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.
Jim: The hardest part of scheduling is that there is no one hardest part. Instead, it’s an insanely complex, multi-part balancing act.
Five strategies for adjusting your school’s course schedule in an uncertain fall semester
Create a contingency schedule, reduce room and course capacity, increase break-times, move to an online scheduling system.
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.
Year in review: Product updates in 2019
Read about features we added in 2019, plus features in the pipeline for 2020.
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…
Pre-flight phone calls for onboarding new course schedulers
In making this system, we wanted to create a workflow so easy to use a schedule-maker would know what to…
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…
Year in review: Product updates in 2018
Read about features we added in 2018, including pre-flight checks, data exports and class capacity reporting.
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…