This page defines instructor attribute types (every instructor attribute must have a type). Instructor attribute types are used to categorize instructor attributes. Instructor attribute types are academic session independent (the same set is used across all academic sessions). The user needs to have Instructor Attribute Types permission to be able to see the instructor attribute types. The permission Instructor Attribute Type Edit is needed to make modifications.
Each attribute type has an abbreviation, a name, and two toggles:
Conjunctive: if two or more attributes of the same conjunctive type are required on a teaching request, this means that only instructors that have ALL the indicated required attributes can be used (same as with room features). If the attribute type is disjunctive (conjunctive toggle is unchecked), it is sufficient for the instructor to have just one of the required attributes of the given type (same as with room groups).
Required Attribute: If a teaching request has a preference of an attribute that is of the required attribute type (unless the preference is prohibited), the preference is considered as required and the actual preference is used to compare two instructors.
For example, if a teaching request strongly prefers Organic Chemistry Skill and prefers Inorganic Chemistry Skill (assuming that the Skill is a required disjunctive attribute type), an instructor must have either Organic Chemistry Skill or Inorganic Chemistry Skill (because of the required attribute type). Among these, instructors with both skills are most preferred, after which instructors with only the Organic Chemistry Skill are preferred before instructors with only the Inorganic Chemistry Skill (because of the strongly preferred preference on the Organic Chemistry Skill).
If the Skill attribute type is not marked as required attribute, instructors without the above two skills can also teach the course but are less preferred than instructors with one or both of the above two skills.
The table can be sorted by any of its columns, just by clicking on the column header and the sorting option that opens.
Click Add to add a new instructor attribute type
Click a particular instructor attribute type to make changes or to delete the instructor attribute type
Click Edit to edit all instructor attribute types
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