Choosing a group name

All courses on the server belong to a group. Internally, a group is a directory on the server (under the courses directory) where all courses within that group are stored.

manhat-x.x.x/courses   <-- groups and courses are stored in the 'courses' directory

    f03         <-- a 'group' is a subdirectory under 'courses'
        engl10101
        math13103   <--the f03 group has 3 courses - the 'internal course names' are also
        hist35101         directory names

    s04         <-- another course group
        engl10102
        cis40021

When creating a new course, you can either select an existing group from the list, or select <New Group> and type the name of the new group in the text box.

When creating a new group:

• Use as few characters as possible. For example, f03 is a better group name than Fall_2003. Once a group is created, you can give it a more complete description using the Configure courses option on the administrative menu. (See Changing a group's description)

• Keep in mind that you are selecting the name for a directory on the server. No spaces, no dots, no slashes - just a-z, A-Z, 0-9

• Think about how you want to organize your classrooms. Other administrative programs, such as Delete courses and Configure courses allow you to search for courses within a group. A separate group for each semester will make sense for most schools. Also, consider a group called demo for classrooms used to demonstrate Manhattan, or maybe one called junk for courses that you know can be deleted without causing any problems.

• If you are creating a Course Template, your choice of group on this form is completely ignored. Instead, Manhattan will automatically use the group name T<username> where <username> is the username of the teacher who owns the template. (Course templates are created in the templates directory of your installation, instead of the courses directory.)

manhat-x.x.x/templates <-- course templates are stored in the 'templates' directory

    Tae4322         <-- each teacher has their own 'group'.  The group name is 'T'
                                       followed by their username
        Tengl101
        Tmath131    <--this teacher has 2 course templates.  A 'T' is automatically
                                      added to the front of the "internal course name" you provide.