Course Descriptions
Part 1:
This session focuses on preparing calendars for the future scheduling year. Topics include:
- Creating New School Years
- Creating New Calendars
- Rolling Forward Calendars
- Updating Calendar Setup (Calendar Info, Grade Levels, Schedule Structures, Terms, Periods, Days)
- Creating/Updating Departments
- Rolling Forward Enrollments
- Enrollment Cleanup Wizard
- Rolling Forward Reports
- Rolling Forward Transportation
- Rolling Forward Student Constraints
- User Calendar Groups
Part 2:
This session focuses on cleaning up courses and entering requests for the future scheduling year. Topics include:
- Creating/Modifying Course Catalogs
- Creating/Modifying, Copying, and Pushing Course Masters
- Creating/Modifying and Copying Courses
- Creating/Modifying Course Rules
- Creating/Modifying Sections
- Understanding Scheduling Units
- Creating Course Requests via the Request Wizard or Walk In Scheduler
- Working with Course Requests entered by Teachers or Students via Course Registration
- Working with the Course Plan Administration Tool to Generate Course Requests
- Creating/Modifying Student Constraints
- Understanding and Using Scheduling Groups
Part 3:
This session focuses on building the Master Schedule for the future school year. Topics include:
- Schedule Building Reports
- Staff Planner
- Course Planner
- Trials
- Scheduling Board (Display Options, Build Settings,
Automatically Building Section, Manually Building Section)
Part 4:
This
session focuses on loading students into rosters and filling scheduling
gaps for the future scheduling year. Topics include:
- Configure Load Settings
- Adjust Section Balance Settings
- Load Sections
- Configure View Settings for Loading
- Understand Load Statistics
- Fill Student Schedule Gaps
- Add Students to Scheduling Groups/Teams
- Understand Load Reports