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CMIS department schedulers: checking for why the instructor name does not appear as assigned for a course

CMIS department schedulers: checking for why the instructor name does not appear as assigned for a course

The information on this page is for CMIS department schedulers.

TSWMS has replaced CMIS in determining teaching staff access to Canvas and CDMS. To ensure teaching staff can access their course(s) in Canvas, please confirm they are tagged with the appropriate role and published in TSWMS.

The following are compulsory fields in CMIS, in order for an instructor to be reflected as teaching a course in Canvas.

Field

Example(s)

Data Validation

Field

Example(s)

Data Validation

Lecturer ID

citabc

  1. NUS-ID

    1. Not friendly-mail, not staff number.

  2. Cannot be blank.

  3. NUS visitor accounts not allowed. They should be added directly to the course(s) by another instructor in the course or the Canvas department representative.

Course Type

L

T

  1. Cannot be blank.

Grp

TE1

  1. Must follow the section naming convention in the course.

  2. Cannot be blank. Every instructor should be at least in one Grp (Section in Canvas).

Weeks

2-7

1,3,5,7,9,11,13

  1. Follow the weeks of the semester (not weeks of the year).

  2. Cannot be blank.

Duration/length

02:00

  1. HH:mm.

  2. Minimum 1 minute i.e. 00:01.