Academic Scheduler (Version 1.8.3)

The Academic Scheduler program was created to aid in the scheduling of an academic department. The program is a drag-and-drop enabled system for rapid placement and movement of classes. It has many features to track different aspects of an academic schedule. Finally it offers reporting facilities for printing schedule lists, professor schedule cards and room schedule cards. This is a Java application, so if the Java JRE is not installed on your computer download and install the current version of the Java JRE (Version 8 or later). You can get the most current version at the Java Web Site.

Downloads
Windows Install Program

Instructions: Download and run the AcademicScheduler_Setup.exe program and follow the instructions on the screen. This will install the Academic Scheduler program and place links to the Academic Scheduler program in your Start menu.

Windows Portable Version (No Install)

Instructions: The Academic Scheduler program is a single executable file (AcademicScheduler.exe) that can be run on any Windows machine that has Java installed.

Linux & Mac

Instructions: Download and unzip the AcademicScheduler_Jar.zip file. This will extract AcademicScheduler.jar and several image files that can be used as program icons. You can run the application using the following command, or create a shortcut/menu-item using the same command in the launcher.

java -jar AcademicScheduler.jar

Java Archive

Instructions: The Java Archive (Executable JAR file) can be downloaded using the Linux & Mac download link above.

Screen Shots: Images open in a new window.
Program Features
  • Drag-and-drop enabled system for rapid placement and movement of classes.
  • Many features to track different aspects of an academic schedule.
  • Professor schedule viewer.
  • Room schedule viewer.
  • Course and section overlap tracker.
  • Course/Lab linking facility.
  • Automatic window tiling features.
  • Reporting facilities for printing schedule lists, professor schedule cards and room schedule cards.
License

This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3

Copyright (C) 2019 Don Spickler

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Update History
7/10/19: Version 1.8.3
  • Several minor UI updates.
4/5/17: Version 1.8.2
  • Several minor UI updates.
4/3/17: Version 1.8.1
  • Added a comma or tab delimited exporter for easy loading into a spreadsheet.
1/2/17: Version 1.7.2
  • Several minor UI updates.
9/16/15: Version 1.7.1
  • Added separate counts for tentative and non-tentative sections as well as enrolments in tentative and non-tentative sections in the Course Assignments window.
  • Added a Windows Portable Version (No Install) download option.
7/23/15: Version 1.6.1
  • Added folder tracking so that the open, save as, and report changes options will automatically start in the last folder that was either opened or saved to.
  • Added file associations to the Windows installer so that *.sch files will automatically open in Academic Scheduler program. This can also be set up manually with Linux and Mac computers.
2/19/14: Version 1.5.1
  • Added a feature to print out a report of the schedule sorted by room and sub-sorted by day and time.
7/12/13: Version 1.4.1
  • Added some user interface features.
12/20/11: Version 1.3.1
  • Added mouse wheel support for the course/faculty lists.
6/13/10: Version 1.2.1
  • Added a workload hours field to the course class for courses that may have a different amount of faculty workload then class meeting time.
  • Added several new options to the schedule card printers.
  • Made a few adjustments to the professor schedule viewer.
5/2/10: Version 1.1.1
  • First public release.