Academic Scheduler Help: Timeslot Editor


The standard timeslots are the standard slots that most courses are scheduled for. For example, if it is common for a 3-credit course to meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:00 to 8:50 then you should have a standard timeslot defined as MWF 8:00-8:50. When a timeslot is in the standard timeslots database you will be able to drag and drop any course into that timeslot in any room in your room database. The program offers several ways to input a course into a time and has facilities to place a class at any possible time from Monday to Friday but these timeslots will make the placement of classes quicker and easier. Note that the program uses MTWRF to represent Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday respectively.

To open the timeslot editor select Edit > Edit Standard Timeslots... from the main menu. When you do, a small window will open which contains a list of all the standard timeslots you currently have in the timeslot database.

At the top is a small toolbar with three buttons. The first is for adding a new timeslot to the database, the second is for editing a current timeslot and the third is for deleting a timeslot. When you add a timeslot an input timeslot dialog box will appear allowing you to input the properties of the timeslot. A timeslot must meet at the same time on each day that is selected. Simply click on the days you want and input the beginning and ending times for the slot and click the OK button. Note that the beginning and ending times are on a 24 hour clock. Once you do the timeslot will appear in the list.

To edit a current timeslot either select the timeslot and click the second toolbar button or just double-click the timeslot. When you do, the same timeslot dialog box will appear with the timeslot properties loaded. Simply make the desired changes and select the OK button.

Once your timeslots have been input they will show up on the room and professor schedule interfaces, such as the one below.

One technical note about timeslots. These are only to make scheduling quicker and easier, schedule items are not linked to them. So if you had a class that went into a MWF 8:00-8:50 timeslot and then you edit this timeslot to be MW 8:00-9:15 the class would still show a MWF 8:00-8:50 time.