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The Scheduling Wizard approaches the fulfillment of student course requests in a very systematic manner. In most situations, it is important to help the Wizard understand the relationship between courses as they are created and defined. This is done using the scheduling rules.

Scheduling rules tie courses together in a variety of ways, affecting the flexibility of the Schedule Wizard. The rule only takes effect if a student has requested both courses during the same scheduling year. When a rule is applied to a course, its complement is applied to the course’s pair. Rules should only be used if absolutely necessary to achieve the education goals of the district.

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https://kb.infinitecampus.com/help/course-rules

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PATH:Scheduling > Courses > Course Rules > Scheduling Rules

Beginning in 2020-2021, courses worth 1.0 HS credit that meet for the entire school year have been broken into two components. Each of these components meet one semester and are worth 0.5 credits.

For example:

Old Course

New Courses

911000 - BIOLOGY

911000.1 - BIOLOGY (X)

911000.2 - BIOLOGY (Y)

1.0 credits; year-long

0.5 credits; semester long

0.5 credits; semester long

In order to ensure that these courses are in the same period so that students have continuity across the semester break, we need to set up a scheduling rule. In this case, we are going to use the rule called Same Period.

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As shown in the animation above (no sound):

  • Select the course to add the rule to

  • Go to the Course Rules Tab

  • Click New Scheduling Rule

  • Verify the selected course appears under “Course 1”

  • Select Same Period from the drop list.

  • Select the corresponding course in the list for Course 2

    • (tick) TIP: you can begin typing the course number to shorten the number of courses in the list

    • (warning) CAUTION: make sure to select the correct corresponding course - there might be courses with a similar course number (like the Special Ed or ESL version) in this list

  • Verify that Course 1 and Course 2 are correct in your Rules List at the top

  • Click the Save icon when finished.

Note

IMPORTANT: If you have more than one of the same course being taught the same period, you will need to add an additional rule to make sure your students stay with the same teacher. Add the Same Teacher rule in addition to the Same Period Rule following the same steps above.

Tip

If you have use the same section number across semesters for an X/Y course in the same period, then you can use the Same Section rule instead of the two rules above.