Tool Search: Sections
The Sections within the Course folder is provided as a view screen, listing all sections for the selected course and basic identifying information about that section - the assigned primary teacher, where the section meets, in what term and for what period, and how many students are in each section.
As of the Campus.2543 Release Pack (October 2025), the Section Information tool has a new look and feel! The same fields you are used to still exist, but they may be in a different location.
- See the Section Information Field Descriptions for definitions, database information, and Ad hoc Reporting locations.
- Use your browser's search functionality (CTRL-F, F3, etc.) to locate the new field.
Fields vary by state. Please see the State Specific Information section for more information on Course and Section procedures in your state.
Section Information Editor
See the Section Information Tool Rights article for information about rights needed to use this tool.
Navigation
The Section Information editor is organized into the following sections:
- General Section Information includes identifying details, such as the section number, the teacher's name, the Room where the section meets, whether it's a Homeroom section, and more.
- Section Setup includes fields that determine whether it's a virtual or in-person section, whether the standards for this section display on the Portal, if the section is excluded from an External LMS, and the Ed-Fi Term Descriptor Override.
- State Defined lists all of the fields that are used for state reporting in your state.
- District Defined lists any field your district has chosen to collect data on. These are added using the Custom Attribute/Dictionary.
- Section Placement displays the Period, Terms, and Schedule Structures in a grid and shows when the section meets.
For State Edition users, all fields are read-only. Data syncs between District Edition and State Edition.
See the Section Information Field Descriptions for more details on the available fields.
Section Information Editor - All Cards CollapsedClick on the gray header or use the plus sign on the right side to expand the card. Use the Expand All/Collapse All button at the top of the tool to open or close all cards.
Open or Close Section Information CardsThe Save, Delete, Reset, and Full Screen view buttons display across the bottom of the tool.
Section Information - Save, Delete, Reset, Full ScreenEdit, Delete, Reset Section Information
Edit Section Information
Always follow your school's/district's policies for updating course information.
Existing section information can be modified by changing current values for the selected section. New sections can be added from the Course Sections tool. When planning and scheduling courses for future years, sections can be added through the Scheduling Board.
- Locate and modify the desired value for the appropriate field. The required fields must have a value to save the updates.
- Click Save when finished.
Delete Sections
- Click Delete to permanently remove the section. A confirmation message displays, asking to confirm the deletion.
- Click Delete to continue. The system processes and the section is deleted.
When students are deleted from a section, their roster data is also deleted, and any associated attendance data is lost.
When a section is deleted in which students are enrolled, a warning message displays indicating that the associated attendance information and roster data will also be deleted. A record of attendance data being deleted is recorded in the Audit Attendance table.
Reset
To undo any unsaved section changes, click the Reset. This returns the values to their original setting as of the last time the section record was saved.
Section Information Field Descriptions
The following is a list of fields available in each Section Information card.
General Section Information
General Section Information| Field Name | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Section Number
Required |
Indicates the number of the course section. This is a required field. Negative values are not allowed. | Database: Section.number
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > sectionNumber (sectionInfo.sectionNumber) |
| Teacher Display Name | Lists the Name of the teacher. This name can be manually entered by a staff person responsible for maintaining course information, or it will be populated automatically when the Primary Teacher option is selected. | Database: Section.teacherDisplay
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > teacherDisplay, teacher2Display, teacher3Display, teacher4Display (sectionInfo.teacherDisplay, sectionInfo.teacher2Display, sectionInfo.teacher3Display, sectionInfo.teacher4Display) |
| Primary Teacher |
Lists the primary teacher of the course section. This field only lists staff persons who have the Teacher checkbox marked on their District Assignment record.
A message displays when there is no active primary teacher assigned when the current date is before the start of a term AND a primary teacher is not assigned in Section Staff History for at least the first date of the term. |
Database: SectionStafHistory.staffType
(P = Primary Teacher) Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > StaffHistory > staffType (staffHistory.staffType) |
| Teacher | The second instructor in the room who still leads instruction time, but not as much as the Primary Teacher. This could be a para teacher, or a rotating elective teacher, or, in some instances, when the classroom population is higher, a second teacher is assigned to balance instruction time. | Database: SectionStaffHistory.staffType (T = Teacher)
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > StaffHistory > staffType (staffHistory.staffType) |
| Staff | Another staff person in the room who does not instruct students, but is in the classroom and assists the primary teacher and teacher with classroom management. | Database: SectionStaffHistory.staffType (SS = Section Staff)
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > StaffHistory > staffType (staffHistory.staffType) Course > Section Information > sectionStaff1Display, sectionStaff2Display, sectionStaff3.Display (sectionInfo.sectionStaff1Display, sectionInfo.sectionStaff2Display, sectionInfo.sectionStaff3Display) |
| Max Students |
Displays the maximum number of students that can be scheduled into the sections of the course. This field is also on the Course Information editor; it only needs to be populated in one location (either on the Course editor or the Section editor).
Only positive, whole number values can be entered.
When using the Scheduling Board to load course sections OR when loading requests for students using the Walk-In Scheduler, this field MUST be populated with a value that is greater than zero. |
Database: Section.maxStudents
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > maxStudents (sectionInfo.maxStudents) |
| Room |
Indicates where the course section meets.
When Preferred Room Types are created in the Attribute/Dictionary, those room types display first, then are followed by the room numbers. See the Rooms article for more information. |
Database: Section.roomID; Room.name
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > roomName (sectionInfo.roomName) |
| Team | Indicates the student team or scheduling group of the course section.
This field displays after Scheduling Groups have been added to the calendar. |
Database: Section.schedGroupID; SchedulingGroup.name
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > groupName (sectionInfo.groupName) |
| Skinny Seq(uence) | If the course is scheduled at the same time with another course and the two courses are taken during the same term by the same students (i.e., Choir and Band) in a rotating schedule setup, this field indicates in what order the student will be taking the course. | Database: Section.skinnySeq
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > skinnySeq (sectionInfo.skinnySeq) |
| Advisory | Identifies a course as an advisory course, a regularly scheduled time in the school day where a small group of students meets with a teacher or staff member to receive support on academic, social, and personal issues.
Marking this checkbox enables special summary views for Instruction tools. Courses and Sections can both be marked as Advisory. At the course level, all sections of the course are considered Advisory; at the section level, that section is considered Advisory, while the other sections of the course may not be. |
Database: Section.advisory
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > advisory (sectionInfo.advisory) |
| Homeroom |
Indicates this section is considered a homeroom.
This field is used in scheduling and attendance reports, and serves as a sorting option when scheduling courses for the upcoming school year. It also causes the teacher's name to print on the Report Card. |
Database: Section.homeroomSection
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > homeroomSection (sectionInfo.homeroomSection) |
| Lunch Count
Milk Count Adult Count Custom Count 1 Custom Count 2 Custom Count 3 |
When these checkboxes are marked, it indicates a count is taken daily and used to track how many lunches, milks, and adult lunches are being requested. These totals are entered when the teacher records attendance. These field names can be changed in the Attribute Dictionary.
See the Lunch Counts Report for more information. |
Database: Section.lunchCount; Section.milkcount; Section.adultCount; Section.customCount1; Section.customCount2; Section.customCount3
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > lunchCount, milkCount, customCount1, customCount2, customCount3 (sectionInfo.lunchCount, sectionInfo.milkCount, sectionInfo.customCount1, sectionInfo.customCount2, sectionInfo.customCount3) |
Section Setup
Section Setup Fields| Field Name | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Online Learning |
The name of this field is localized, meaning it may be labeled as Distance Learning, Distance Course, etc.
Indicates the course offers educational resources in multiple media and the capability to support both real-time (web casting, chat rooms, desktop audio/video technology) and asynchronous communication (email, threaded discussion boards, newsgroups) between instructor and learners.
This field displays the selection from the Online Learning field on the Course Information tool. If that field is populated, a Y or N displays in the parentheses next to the dropdown list. When this field is blank, the value within the parentheses will report in ad hoc reporting and the attribute default value no longer displays.
Available options vary by state. |
Database: Section.distanceCode
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > distanceCode (sectionInfo.distanceCode) |
| Hide Standards on Portal | This field hides the standards assigned to a section from being viewed on the Portal and Campus Student. Standards still display for teachers in Campus Instruction. | Database: Section.
hideStandardsOnPortal Ad hoc Reporting: Not available |
| External LMS Exclude |
If a district is sharing Campus data with an external learning management system, this checkbox can be used to exclude specific records from being shared.
If the Exclude checkbox is marked for the School, Calendar, or Course associated with this Section, that designation also applies to this Section. |
Database: Section.externalLMSExclude
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > externalLMSExclude (sectionInfo.externalLMSExclude) |
| Credit Earned Method | Selection determines the Credit Earned Method to support the sending of Course Transcripts Resource used in Ed-Fi reporting.
Available options vary by state. Refer to your state's Ed-Fi Resources for information. |
Database: Section.creditEarnedMethod
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > creditEarnedMethod (sectionInfo.creditEarnedMethod) |
| Ed-Fi Term Descriptor Override | Indicates the section is eligible to be mapped to a different Sessions resource used in Ed-Fi reporting than the one that would be referenced based on the Section Schedule Placement.
See the Sessions Resource Preferences article for more information. |
Database: Section.edFiTermType
Ad hoc Reporting: Course > Section Information > homeroomSection (sectionInfo.edFiTermType) |
State Defined
The State Defined card includes any field required for your state's reports and extracts, and any field your state needs to track but may not be included in reports/extracts.
The top three fields (highlighted in the image below) are used throughout Campus in other areas, and are defined below.
Fields vary by state. Review the State-Specific Information section for more information.
State Defined Section Card
District Defined
This section lists any fields and values your district has chosen to track. These are localized fields that may or may not be reported in local reports or state reports.
These fields are created in the Custom Attribute/Dictionary tool.
Your district should provide guidance on district-defined fields. When no district-defined fields are created, text indicating such fields displays in place of any fields.
District Defined Section Card
Section Placement
The Section Schedule Placement grid is used to mark in which Term, Period, and Period Schedule the course section meets. The grid reflects the names used when setting up the calendar. Periods are listed down the left-hand side; terms are listed across the top. If this new section meets in Period 5 of Term 3, a check would be placed there.
This grid may display in a variety of ways, mimicking the set up of the calendar. If your school uses a simple period schedule, block scheduling, a rotating day schedule, the Section Placement grid may be more complex. Refer to the Period Setup content for more information.
In the example below, the section meets in Quarters 3 and 4 during Period P1 on both Regular and Odd days.
Section Placement Example
To manually choose when a section meets, mark in which periods, terms, and period schedule the section meets. Click Save when finished.
Before the start of a school year, use the Scheduling Board to load and build course sections automatically based on other course and staff settings.
State Edition Syncing Logic
The following table defines the syncing logic used between District Edition and State Editions.
|
Tool |
Sync Logic |
|---|---|
|
Course |
Saving syncs the section and the sub information |
|
Course Section |
Assumes the parent data is already recorded in State Edition. |
|
Section |
Syncs on save, bringing District Assignment and Person. If the assignment or person already exist, updates will not occur. |
|
Calendar Wizard |
Syncs with Assignment ID. |
State-Specific Information
Fields may vary by state:
