The information below is intended to provide colleges guidance on testing Faculty Workload.  The first step in the process is to assign work to an instructor. Work is either assigned by adding the instructor to a class (instructional assignment) or by adding a non-instructional work assignment (e.g. Special Assignments, Lab Center Hours or Release Time) in the Instructor Term Workload table. Both full and part-time faculty are handled the same in this step of the process, with the exception that full-time faculty will need their regular load (FTE% calculated) without generating pay within FWL, as pay for full-time faculty regular load is generated by the semi-monthly pay in HCM.

PREP-STEPS:

Instructor

Before assigning work to an instructor, the instructor must exist in the Instructor/Advisor table.  If a college requires that each class be taught by an verified instructor (as designated in the Academic Organization configuration), then the instructor must also have the Approved Coursework tab completed on the Instructor/Advisor table before being visible in Schedule of Class.  To ensure a more effective test process prep-steps for instructors have been added to this User Acceptance Test guide.  These prep-steps can be done instructor-by-instructor, or can be performed to 'pre-check' the pool of instructors intended to be used in testing.  

Course/Class

Before assigning an instructor in Schedule of Class, the Instructor Contact Hours and Units (credits) on the Course and the Class must be accurate.  To ensure a more effective test process prep-steps for course and class have been added to this User Acceptance Test guide. These prep-steps can be done course-by-course before each instructor is assigned to a class, or can be performed to 'pre-check' the pool of classes intended to be used in testing.  

Performing these prep-steps will help avoid unnecessary failures in the Class Assignment and FWL Calculation process that can be difficult to triage and prolong the testing activity.

TEST EXECUTION:

When testing the addition of an instructional assignment as part of the Faculty Workload process it will be important to test the addition of many different types of class assignments.  You will want to test at least two instructional assignments for each Contract Type you have had configured. It is important to verify that the Assignment Type appears as expected in Schedule of Class and that it works for the various types and combinations of components (Lecture, Lab, Clinical, Independent Study) possible within Schedule of Class.  Refer to the Minimum Test Case (Data) Scenarios for recommendations.

To allow for more streamlined testing activities, more unique situations (class cancellations, instructor late starts, proration of pay due to instructor leaving, etc.) requiring adjustments to an instructor's teaching assignment have been isolate to a separate step - CH.001.6 - FWL Process Class Adjustments.

CH.001.1.1 [Prep-Step] Verify Instructor on Instructor/Advisor Table

Note: Click on the 'Instructor/Advisor Table Tab' in the foldable QRG.

CH.001.1.2 [Prep-Step] Verify Approved Courses on Instructor/Advisor Table

Note: Click on the 'Approved Courses Tab' in the foldable QRG.

CH.001.1.3 [Prep-Step] Verify Course Catalog

CH.001.1.4 [Prep-Step] Verify Class Instructor Contact Hours on Adjust Class Page

CH.001.1.5 Add Assignment to Schedule of Class

CH.001.1.6 Add Assignment to Instructor Term Workload

Scenarios for CH.001.1.5 - Add Assignment to Schedule of Class

• A single component (e.g. Lecture, Lab, Clinical) class with one instructor assigned.
• An instructor assigned to a diverse range of classes across multiple jobs, each in a different HR Department.
• A class scheduled from a course with multiple components, where the same instructor is teaching both components (e.g. Lecture and Lab course).
• A class scheduled from a course with multiple components, where the instructors teaching both components are different.
• A class with multiple meeting patterns.
• A class that is short in duration (not one that begins at the term start and ends at term end).
• A class with multiple instructors assigned to a single component (Team Taught).

Scenarios for CH.001.1.6 - Add Assignment to Instructor Term Workload

• Add a Release Time non-instructional assignment.
• Add a Special Assignment (e.g. course preparations).

CH.001.1.5 - Add Assignment to Schedule of Class

• Error Condition: Select the wrong Assignment Type for the intended instructor/class assignment.
  • Expected Behavior: The next step in the process - FWL Calculation Process (Batch) - will generate an error in the log file showing that the Assignment Type could not be associated with a Contract Type.
• Error Condition: Enter a random Empl Rcd Nbr, for which no job exists.
  • Expected Behavior: A field error will display and the Empl Rcd field lookup must be used to select the active & available employee record number.

CH.001.1.6 - Add Assignment to Instructor Term Workload

• Error Condition: Enter a non-instructional assignment without adding hours in the Instructor Term Workload - workload field.
  • Expected Behavior: Entry will save, but pay will not calculate without hours entered.  

This is the first step in this high level flow diagram; however an upstream process would be to hire a new Full-Time or Part Time instructor.  This process is covered in the high level flow diagram for HCM:

UAT HH.001 Hire to Payroll with Centralized Absence [Sprint 1]

CH.001 - FWL Assign Instructor Work thru Send Pay to HCM

CH.001.2 - FWL Calculate and Review Contract Pay