Creating Sections

To add a course to a student’s schedule, a section for that course must be created. Infinite Campus attaches attendance data, student rosters, and teacher assignments directly to each course section. A teacher must be attached to the course section to be able to take electronic attendance and have their name show up in the Classroom Monitor tool used by staff to modify attendance data.

If a teacher’s name is not able to take electronic attendance, view their roster, or enter grades, they must be added as the Primary Teacher on the ‘Staff History’ screen for the course section.

There can be times where additional teachers or staff members will need to be added to a course section, along with the primary teacher. This gives the additional teacher or staff member access to view and possibly edit information for that section.

In elementary schools, the Work and Social Behavior course can require input from all the teachers on the Team. To allow additional teachers to add their input, we attach them to the Work and Social Behavior course as a ‘New Teacher’.

Below are directions on how to create a course section and add teachers.

Verify the correct school/year at the top of the screen.
Click on the Search icon.
Select Course/Section in the Search menu.
Type in the name of the desired course and select Go. (You can just click Go to see a list of all courses on your school’s course deck.)
Select the desired course by clicking on the name if the search results display more than one course.
You will be directed to the ‘Course Information’ screen. In the ‘Related Tools’ menu, select ‘Course Sections’.
Click Add a Section.
In the Section Editor, enter the section number.
The Teacher Display Name is not required. In a future step, the teacher will be attached to the section, and this field will auto-populate. However, if this is a blocker course with no primary teacher, users can add a custom label or name here. This field does not give teachers the ability to take electronic attendance or enter grades.
Add the max number of students for the section.
Add the room number where the section meets.
Add a Team to this section if applicable.
Check the Homeroom box if applicable. It is important to mark sections as 'Homeroom' where applicable. All students should have one homeroom period during the day. For elementary schools, only mark this box for the Elementary Attendance, Half-Day Attendance, or any of the Pre-K Attendance courses. Scroll down.
Select Split Class Type if applicable. (Only on Attendance courses)
Select SNP Threshold if applicable. (Only on SPED Pre-K attendance courses).
Select the Section Grade Level of the students attached to this section if applicable. (Only on Attendance courses)
Select periods in the Section Schedule Placement. This grid is used to mark in which term and period the course section meets. For elementary schools, each period is labeled for a particular type of course, whereas for MS and HS, the periods are labeled with a number. Most courses for an elementary school will be for all four quarters, while MS and HS may have classes meet for only a semester or for multiple periods. The grid has abbreviations for course names. For instance, we are adding a section to a Math course. Mark the ‘MA period to place a Math course section.
Special Note: If creating an Elementary Attendance course section, select H1 – H7.
Click the ‘Create Section’ button at the bottom of the screen.

Once the section is created, the user must now attach the teacher(s) to the section. This is done on the ‘Staff History’ screen. The Staff History screen tracks the history of teachers for a particular course section and lists active primary teachers, additional teachers assigned to the course, and section staff.

Adding a New Primary Teacher

On the Related Tools menu, click ‘Section Staff History’.
Select the ‘New Primary Teacher’ icon from the action row. The Staff History Detail editor appears.
Select the primary teacher's Name from the dropdown list.
Select the District Assignment from the dropdown list. (The District Assignments for some staff member may be inaccurate due to a change, but these are periodically updated by the IC Core Team. Select the option that is shown.)
Do not select Role.
If this primary teacher started before the first day of school, do not enter an Assignment Start Date. If this primary teacher started after the official start of the school year, enter that date as their Assignment Start Date. If you are adding a new primary teacher during the school year, the system will automatically end date the previous teacher.
Click the Save icon when finished. The primary teacher will appear in the Staff History list and be viewable on the Course Sections tab.
Additional teachers or staff member can be added to a course so that they have access to edit or view information in the course. If you add a staff member you have two options:
1. New Teacher: The staff member added to the course section using this tool will have edit rights to the selected section. They can add grades, add comments, and take attendance.
2. New Section Staff: The staff member added to the course section using this tool will have view rights only.

Adding Additional Staff to a Section

Click on the ‘New Teacher’ or ‘New Section Staff’ button.
Select the name of the additional teacher who will need access.
Select their District Assignment.
Enter the teacher/staff members start date if applicable.
Click Save.