Introduction {PSYS-3}


1.1.  General Information


This is the User Manual COOP for the ITS Co-operative Education System. It is one of a series of user and technical manuals available for the ITS systems. A complete list of manuals may be found in the General Support System Manual.

The contents of this manual are:

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Co-operative Education Codes
Chapter 3 Co-operative Education Administration

It is assumed that the reader is already familiar with the general operation of the menus and the keyboard. These matters are fully discussed in User Manual OPS, "Operational Aspects of ITS Systems".

The reader is reminded that the copyright of the ITS systems and documentation remains with ITS, and that users thereof are contractually prohibited from providing information contained  therein to third parties, such as other educational institutions.

1.2.  Overview of the Student System
 
The Student Administration System is an integrated package that deals with the management of: students, courses, enquiries, admissions, registration, student records, student accounts, examinations, timetables, distance tuition, accommodation and alumni.

1.3.  Overivew of the Co-Operative Education System
 
The main objective of the Co-operative Education System, is to allow an institution to manage the placement of students at employers who participate in co-operative education training, and the activities in which students are involved, at the same time allows for keeping record of all the projects and activities relating to the student.

1.4.  Linking with Other ITS Systems
 
The ITS systems are designed to eliminate the need for entering duplicate information in different sub-systems. This causes the systems to be integrated with and inter-dependent upon one another. The implications for the Co-operative Education System are discussed in this Section.

Students are registered in the Student Administration System for an in-service training subject details of the in-service placement can be kept in this system.

Personnel are defined in the Personnel Management System. These could be personnel members who are employed full-time by the institution, or personnel members who are employed on a part-time basis e.g. examiners etc.

Other persons are defined in the General System.

1.5.  Implementation and Operation
 
This system links to the Student System, the Personnel System and the General System. Students can be registered at the institution in option {SREGAR-1} or there must be a record of the student in option {SREGB-1} before they can be placed for in-service training in the Co-operative Education System. Any other persons who are going to be included in the co-operative education system must be created as "other users" in option {GOPS-3}.

2.  Co-Operative Education Code Sub-system {COOP-1} / {COOPC}


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History of Changes

Date System Version By Whom Job Description
01-Jun-2007 v01.0.0.0 Charlene van der Schyff t137175 New manual format.
09-Oct-2008v01.0.0.0Magda van der Westhuizent152108Update manual:  Language Editing:  Juliet Gillies.