Create, Duplicate Class/Course, and Manage Class/Course

This article contains the following sections:

• Create Class or Course
• Duplicate Class or Course
• Manage Classes or Course

Note: GivePulse provides integrations with many ERP and Information systems like Banner, PeopleSoft, Jenzabar, Datatel, Colleague et al., With these integrations, the whole process of creating and managing the roster of the class is completely streamlined. The following instructions are steps for those schools without integration, so that they may learn how to manage courses or to capture courses that are not necessarily set up via your school's registrar.

Create Class or Course

You can create a class by accessing your university’s or subgroup’s Group Admin Dashboard. To do so, click the manage button on your group page or toolbar. 

Select the Academia section on the lefthand admin panel and you'll see the options to Add Class, Manage Classes, Export Classes, and Terms.

To create a new class, click on the option Add Class. Selecting this will guide you through a process to fill out the required fields. You will need to enter the following under the Basic Info and Course Info tabs.

• Class Name
• Administrators
• Description
• Address
• Timezone
• Term

You can then edit the course by filling out all the associated tabs, including adding specific logos, social media, website links, and more. 

Save the class to automatically publish the class and makes it discoverable underneath your groups class tab. 

To manage published courses, go to Manage Group > Academia -> Manage Classes. 

Duplicate Class or Course

As a course admin, you can duplicate courses that don't to make repeating courses, such as semester programs, easier to create. When duplicating a course, the content and the description will transfer over. If the course had community partners and events already tied to it, you do have the opportunity to carry this over as well.

Note: The Semester and Year are the most important fields you must input so that they are placed correctly in GivePulse and are also given the correct designation for your reporting purposes.

In order to duplicate a class, you must either be the faculty admin or the staff administrator. If you have the admin role, you will be able to navigate into the class and on the admin navigation, select Manage Class > Academia > Duplicate Class

1. From your Group Admin Dashboard Menu, Click on the Academia tab.
2. Click Duplicate Class.
3. Click on the Course Title.

Doing this will duplicate most fields associated with the original class. Be sure to pay close attention to the Course Info tab as you will need to update information regarding Term and Class time.

Duplicating a class will also offer you the option to duplicate open opportunities associated with that class. 

To edit fields in duplicated events, you will need to edit the event individually from your Event Dashboard. For more information, see our Support Article: Manage Events. 

Manage Classes or Course

To manage your University's classes, you can go to your University Admin Dashboard > Academia > Manage Classes. 

1. Click the blue "Manage" > "Dashboard" tab from your home screen.
2. Click on the "Academia" from the Group Admin Dashboard Menu and select "Manage Classes."

From here, you can see information such as the number of students, the number of participants (or unique individuals who recorded an impact), the total number of impacts, and other custom fields. You can also message instructors or students, add a class, and export data by clicking on the blue Actions button. 

If you have further questions about creating and duplicating classes, please Contact Support.