data Element Label

Business Requirement

Business Rules

M, C or O

Data Source

GUI Path

Database Field

classPeriodReferenceReports the natural key of the Class Periods resource.
M


Type/Descriptor

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Educational Environment Descriptors

Code ValueDdescriptionShort Description
Hospital classHospital classHospital class
LaboratoryLaboratoryLaboratory
Pull-out classPull-out classPull-out class
Self-contained (Special Education)Self-contained (Special Education)Self-contained (Special Education)
Off-school centerOff-school centerOff-school center
ShopShopShop
Resource roomResource roomResource room
Self-studySelf-studySelf-study
HomeboundHomeboundHomebound
Single sex classroomSingle sex classroomSingle sex classroom
ClassroomClassroomClassroom
Mainstream (Special Education)Mainstream (Special Education)Mainstream (Special Education)
In-school suspensionIn-school suspensionIn-school suspension

Section Delivery Descriptors

Ed-Fi Code ValueEd-Fi Short DescriptionEd-Fi Description
1Synchronous Distance LearningSynchronous Distance Learning
2Asynchronous Distance LearningAsynchronous Distance Learner
3Career AcademyCareer Academiy
4Iowa School for the DeafIowa School for the Deaf