Scheduling Board

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The Scheduling Board (formerly known as the Schedule Wizard) includes access to Scheduling Board Trials and the Scheduling Board. It provides a visual representation of a school's overall schedule. Users can easily see the schedule being built in real time, along with any teacher and room conflicts. Course sections can be dragged and dropped onto the schedule grid, and if needed, those sections can be moved around to other terms and periods, or removed completely. Quickly load and unload course sections, build and unbuild all the courses, lock and unlock section rosters, all within one tool. 

Opening the Scheduling Board first requires the selection of a Scheduling Board Trial, which is accessible from the Scheduling Board tool.

Screenshot of opening the Scheduling Board from Scheduling Board Trials.Select Trial to Open Scheduling Board 

See the Scheduling Board Tool Rights article for information on available tool rights for Scheduling Board and Scheduling Board Trials.

The Scheduling Board improves upon previous technology and functions available with the Schedule Wizard. The Scheduling Board is accessible without having to log in to another tool or applet. As long as access is granted through tool rights, access to the Scheduling Board is available.

Scheduling Timeline

Refer to the Checklist of Scheduling to stay on top of all tasks that need to be done for a successful scheduling season. In addition, the Scheduling Center can be used to stay on top of tasks for the scheduling season.

It is time to use the Scheduling Board when: 

Security and Data Precautions

  • Limit the number of users per school who have access to the Scheduling Board. 
  • Once done with scheduling for the year and the school year begins, NEVER use the Scheduling Board to make schedule changes. There are several pieces of data that are tied to sections - namely attendance, grades and teacher grade books. If a user were to make significant changes to a schedule once this data was entered, orphaned records would be created. It is highly recommended that a currently active year NEVER be changed in the Scheduling Board.
  • Districts that use OneRoster connections to sync to other systems, including Campus' Digital Learning Partnersshould NOT use the Scheduling Board at any point after their data has been synced during that school year. Districts should not sync with OneRoster vendors at the beginning of the school year until student scheduling is finalized. Syncing before finalizing scheduling may result in data issues for OneRoster vendors, such as duplicate class records or loss of class data.

Kentucky Districts
After using the Scheduing Board, rerun the Attendance Refresh tool.

Where do I

The following table details where a task could be done in the previous Schedule Wizard/White Board and where it is done now in Scheduling Trials and Scheduling Board. 

Scheduling Board Trials

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I want to... Trials Scheduling Board Trials
See which trial is active
View Trial Properties
Lock terms so no further changes can be made to them
Select what items are included in the course load - Requests and Courses, or Requests Only N/A
This option is not available. 
Manage the trial by copying it, deleting it, saving it, and making it active
View Percentages Toward Completion N/A
This is also available on the Scheduling Board.

Scheduling Board

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I want to... White Board Scheduling Board
Change the display of the Departments, Courses and Periods on the Y-axis and X-axis
Access the Staff Planner and Course Planner
Build, Unbuild and Change Build Settings
Load, Unload and Change Load Settings
Lock and Unlock Rosters
Run Scheduling Reports N/A

Scheduling reports are not available from Scheduling Board. Use the Reports available in Scheduling & Courses Reports or the Scheduling Center.
Set Highlight or Conflict Display Options
Right-click Options for Courses, Sections, Terms, Departments, Periods
View Percentage Towards Completion
This is also available on Scheduling Board Trials.
Change Selected Trial to another Trial
Change Student Loading Configuration/AutoLoader Configuration
Configure Course Build Configuration

Next Steps

Try the new Scheduling Board Trials and Scheduling Board to build courses and load schedules for the next school year!