Topics Descriptions

Within the New Vergil system, class administrators have the ability to add a description for various course topic sections within a singular course. These supplemental section-specific descriptions will be visible to students in Vergil Course Search.

How to Add Topics Descriptions

Adding a description to a course topic must be completed in the inventory while initially proposing a new course or modifying an approved or existing course. The following images will illustrate the correct steps for adding a topic title and description, along with the final result. 

  1.  Image 1: Click "Add Topic," highlighted in yellow, to enter the topic class title and description. Don't forget to save your recent changes. 
  2. Image 2: After Saving, this will be the format of your topic class title and description
The 1st page of the course proposal document. Highlighted in yellow is the "Add a topic" option which will produce a white pop-up square with two data entry sections. The 1st section is for the title, which has a blue box directing users to "Type in the Topic Class Title Here." The second section is the description which directs users to "Type in Topic Description Here."
The 1st page of the course proposal document. The 1st section is for the title, which has a blue box directing users to "Type in the Topic Class Title Here." The second section is the description which directs users to "Type in Topic Description Here."

Once a user has added the description to a topic in the inventory, the next step is to add the topics course and its sections to the schedule, which will mirror image 1. To verify that the topic description is correctly in place, click on the three white dots on the page, which will reveal a page identical to image 2. On this page you will find both the class and topic descriptions labeled as follows: 

  • Black: The course description which provides a generalized overview of the course and the contents of its various topics. This will be consistent across every topic section. 
  • Green: The topic description, which will vary across each topic section to reflect the section's subject and content. 


*the class and topic descriptions will not have the colors depicted in images 1 and 2.
This image is the semester schedule. It contains green boxes to identify the Topics Course, and red boxes to identify the topic sections once a class has been added to the schedule.
The image below is representative of what the User will see in the course management semester schedule. The black box indicates the course description while the green box directs the user to the location of the topic's description.

Finalized Topic Description Preview

The image below is the final depiction of a topic description in Vergil Course Search. Topics Description detail is visible to students and anyone with access to Vergil Course Search (anyone with a uni). 

This is a picture of a listed topic's course in Vergil. The red box indicates the appropriate location of the topic's description which is below the topic class title and information.

For more information on course topics, the semester schedule, or editing and constructing a course please refer to: