CourseLeaf - Plan of Study Table

Plan of Study Grid is a type of table within CourseLeaf used to articulate a suggested sequence of required courses. Courses in a Plan of Study Grid are linked to a central database in order to provide immediate access to course information. A Plan of Study Grid provides information in a pre-formatted table structure and is different from a Course List in that it articulates course sequencing. Plan of Study Grids are primarily used to display the sequencing of Programs of Study (Majors, minors, certificates, etc.).

Plan Grid Fields

Plan of Study Grid fields allow editors the ability to better describe individual courses. Select a course in the right list to edit the fields for the selected course.

Comment - A comment will be displayed in parentheses after the course title
Sequence - Sequence will display two courses with an ampersand (&) indicating that these two courses must be taken in conjunction with each other
Cross Reference- A cross-reference course describes a course that is the same course content offered under different course numbers
- For instance, if credit is given at both the undergraduate and graduate level
- Another example is a course that different departments offer credit for
Hours- The hours field is automatically populated with the credit hours assigned to the course in your student information system
- You can change these as necessary
Or Class - This will display two courses with the word "or" indicating that either course may be taken to meet the requirement
Footnote - Only the footnote symbol is entered in the course list, then add a Footnote table after the course list in the Page Body

How to Insert a Plan of Study Grid

Click Edit Page
Open the page body editor
Place cursor in page body where you would like to insert the Plan of Study Grid in the Page Body
Click Insert/Edit Formatted Table
Select Plan of Study Grid from the drop-down menu
Enter the course information
Click OK to save your table
Click OK to save your changes

How to Add a Course to a Plan of Study Grid

Click Edit Page
Open the page body editor
Double-click anywhere within the blue line around the Plan of Study Grid
Insert courses
1. Select College and Department from drop-down menus
  - Note: The left-hand column will populate the Course Inventory, or a list of courses you can choose from to add to your grid based on the College and Department selected. The right-hand column is where you move the courses to build the grid
2. Select Year and Term to insert course
3. Select in the right-hand list where the new course is to be inserted (the course will be placed under the selected course)
4. Option 1:
  1. Select course from Course Inventory
  2. Click the (>>) button to add a course to the grid
5. Option 2:
  1. Double-click course from Course Inventory
6. Option 3:
  1. Enter course code into Quick Add
  2. Click Add Course
Click OK to save your table
Click OK to save your changes

How to Add Comment Entry

Click Edit Page
Open the page body editor
Double-click anywhere within the blue line around the Plan of Study Grid
Select Year and Term to insert comment
Select the course below which the Comment Entry will be placed
Click Add Comment Entry
Enter text for the Comment Entry
Click OK to save your table
Click OK to save your changes

How to Remove a Course or Comment Entry

Click Edit Page
Open the page body editor
Double-click anywhere within the blue line around the Plan of Study Grid
Select Year and Term of course to remove
Highlight course in the right list
Click the (<<) button to remove a course from the grid
Click OK to save your table
Click OK to save your changes

How to Reorder a Plan of Study Grid

Click Edit Page
Open the page body editor
Double-click anywhere within the blue line around the Plan of Study Grid
Select Year and Term to insert course
Highlight course or comment entry to move in the right list
Click Move Up or Move Down to change the order
Click OK to save your table
Click OK to save your changes

Other Formatting Tips

Formatting can be controlled in text fields through special character combinations.

To make text bold, surround the text in the field with **
To add a bullet, add one space after the *
To indent a line in the table, prefix two greater-than signs
To indicate text should be superscript, surround the text with brackets
To use brackets rather than superscript, add one space after the initial bracket
Text beginning with http:// or www. will automatically be turned into hyperlinks
To make an area header for the table, surround the text of the first column in curly brackets