Each course and component is supplied with a name of 63 characters maximum, which is a description of the content or goal of the course or in case of the component the name of the student, subject, room, equipment or teacher in question. Name field can also be blank or same as the Code field. The Name can also be used as a sorting criteria.
You can also insert hidden text to Name field, by enclosing the text between special characters (such as {...}, [...], <...>), selected in Options|Other. By default, this additional information is not visible on screen or in reports, but it is seen when the name is edited. This hidden text may include confidential comments.
For other fields in courses and components, see