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Last Updated: 2025-06-27
FAQ: Curriculum Management

FAQ: Curriculum Management

How do I manage course offerings?
Use the:
  • Manage Offerings for Course
     task to create and edit course sections in bulk.
  • Find Course Offerings
     report to search, filter, and view the course sections at your institution.
How do I publish course sections in bulk?
  1. Access the
    Find Course Section Definitions
     report.
  2. Select the course sections that you want to publish.
  3. Click
    Mass Publish Sections
    .
    When publishing fewer than 100 course sections, Workday applies the updates immediately.
    Otherwise, Workday displays the changes for course sections published within the last 7 days in the
    Find Course Section Definitions
     report after:
    • 1 hour in your Production tenant.
    • 6 hours in all other tenants.
You can also use the
Put Published Course Sections
 web service for immediate results.
How do I copy course sections across academic periods?
You can copy course sections across academic periods by rolling them over. See Roll Over Course Sections.
How do I retire a course?
  1. Access the
    Find Course Definitions
     report.
  2. From the related actions menu of a course definition, select
    Course Definition
    Edit
    .
  3. Enter the
    Last Available
     date.
    After this date, Workday no longer displays the course on these reports:
    • View Course Inventory
      .
    • Find Course Offerings
      .
    • Course Offerings
      .
    You can't have course sections that start after the
    Last Available
     date.
How do I view a course section roster?
You can view course section rosters that have 1 or more registrations with a
Registration Status
 of
Registered
 or
Completed
 .
  1. Access the
    Find Course Section Definitions
     report.
  2. From the related actions menu of a course section definition, select
    Course Section Definition
    View Roster
    .
The
View Course Section Roster
 report is secured to these domains in the Student Records functional area:
  • Manage: Curriculum Management
    .
  • Manage: Enrollment Results
    .
  • Manage: Instructor Section Roster
    .
How can students view the course materials for a course?
Students can view course materials by accessing these reports:
  • Find Courses
  • Find Course Sections
  • View My Courses
  • View Student Course Material
How do I resolve class scheduling conflicts?
Workday automatically detects scheduling conflicts between course sections that have overlapping date ranges, meeting patterns, and instructional locations.
  • Access the Course Section Conflicts by Academic Period report to find all conflicting activity offerings within an academic period.
  • 1 way to resolve scheduling conflicts is by overlapping course sections. You can overlap course sections that have only 1 meeting pattern assigned to them. Access the Find Course Sections to Overlap report. Select the course sections to overlap and click Manage Course Section Overlaps. Once you complete the task, Workday displays the overlap status on the course section profile.
How do I resolve instructor scheduling conflicts?
Workday automatically detects scheduling conflicts for instructors who have more than 1 course section occurring at the same time. To resolve instructor scheduling conflicts, change the instructor for 1 or more of the conflicting course sections.
  1. Access the
    Instructor Conflicts by Academic Period
     report.
  2. From the related actions menu of a course section in the
    Conflicting Sections
     column, select
    Course Section Definition
    Edit
    .
  3. On the
    Instructor Roles
     grid, select a new instructor.
How do I hide course sections from students?
  1. Access the
    Find Course Section Definitions
     report.
  2. Select the course sections to hide or unhide from students.
  3. Click
    Manage Student View
    .
How do I cancel preliminary course sections?
  1. Access the
    Find Course Sections with Preliminary Status
     report.
  2. Select the course sections to change from preliminary status.
  3. Click
    Canceled: Preliminary
    .
You can also edit preliminary sections statuses from the related actions menu of a course section definition, select
Course Definition Section
Edit Preliminary Section Status
.