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Welcome to the Scheduler introduction
video. This is one of a series of videos

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that provides an overview of the tools
created for students to assist them with

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academic degree planning.

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Scheduler is an
Expedia-style tool that helps you to

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more easily and efficiently generate a
workable schedule each semester. The tool

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scans all available sections of the
courses in your plan for the upcoming

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term and provides you with options based
on class offerings and your availability.

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You can block out times you cannot take
classes for such things as family

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obligations, an immovable work scheduled, practice times, etc. so you'll only see

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the schedules that will work for you.

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Step 1: Prepare iGPS Plan for Scheduler

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Make sure your iGPS Plan is fully
populated with courses and back-up

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courses for the upcoming term.

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Step 2: Notice when you can access Scheduler

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When your campus's schedule of classes
for the upcoming term is available,

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a Build Schedule link will appear at the
top of that term. Click on it.

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Scheduler will open up and display all the classes you had in your plan (both planned and back-up).

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Step 3: Refine your Search
Criteria. The selections at the top let

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you refine your search criteria. The tool
automatically defaults to whatever

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options or campus has selected but you
can change the criteria by clicking on

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"Change" next to the Instruction Modes or
Course Status or Sessions.

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For example, if you want to see only 100% online classes or other modes of instructions, click

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"Change" next to the instruction modes and select 100% online. Iif you want to see

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all sections of a course and not just
open ones, click "Change" next to the

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Course Status and select that option.
The sessions like item lets you narrow

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your choices down to options such as first or second Eight-Week course.

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Step 4: Add breaks to your day. Before you review your class schedule options, add any

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necessary breaks to your schedule. These
are times during the day that you cannot

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(or do not wish to) take classes due to
obligations such as work, athletic

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practice, family responsibilities, or
other commitments.

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Keep in mind, that if you add a break one of your courses might not be available at all. If that

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happens, the system will warn you. If your
break is optional, consider removing it.

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if you cannot remove it, you'll need to
return to your iGPS Plan

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to choose a different class to take.  An
Important Note: if you have to return to

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your iGPS Plan to add new classes, you
MUST log out of scheduler and close the

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window. If you don't, Scheduler will not
re-import your new classes from iGPS

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Plan and you'll be stuck.

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Step 5: Click on the courses that you're most interested in taking.

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Make sure that you've checked
the set of courses you're most

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interested in. Remember that if you have backup courses

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in your Plan, they'll be pulled over as
well. De-select them if you want to check

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your first-choice courses first.

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Step 6: Generate possible schedules by clicking

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on the Generate Schedule button. You will
see all the possible schedules for your

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selected group of courses however if you
have conflicts additional warnings might

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appear. You can only move forward if you
don't encounter any conflicts. If you

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have conflicts, you'll either have to
resolve them by removing breaks or by

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going back to iGPS to plan new course
options. For example, the warning above

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occurs because HIST-A301 is taught
100% online but that option was not

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selected under Instruction Modes. The
system will identify the course conflict

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for you. If you then click on the options
button next to the course in the list

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above, you can see why the conflict
exists. Step 7: Review your Schedule

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options. Click on "View" next to each
schedule to see it an expanded calendar

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format. The horizontal bars help you see
any non-standard classes in your

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schedule (such as First-Eight Week
classes). You can also choose to compare

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multiple schedules in an abbreviated
format that lets you see roughly how

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they look across the week.

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Step 8: Lock in a specific class for a course.

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Clicking the lock next to the specific course and class forces all schedules to use that

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selection. This is a good way to start to
narrow down your options.

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Step 9: Allow for time between classes. Another good way to narrow your options is to

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use the Class Padding option under
"Advanced Options" on the schedules tab.

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you can indicate how much time you want
between your classes. Keep in mind that

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this can also limit the possible
schedules that are generated for you so

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don't go too wild or you may not find
any schedules that work.

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Step 10: Narrow down the number of
schedules you want to view. One final way

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to narrow your choices if you're faced
with tens or hundreds of schedules is to

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select the Options cog next to a course.
This will allow you to only select a few

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classes to use engendering a schedule
when a course may have numerous options.

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Step 11- Favorite some of your Schedules. Once you've generated schedules and

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selected one to view you can easily see
the next options by using the arrow keys

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at the top right. You can also shuffle
through different schedules if you find

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one or more that you like you can
favorite them by choosing the heart.

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They will be saved for you you can exit and come back and they'll still be there.

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Step 12: Reflect on your Final Choice.
Make a schedule or email to your advisor,

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yourself, and anyone else you choose.

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Just remember, that even after you finalize

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your choice and only have one schedule
and Scheduler, this doesn't roll you in

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your courses.  Step 13: Validate your
desired schedule., When you click "Validate,"

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you will get messages that indicate
reasons (missing prerequisites, need for

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class permissions, etc.) that you might not be able to schedule specific classes or courses.

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These validation messages won't
stop you from sending your desired

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schedule into your shopping cart. However, they will remind you of any issues that

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need to be considered before you can
actually register. In the example above,

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getting permission to add the class will
let you finish the process. You'll be

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forewarned, however, about what you'll need to do to successfully complete

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registration. When there are only a
limited set of seats available in a

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class, you will want to go ahead and
complete registration and then deal with

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any validation issues.

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Step 14: Send your Selected Schedule to your shopping cart.

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Click on the "Send to shopping cart" button on the top left of this page. You'll be

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asked to confirm your decision your
courses will be sent to shopping cart

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in Student Self-Service and you'll be
transferred there to complete your

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registration. In the shopping cart you'll
see the following screen.

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Click the "Import Cart" button to finish bringing your schedule over.

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You will be prompted to add each individual course to your
shopping cart. This allows you the

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opportunity to select the number of
credits you want to enroll in. if it is a

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variable credit course and to choose to
waitlist the course if needed.

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Keep adding courses until every
you had in your desire schedule has been

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moved into your shopping cart.

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Step 15: Register once all of your classes are in.

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Your Enrollment Shopping Cart and your
registration appointment has arrived. you

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can double check all the classes in your
cart (to make sure they are all still

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open) and click "Enroll" to finish
registering.

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Scheduler is an important tool in class registration,

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and academic
degree completion

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The Office of Completion and Student Success, or OCSS for short, works closely with

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advising offices on each campus to
assist you with using all the tools