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The batching mechanism is in the ucd-enterprise-data module in UC Davis' svn repository, and is implemented via quartz. Batching has yet to be QA tested, but essentially goes "hand-in-hand" with the providers because the one thing that the batching process handles is assigning a "provider id" for course sites. In relation to the manual course site creation, the batching mechanism introduces some different functionality. Currently each CRN is its own site in Sakai, and only CRNs with rosters are created at batch time.
a1. creates course site "skeleton" with the following attributes:
i. creates site id with a pattern of TERMCD and CRN. An example is 20061012345
ii. creates a site title (tab) with the pattern C (this is a MAJOR difference from the manual process)
iia. . SUBJ COURSENUMBER SECTION TERMABBREVIATION TERMYEAR (e.g. BIS 001A 001 SSS WQ06)
iii. adds site information also (e.g. description, long description, etc)
b 2. adds tools and pages to the site (from a sakai.properties configuration)
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