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Tracking Changes in Student Schedules
It's the beginning of the school year, so you're probably dropping, withdrawing, and transferring lots of students from classes. You can easily track these schedule adjustments so you know what's going on around you. You'll need to set...
Stop, Drop, Withdraw, or Transfer
Do you have students who want to switch sections of the same class or move from one course to another course? Which option will keep grades and attendance with the students' records? Let's take a look at the differences in dropping, withdrawing...
School's Out for Summer - What Do You Do?
Want to get a ahead on the 2009-2010 year? Take a moment to review this list. We’ll cover many of these in more detail down the road. Take a good look at your Academic Year in Configuration. Ensure the correct marking column set is associated with your...
The Masters of the Scheduling Universe: Part 2 - Scheduling Students
Back at the Royal Palace Academy Registrar's Office, the master schedule is complete. Prince Adam is working on scheduling students based on the course requests entered online . The next step, according to the Scheduling Checklist , is to generate...
The Masters of the Scheduling Universe
In the Royal Palace Academy Registrar's Office, Prince Adam is working on the schedule. He's already copied course restictions for next academic year, and students have entered their course requests online . The next step, according to the Scheduling...
Copying Course Restrictions
Course Restrictions define how a course is scheduled from year to year. Without course restrictions, Generate Master Schedule doesn't have a pattern or times restrictions to follow when scheduling classes. As you prepare for next academic year, copying...
Merlin the Wizard: Ready to Create Your Student Progression Entries
Everyone knows the good wizard Merlin portrayed in the classic Disney movie The Sword in the Stone. He was a jovial little guy willing to help young Arthur claim his throne by protecting him from all manner of ills, from hawks to larger fish. Well, one...
Increase Scheduling Efficiency
I'm actually excited about the NHL playoffs because the Chicago Blackhawks will be heading there for the first time since 2002! That made me think about the folks responsible for scheduling NHL playoff games. They're juggling last minute teams...
Scheduling Resources
It's scheduling season for many of you, and preparation is key for a smooth scheduling process. We'll be posting lots of scheduling blogs with tips to help you out, but I wanted to share some of our great scheduling resources that are available...
Get the New Year off to a good start and set up Online Course Requests and Enrollments
Happy New Year! I bet many of you have made New Year’s resolutions to be more efficient, and one of the biggest time-saving features for Education Edge users is the ability to let students request or even fully enroll in classes for the coming year. Through...
Scheduling Calendar...what? who? when? where? why?
Happy New Year! Working with schools, I have found that a New Year brings different adventures. In high schools, Seniors have a full case of Senioritis , Juniors know they will soon be the head of the school, Sophomores are one step closer to graduating...
Scheduling Teachers, Meeting Times, and Rooms
There's a lot of scheduling going on out there, so it's a good thing you can do lots of scheduling in The Education Edge. After you create classes for next year, you can automatically or manually assign meeting times, teachers, and rooms. Let's...
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...