This is in relation to questions i asked regarding “Updating to v20 - Number of Characters in a Column in v19”
COURSE Short Name has 12 Characters
CLASS Short Name has 8 Characters
As shown above, what I did, I limit COURSE Short Name to 6 characters, in order to add 2 characters (01, 02, 03) and fit with CLASS Short Name 8 characters.
Is there a particular reason why Class Short Name is shorter (8 characters only) than Course Short name when Class needs extra character to identify designated Class number in a Learning Area ? ( Grade One - 03 in the example )
This is just a concern for clarrification. Again, Thank you for this wonderful system.
Throughout the system, classes are displayed in the format of CourseShortName.ClassShortName (eg: 15MATH.03 where 15MATH is the course short name and 03 is the class short name). The class short name does not need to repeat the same name as the course, because they’re displayed together. This is why class name fields tend to be shorter, they’re usually only a number or a few characters.
Perhaps, it is just my way of identifying the Class of a Particular Subject. Otherwise, 03 would mean Class 03 of any subject, which might lead to confusion.
No problem. Class names aren’t displayed by themselves, so you wouldn’t see a 03 on its own, it always has the Course.Class format to avoid confusion : )
This will be a bumpy ride, renaming our courseClass ShortName, as we have around 4,800 students from Preschool, Grades 1 to 6 (Seven Classes each Grade Level), High School Grades 7 to 10 (11 Classes each Grade Level) and Senior High School Grades 11 and 12.
Not saying that you have to rename them, but that’s the logic behind how the naming works : ) The dot is part of the formatting, so you don’t need to add it. With your current names, you’ll see 15MATH.15MATH03 in the system, which is longer, but will still work if that’s what your system needs.
