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.
Create academic tracks to determine the courses students can choose from when requesting courses for next year.
To manage academic tracks in Aspen:
- Create the academic tracks. For example, your school might create an academic track for High School AP students, and another for High School College-Prep students. For each track, you determine the grade levels it applies to.
- Within each academic track, you create track selections. Track selections determine the list of subject areas with corresponding courses that students in a specific grade level can select from when entering course requests online. For example, within the High School AP academic track, you might create the Grade 9 AP Math, Grade 10 AP Math, Grade 11 AP Math, and Grade 12 AP Math track selections.
- You can copy academic tracks between schools in your
- After you create academic tracks, assign them to students.
