Changing the Start and End Times of Periods?

Scheduled times tend to change at the last minute. Some of the public high schools around here are starting later next year than this year. So I started thinking about how easy it is to update the start and end times of periods after scheduling classes in The Education Edge and thought I'd share it with you.

When you edit the times in a timetable, you are creating a copy of your existing timetable with the new period times. As always, be sure to create a backup (BB52243) before changing the timetable.

1. In Configuration, select Registrar Setup and then click Timetables.
2. Select the timetable to edit and click Open on the action bar.
3. On the Periods tab, edit the appropriate periods.

   • If you have already scheduled classes, edit the start and end times of periods only. Do not change the order of periods in the day.
   • To ensure you do not invalidate patterns or delete class meetings, edit each cycle day's periods manually. Do not use the synchronization feature.
4. Click Save on the action bar.
5. On the Update Setup Process screen, unmark the checkbox for any academic year to exclude from the changes.

After you save changes to the timetable, all the information for the academic year points to the copied versions (e.g., Monday-Friday1). So that's it!  By the way, these steps are also in Knowledgebase (BB201338).