Tools – Academic Scheduling

Will help approvers review a department, scheduling unit, or college's proposed schedule for a term. These tools are intended to guide approvers in making decisions on whether to approve a section change.

Visualize

Heat maps provide a visual representation of the number of sections in a scheduled week. Deepening shades of red represent the number of sessions scheduled for a specific time slot. The heat map can be used from the instance, scheduling unit, or offering screens when the Visualize indicator or flame icon is present. Hovering over the heat map will reveal the number of offerings for that time. Clicking within the heat map will reveal a detailed description of offerings during that time.

Heat Map tool in CLSS

Filter

Filtering provides users the ability to refine searching for data within their program, department, scheduling unit, or college. This can be used to find sections not following a college rule or checking whether a set of sections have the appropriate data. Find more information on how to Filter.

Filter options

Framer

The Framer provides a view of sections by instance. Historical data can be viewed in the Framer based on the information provided by Banner/EagleNET. The back button (see circled arrow) can be clicked to show historical data.

CLSS Framer tool in Detail view

View Options

There are three different views for section information. You can toggle between them by clicking the View pull-down tab.

Summary view gives a snapshot of each section with the number of sections offered, student count (as reported to SIS), and delivery method information.
Standard view provides the summary information and instructor name.
Detail view provides the standard information and the day and time offered.
Customize view will allow you to choose the instances and the number of columns to view.

Selecting an instructor name from the Standard or Detail view, causes a new window to populate with historical data specific to that instructor.

How to Duplicate a Section from Another Instance

Navigate to your CLSS landing page
Select an instance
Select a scheduling unit
Click framer
Click the View drop down button and select standard or detail
- Standard - summary information and instructor name
- Detail - standard information and the day and time offered
Hover over a previous instance's section
- The section will be surrounded by a red box.
Click on the red box to duplicate the available information from this section for the current instance
- Note: The duplicated section will attempt to include all available information from the original section, such as instructor and times.
- Unavailable items will not be duplicated, such as if the instructor is no longer able to teach in that instance.
Make any changes to the section in the Edit section dialog box. To edit the schedule, click the blue calendar link under the schedule to reveal the Snapper.
Click Save Section
Notice any error messages or warnings and follow stated instructions

How to Create a New Section