"Class section tagging" refers to the process of assigning a specific identifier (or "tag") to a class offering within a university. These tags help offer additional information in the course registration system about a specific section. They help differentiate between multiple offerings of the same course—such as different instructors, times, locations, instructional formats (e.g., online vs. in-person), content, or cost of textbooks.
Click the links below to learn more about each class section tag.
Faculty Colleagues: Please TAG Your Sections to Help Students Choose Classes!
Section Tagging is here! Until October 8, 2025 faculty and instructors can tag Spring 2026 semester class sections for Civic Learning, Book/Materials Low Cost, Book/Materials No Cost, and Sustainability Content. For some departments and programs, the Spring 2026 schedule is still in process. Faculty, you can tag your class sections as they are put into your Teaching Schedule in the Faculty Center in Polaris.
How do you tag class sections? Go to the SSU Faculty Center in Polaris and click on the Section Tagging tab in the menu on the left hand side of the screen. When the Section Tagging Entry screen appears, enter the term Spring 2026 in the box below your name. A dropdown menu beside each class section will allow you to add a section tag.
These four class section tags have been approved by the All-University Committee, the University Curriculum Committee, and the Academic Policies Committee.
Once you add a tag to your class section, it will appear as a course attribute in the Class Search feature of Polaris so students and their advisors will be able to search for classes with these attributes.
Why do this? Section tagging offers faculty the opportunity to let students know their class is offering the tagged feature. It allows students to look for attributes they care about when searching for class sections. This is information many of our students would love to know when deciding which sections to take.
Click the links below to learn more about each class section tag.
Questions? Contact one of the Section Tagging team members below.
Sincerely,
Annette Chapman-Adisho, Elizabeth McKeigue, and Cathy Fahey (for No Cost and Low Cost Course Materials)
Cynthia Lynch (for Civic Learning)
Tara Gallagher and Brian Vanden Heuvel (for Sustainability Content)