This text box on the Course Description tab (Catalog window) holds up to 32,000 characters and allows you to provide detailed information about this catalog record or course record. Information stored in the Catalog Text column is defaulted to the Text column in the Master 2 sub-tab of the Course tab (Courses window) when the course is created from the Catalog Lookup window.
The format of the text is configured on the Registration Configuration tab of the Registration Configuration window.
This text is displayed in many portlets (such as Course Schedules, Student Schedule, and Faculty Course Control) in CRM Student and CRM Faculty in campus portal (JICS). The text is displayed from the J1 Desktop Courses window if it exists. If not, text is displayed from the J1 Desktop Catalog window.