17 Instructor FAQs
Settings And Company Assignment
How Can I Switch a Computer or Inactive Company to a Participant, or a Participant Company to Computer or Inactive?
Changing company configurations requires restarting the Industry. If companies have uploaded decisions for Round 1, or if the simulation has progressed to Round 2 or beyond, all decisions will be lost..
To restart the Industry, go to Manage Industry and select Manual Restart (Restart Industries in Footrace). Step 2, Configure Simulation, will allow you to change companies to participant, computer or inactive.
How Do I Activate, Deactivate or Change Starting Rounds for Additional Modules?
Adjusting modules requires restarting the Industry. To restart the Industry, go to Manage Industry and select Manual Restart (Restart Industries | Schedule Restart in Footrace). Step 2, Configure Simulation, will allow you to activate or deactivate modules, or change the round in which they are to start, or with Labor Negotiations (Capstone only), the round in which they are to occur.
How Do I Move Participants to a Different Company?
The Industry Roster area displays participant names alphabetically and by company. Clicking a participant's name opens a form that will allow you to change the company assignment. If you have more than one industry you can also change the participant's Industry ID.
Be sure to click the Update button to complete the change.
For Footrace industries, click any name in the alphabetical list to change that participant from his or her sub-industry back to the Footrace root (that is, back to the _000 suffix). That participant can then join or form a company.
How Do I Use the Team Assignment Area (Tournament Only)?
The Team Assignment area is useful if you wish to assign several participants to companies across different industries. This area requires:
- Clicking the checkbox in the row for each participant to be changed
- Selecting the company
- Clicking the Assign button to complete the process
How Can I Move Participants to a Different Industry?
If you wish to move a participant to an Industry ID assigned to a different professor, please use the Capsim Support system under the Help heading and tell us who needs to be moved, or please call 877-477-8787 in the U.S.; all others please call 1-847-501-2888.
If you wish to move a participant to a different Industry ID assigned to you, go to Industry Roster, select the alphabetical list and click on the participant's name. When the form opens, click the down arrow in the Industry ID combo box and choose another industry.
How Do I Check Participant Assignment Progress?
Go to Industry Results|Reports|Student Database. Select the options for the desired information then click Build.
How Many Participants Should Be On Each Company?
Capsim recommends 4-6 participants per team.