Before you Load Checklist

Especially important if you have added /removed periods, or moved to a new structure (i.e. rotating days, alternate schedules)

The scheduling board will only load courses that have been requested

All courses being offered have been requested and added to your course deck

Sections have been created and assigned to the correct periods / terms

Set up teams as needed

Sections have been assigned a team (where applicable)

Make sure any rules you need are created/updated.

Most common are rules that keep students in the same period/section/teacher for X/Y courses

In the course planner, make sure that the Terms, Schedules, Periods, and Max students are properly set for each course

Set overrides for sections that need a different max students number than the default for the course

All SPED resource rooms (section numbers 200 and above) should have their sections set to a max of 0

Check other courses as well, such as those that require computer labs with limited seats, or courses that can have more students than most (Band, Choir, Gym, etc.)

SPED students that need to be in specific sections (resource rooms, inclusion rooms) should be manually scheduled first

Make sure to LOCK these students so that any unloads do not affect these placements

Schedule blockers should be manually placed for students who are offsite all or part of the day. Fort Hayes CC, Downtown HS, Global Academy, Gifted Academy, College Credit Plus, etc.

this is important before opening the Schedule Board, so you don’t overwrite their work

your first time opening the trial, you should lock all manually-scheduled courses in place