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Block Registration

Block Registration allows CAMS users to register groups of students for multiple courses at once. Sequences can be set up so that students may be registered for the first block sequence in the first term, the next sequence in the next term, and so on. Students can be registered together grouped by Cohort Groups as set in their Student Status record.

Block Registration is Unofficial Registration only. See Block Registration Setup for step-by-step instructions to set up Block Registration.

To Block Register Students

  1. From the CAMS Enterprise Home page, click Registration >Academic >Block Registration. The Block Registration Options page opens.
  2. Enter the Registration Term (required).
  3. The Effective Date (required) defaults to the current date and may be changed by manually entering it or clicking the calendar icon to select the date.
  4. Select the Block Program (required) that you wish to register. Only students with the selected Block Program set in their Student Status >Student Programs for Term detail Block Program and Block Sequence fields can be registered for the selected Block Program.
  5. If desired, select one or more Cohort Groups to register. Different groups of students may be grouped together by their Student Status record’s Cohort Group. This can be used to register a single group of students in the term or multiple groups of students in the term for the selected Block Program. It is also an effective way to utilize multiple “sub-terms” with different dates in an academic year registering different groups of students for different terms.
  6. Once all selections have been made, click Process.
  7. If any courses are missing from the selected Term’s Offering or if any tuition setup is missing, a message displays listing the missing courses and setup items.
  8. You must add any missing courses to the Term by copying from Master and correct any missing tuition setup. You can leave the Setup Verification detail window open, make any corrections, then click the Refresh button to continue or cancel, make the corrections then start the registration again.
  9. The Semaphore Verification detail will display any students that have a Registration semaphore lock for the selected registration term in the Missing Setup grid. You can leave the Semaphore Verification detail window open, clear the Registration semaphore, then click the Refresh button to continue, cancel then start the registration again after the semaphore has been cleared, or click Process to continue registering the students and courses listed in the To Be Registered grid.
  10. Scroll right in the To Be Registered grid to view information for the block to be registered.
  11. Click Process to register the students and courses listed in the To Be Registered grid. A pop-up displays confirming the number of Students/Courses.

Note: The only course validation performed during block registration is course capacity. If sections are available registration will be limited to the capacity of each section until the last section in which any remaining students will be placed. Sections are sorted in ASCII sort order (A through Z, then 1 through 99999).

  1. Click Yes to register the students for these courses.
  2. The Finish Registration window displays listing the students registered.
  3. Due to the potential number of transactions, tuition-related transactions are not automatically generated. If you wish to generate the tuition transactions for this registration now, click ReCalc Bills. Tuition charges will be generated and placed in the Preregistration batch. You may also click Finish without generating the transactions, then use the recalculation functionality in Billing >Authorize at your convenience.
  4. If you choose to generate the transactions now, the recalculation process results displays upon completion. This could take some time depending on the number of transactions for this registration session.
  5. As Block Registration is Unofficial Registration, the courses must be authorized in Billing >Authorize according to your institutions business practices. Click Finish to complete the registration process and return to the Options tab.