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Attribute change: warwickcoursecode

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:18:52 GMT

Thanks Mat, thats clear.

Attribute change: warwickcoursecode

Mathew Mannion — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:17:18 GMT

In this post Andrew Taylor wrote:

Hi Matt,

This is interesting as I also associate route code as being the course code. What actually is the course code? Our sitebuilder systems use webgroups rather than the SSO variable so we'll be unaffected.

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

A course may have multiple routes. Taking a couple of example students, a student may be on the course UPHA-V7MM (Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Intercalated)) but be on either route V7MQ (Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite) (with Intercalated Year)) or route V7MS (Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Bipartite with Economics Major) (with Intercalated Year)). A route is, in effect, a pathway to study a course, and it's the route that leads to a module diet.

Mat

Attribute change: warwickcoursecode

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:01:55 GMT

Hi Matt,

This is interesting as I also associate route code as being the course code. What actually is the course code? Our sitebuilder systems use webgroups rather than the SSO variable so we'll be unaffected.

Andrew

Attribute change: warwickcoursecode

Mathew Mannion — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:41:58 GMT

Web sign-on currently returns a "warwickcoursecode" attribute as part of the sentry response for a student. Contrary to its name, this is currently not the course code at all, but the route code.

Our intention is to make a change so that this attribute genuinely returns the course code for a student, not their route code.

If this is likely to cause a problem for your service, pleaes let us know as soon as possible.