Define an academic track

An academic track defines a set of possible course selections available to a specific group of students. They are analogous to the colored course selection sheets common in a paper-based course selection process. Define an academic track and courses that students can or must complete when assigned to that track.

Note: You can pull an academic track already created at another school in your district to use at your school, or push an academic track you created to another school in your district.

To define an academic track:

Log on to the School view.
Select Schedule > Academic Tracks.
Do one of the following:

To create a track from scratch, on the Options menu, click Add.
To copy an existing track, select the track, and click Details. On the Options menu, click Copy. Type a number to indicate the number of copies of the track you want to make.
The Academic Track page appears.

Type a name in the Name field.
At the Type field, select an academic level, such as College, Honor, Standard, or Vocational.
In the Credit field, type the minimum number of credits a student has to request on this track.
Select the Secondary student only checkbox if this selection sheet is for incoming secondary students only.
Use the Grade Levels area of the page to include all the grade levels that are part of the current track. Click Add to add a grade level, and do the following:

Click the drop-down to select a grade in the Grade Level column.
Type the instructions that appear for students in that grade level on this track on their Requests page.
In the StartDate and EndDate columns, define the date range in which students in this grade level can use the Student portal a view in Aspen where authorized parents and students can access student data, including attendance, assignments, conduct incidents, and grades to make their course selections.

Then, for each grade level, you can specify the subject areas and courses in those subjects they can choose from.
Click Save.