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Academic Scheduling

Anything related to the creation of courses, rooming, meeting patterns, modality, space management.

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Assigning Instructors

Provides step-by-step instructions on how department schedulers can assign instructors to course sections while being aware of factors such as instructor preferences, meeting times, and double bookings.

Assigning Meeting Patterns

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to assign meeting patterns in Coursedog.

Campus Codes

A quick reference for selecting the correct campus code when building or reviewing course sections.

Frequently Asked Questions: Coursedog Implementation

This list of FAQ will be updated throughout the implementation process.

SAVED VIEWS: Default and Schoolwide Saved Views

Provides an overview on the features in Saved Views as well as a glossary. In addition, supplies Admin tools within the Saved Views features.

SCHEDULES: Attribute Scheduler

Provides step-by-step instructions for adding specific attributes to courses

SCHEDULES: Best Practices for Cancelling Courses in Coursedog

Provides the best practices for cancelling a course section, a significant scheduling action that can impact students, faculty, classroom utilization, advising, registration planning, and reporting.

SCHEDULES: How Academic Scheduling Works for Department Schedulers

Provides users a clickable walk-through and training video on how to create and manage their department’s course schedule following the various scheduling components in Coursedog Academic Scheduling.

SCHEDULES: How to Resolve Conflicts

Provides tips if you encounter several types of conflicts when creating or updating a course section.

SCHEDULES: Ignore Double Bookings

Provides insight on how to resolve conflicts such as a double-booked room or instructor.

SCHEDULES: Navigating the Section Dashboard

Provides an overview of how to effectively build a schedule using the Section Dashboard.

SCHEDULES: Reports on Academic Schedules

Provides an interactive demo through the Reports & Analytics feature in Academic Scheduling reviewing features like scheduling distribution, seat utilization, and etc.

SCHEDULES: Scheduling Process Overview

Provides users with a walkthrough on the key stages of schedule development, and how courses are planned, reviewed, and submitted within Coursedog.

SCHEDULES: Section Configuration

Provides an overview on how department scheduler's can view, add, delete, and/or configure course sections once their course list is accurate.

SCHEDULES: Understanding Coursedog Scheduling Phases

Provides a description of the Coursedog scheduling cycle and how it is divided into phases that help balance departmental flexibility with schedule accuracy, room optimization, and student planning.

SCHEDULES: Validating and Submitting a Schedule

Provides step-by step instructions on submitting and validating a schedule and descriptions on potential warnings and/or errors in schedule submissions.

Academic Departments: Creating a Balanced Academic and Room Schedule

An explanation about course scheduling to be evenly distributed amongst the 14 daytime sequences in order to have a robust and balanced portfolio for rooming and student scheduling.

Academic Departments: Helpful Tips when Creating a Schedule of Classes

An explanation of department best practices when working on their course offerings.

Academic Departments: Using the Registrar’s Sequence Distribution template

Provides instructions to analyze course offerings in the department using the Registrar's 14-day time sequences template (excluding evening and weekend courses, online courses, or courses held in departmental spaces (such as labs) which are not managed by the Registrar’s Office.