New feature: Weekend scheduling
Configure your school week to run Monday–Friday, Monday–Saturday, or Monday–Sunday.
New feature: Capacity Overage Report
At a glance, see where course capacity exceeds room capacity.
New feature for working on alternative schedules: Schedule Locking
Before COVID-19, schools had just one schedule they were preparing for publication. Now they need several. See how schedule locking helps.
Clone a polished schedule—new COVID-19 feature in ofCourse
Replicate a polished schedule. Change start times, change rooms, or move classes online. Experiment. See if a new strategy will work.
New ofCourse features to support
scheduling in the world of COVID-19
COVID-19 updates are ready. Schedule longer breaktimes for sanitization. Use adjusted room and course capacities for a socially-distanced schedule.
Free up resources by setting start and end dates for short courses (partial semester)
Last month we talked about the leanest updates of the year, hiding 'deleted' items. This month's entry may easily qualify…
Hide deactivated items for a cleaner schedule
Like the update it represents, this newsletter entry is going to be quick and concise. Short version is this. We…
How our customers’ ideas become ofCourse features
Summer is my favorite time of the year. Yes, I'm aware that plenty of folks shares this sentiment, but a…
4 reasons to keep the ofCourse schedule in sync with your school’s parent system
Two months ago we talked about some strategies for getting the ofCourse-produced schedule into your parent system. We all agree…
Attach notes to schedules to keep track of versions
One of the most secretly helpful features in our scheduling system is the ability to attach notes to the schedules…
Moving schedules from ofCourse to the parent SIS
We have a challenge in what we do. Our goal is to empower schedule makers, make them feel bionic, make…
Schedule restriction protections and the constant drip of improvement
Replicate a polished schedule. Change start times, change rooms, or move classes online. Experiment. See if a new strategy will work.