SSATEXT Instructions for Departments - Banner

Departments often create sections that have special information or instructions for students.  Verbiage for the special information/instructions must be added to each CRN every term. The Banner form used to record the special information/instructions is SSATEXT.  Below are the procedures for recording information/instructions that will be e-mailed and/or displayed on the Class Schedule Search.

 

Do not use URLs in either section of SSATEXT as they do not appear as hyperlinks/links when the information is displayed in the Class Search.

 

Example of display of URL in Class Search when entered in SSATEXT:


 

Course materials can be found on the Bookstore Links tab automatically so there is no need to include URLs in SSATEXT:
 

 

 

Note: Screenshots in this document have been captured from a TEST environment; colors will be different in the live, production environment.

 

  1. To send an e-mail to students upon registration into a course AND to display information about the course on the Class Schedule Search:

 

  1. Enter the Term and CRN information and click Go:

 

  1. In Section Text enter the verbiage you wish to have e-mailed to the student upon their registration into the course:

 

  1. In Section Long Text enter the verbiage you wish to display on the class searches:

 

Email to student screenshot:

 

Class Schedule Search Results Screenshot:

Students must click on the Title of the course shown in the Class Schedule Search results to open the window shown below:

 

 

  1. If you want to display information about the course on the Class Schedule Search but you do not want an e-mail sent to the students upon registration into the course:

 

  1. Do not enter Section Text:

 

  1. In Section Long Text enter the verbiage you wish to display on the Class Schedule Search:

 

Class Schedule Search Results Screenshot:

Students must click on the Title of the course shown in the Class Schedule Search results to open the window shown below:

 

 

  1. If you want to send an e-mail to the student upon registration into the course but do not want to display information on the class searches, you have two options:

 

  1. Option One: 

i.In Section Text enter the verbiage you want to have e-mailed to the student upon their registration into the course:

 

ii.In Section Long Text enter a period:

           

Class Schedule Search Screenshot:

Students must click on the Title of the course shown in the Class Schedule Search results to open the window shown below:

 

 

  1. Option Two:

 

i.In Section Text enter the verbiage you want to have e-mailed to the student upon their registration into the course:

 

ii. In the Section Long Text, enter a comment that students will receive an e-mail with information upon registration into the course (sample/suggested verbiage below in screenshot)—if you do not, the Section Text will display on the Class Search but NOT the website Class Search:

 

Class Schedule Search Screenshot:

Students must click on the Title of the course shown in the Class Schedule Search results to open the window shown below:

 

 

 

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