EdgeEX — Editing the teacher on multiple sections on the Manage Sections page

Use this article to edit the teacher on multiple EdgeEX sections.

 Permission

To follow the steps listed below, you must have one of the following permissions:

  • EdgeEX Edit Course Information and Options for All Courses and Sections
  • EdgeEX Edit Course Information and Options for Assigned Sections

To validate your permissions, reference Checking your educator permissions.

Changing the educator for multiple sections

 Caution

If you are the current primary teacher on a course and you change the primary teacher without adding yourself as an additional teacher, this may result in loss of visibility of the section, depending on your permissions.

  1. On the Courses tab, click Manage EdgeEX Sections.
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  2. The page opens on the the Active tab. If you want to update archived sections, click Archived.
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  3. To locate the sections you want to update, use the search box or click Show Filters on the right side to filter the list. Learn more about search and filters in Manage Sections overview.
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  4. Once you have selected the desired filters, at the bottom of the filter box, click Apply.
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  5. Sort the list by clicking the top of any column. To add or remove columns from view, click the gear icon. Learn more about available columns in Manage Sections overview.
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  6. Select the sections you want to update. You can select all sections by clicking the checkbox next to the Section Name column. 
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     Note

    • If you selected sections in error and you need to deselect all selections, you can click Deselect.ManageSections-Deselect.png
    • If you would like to export the list as a .csv file, click the Export icon. The export will include all sections that meet the filtered criteria, not just the sections that have been selected.
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  7. Above the list of sections, click Edit Teacher.
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  8. On the window that displays, do one of the following:

    If you want to... Then...
    Assign a new primary teacher

    Under Primary Teacher, select Assign New. 

    From the drop-down list that displays, you can search for or scroll to locate the teacher you want to replace the current teacher with.
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    Unassign the current primary teacher and leave the section with no teacher assigned Under Primary Teacher, select Unassign.
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    Assign a new additional teacher

    Under Additional Teacher, select Assign New. 

    From the drop-down list, you can search for or scroll to locate the additional teacher you want to add. You can select multiple additional teachers from the list.
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    Unassign an additional teacher

    Under Additional Teacher, select Unassign. 

    From the drop-down list, you can search for or scroll to locate the additional teacher you want to unassign. You can select multiple additional teachers from the list.
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  9. Click Save.
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  10. A success message displays stating that your teacher updates are being processed. Once the update is complete, the message turns green.
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