Schedule Builder - Build Master Schedule

This window allows you to start the build master schedule process. Before starting the build make sure you have entered or edited Student Requests, Room Resources, Teacher Resources, and Preliminary Section Data.

This option can be useful in identifying teacher conflicts before you have assigned students.

If your schedule is already built from a previous year, and you only need to make minor modifications such as adding a class or section, changing a teacher or room, then you probably do not need to do a rebuild. Instead, you can modify the master schedule under Administration - Scheduling.

Steps

1. Click on the AdministrationMenu and select Schedule Builder.
2. From the Schedule Builder Menu select Schedule Builder. You will be asked to confirm the year for which the builder will run.
3. The Build tab is displayed.
4. In the Optimize times for: section you must choose either Student Requests or Teachers. Optimizing for students will cause more teacher conflicts. Optimizing for teachers will cause more student conflicts. It is usually easier to resolve student conflicts. Therefore, it is recommended that you optimize for teachers.
5. The program will automatically store a copy of any existing student schedules and the existing master schedule in an archive file. You can also ask the program to archive the data in a specific slot with a specific comment by clicking the Store Archive button. On the Store Archive window click to select a slot and type your comment. Click OK to save.
6. Click Run to begin building your master schedule.

See Also

Schedule Builder