Edit Instructor

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Screen Description

Edit information about an instructor in this Edit Instructor screen.

Details

• ID
  • Purdue ID
  • Cannot be changed by the user
  • Can be looked up by clicking on the Lookup button (see description in Operations) if you enter the last name or the career account for the instructor
• Career Account
  • If you know the career account of a new instructor, you can look the person up by this account
• First Name
• Middle Name
• Last Name
  • The only mandatory field in this screen
• Email
  • Instructor's email address
• Department
  • Shows the department selected in the Instructors screen
• Position
  • You can select any position here, this field is only used by you - the timetabling application is not the authoritative source of information about an instructor's position
• Notes
  • For your use only
• Ignore Too Far
  • By default (when unchecked), the solver prohibits placement of back to back classes taught by the same instructor in rooms that are more than a short distance apart
  • If checked, the solver will strongly discourage but not prohibit long distances between back to back classes of this instructor - for example, it will be able to assign a 12:30 class in ME and a 1:30 class in LILY
    • Use with caution!
    • When your timetable is created, make sure you check whether the instructor for whom you chose to ignore too far distances has a feasible timetable (that the instructor can in fact teach the classes that are back to back)

Operations

• Update (ALT+U)
  • Save changes and return to the Instructor Detail screen
• Delete (ALT+D)
  • Delete this instructor from the list of instructors
    • Deletes this instructor's preferences and assignments for all classes in subject areas in this department
    • Takes you back to the Instructors screen

• Lookup (ALT+L)
  • Look up this instructor's Purdue ID (and other information)
    • Takes you to the screen with the same name (Edit Instructor) which has the search results in it
      • First, you will see a list of matches by the career account (if you filled in the career account)
      • The second part are matches by last name regardless of department (if the instructor teaches for more than one department, you can see the same name with the same Purdue ID displayed several times)
      • Click on the radio button in front of the correct person and click Select Instructor if you found the right match (that will populate the Purdue ID of this instructor)
      • Click Cancel if you want to return to the previous screen without selecting anybody
    • Message "No matching records found" will appear in the Edit Instructor screen if there is no record matching the name or the career account that you entered
• Previous (ALT+P)
  • Save changes and go to the Edit Instructor screen for the previous instructor in your list of instructors
• Next (ALT+N)
  • Save changes and go to the Edit Instructor screen for the next instructor in your list of instructors
• Back (ALT+B)
  • Return to the Instructor Detail screen without saving any changes

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