IPSIS Section Association is an interface in Brightspace used to manually manipulate relationships between enrollable courses or sections in an SIS and course offerings in Brightspace.
Important: Refer to About SIS Course Merge for information about how to use the tool.
To access the IPSIS Section Association page
- From your organization home page, click Admin Tools.
- Under SIS Integration, click IPSIS Section Association.
Visual Tour: IPSIS Section Association
You can use the Search SIS Sections page of IPSIS Section Association to filter and search for existing SIS sections.

Figure: The IPSIS Section Association page has a number of sections, which are described below.
- Filters: Click an arrow to expand and access more filter options.
- Filters Applied: Review a list of all filters applied to your search. Click Save Preferences to save your filter configuration.
- Search Area: Choose to search either SIS Sections or Course Offerings in Brightspace.
- Search Fields: Search by code or name.
- Status: Search among Active, Inactive, or All SIS Sections or Course Offerings.
- Filter by Department, Semester, or Number of Associations.
- Search: Enter a Section or Course name or code. Or leave the field blank and click Search to show results based upon your filters.
- Manage Course Offering Associations: Search for existing course offerings, or create a new course offering to associate with other course offerings.
- Review and select search results.