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Step1:FindingaStartingPoint•  TheSchedulePlannerisanextremelyhelpfultool,however,youneedtohaveastartingpointtomakeituseful.

•  Startwithgatheringsome(orone)ofthecoursesyouwishtotakefortheupcomingsemester.

•  Youcanalsousea"DARSreport"tocheckyourprogresstowardyourmajor:hJp://www.umsl.edu/services/dars/

•  Onceyou’vedetermineda“base”courseload(evenjustoneclass),youcanthennavigatetotheSchedulePlanner.

Step2:NavigatetoScheduleBuilder

•  IntheStudentServicestab,clickonthe“ScheduleBuilder”link

•  Clickthe“ClickHere”button:

Step2:NavigatetoScheduleBuilder

•  Selectthecorrectsemester,andclick“SaveandCon6nue”

Step2:NavigatetoScheduleBuilder

•  Selectthesessionsthatyouwishtouseforcourseselec6on,andclick“SaveandContinue”.

•  TIP:Itisbesttosimplyuseallofthem.Youcanruleoutsessionsasyouaddcourses.

Step3:CreatingFilters•  Checktoensureyouhavethecorrectterm,sessions,andinstruc6onmodesselected

•  TIP:Itisbesttokeepalloftheseselectedtomaximizeoptions.

Step3:CreatingFilters•  Usethe“Breaks”sectiontoaddanydays/timeswhenyoucannotbeinclass.

•  TIP:Typically,usingthe"Breaks"categorywilldecreasetheamountofscheduleoptions.Ifyoudon’tuseany"Breaks,"youcanthenseealltheavailableoptions.

Step4:AddingCourses•  Clickthe“AddCourse”button

•  YoucansearchbySubjectorAttribute•  AttributesarederivedfromMyView

Step4:AddingCourses•  SelectaSubjectandacorrespondingcourse,thenclick“AddCourse”

Step4:AddingCourses•  Thecourseselectedshouldthenappearontheright-sideofthepage.

•  Con6nuetoaddallthecoursesyouareconsidering.

Step4:AddingCourses•  Youcanhaveasmanyclassesasyouwanttouseintheschedulingprocess–evenafull-poten6alschedule.

•  Clickthe“Back”buttononceyou’veaddedallthecourses.

Step5:NarrowingOptions•  Clickonthe“Options”buttontoopenalistofallpossiblesectionsofaparticularcourse.

Step5:NarrowingOptions•  Youcannowselect/deselectanysec6onsyoucanorcan’tattend. Click“Save&Close”whenfinished.

Step5:NarrowingOptions•  NOTE:Someclassescanhave‘duplicate’sections(e.g.onlineclasses,labs,orrecitations),soit’sbesttodeselectsec6onsinthesame6meblock/attribute.Keepingallsec6onsselectedisperfectlyreasonable,however,itwillmostlikelygeneratemul6plesofthesameschedule.

Step5:NarrowingOptions•  Ifyouwanttoinclude/excludecertainclassesfromthelistofpossibleschedules,youcancheck/unchecktheassociatedboxnexttoeachcourse. Onlycoursesthatarecheckedwillbeutilized.

Step6:GeneratingSchedules•  Clickthe“GenerateSchedules”button; SchedulePlannerwillprovideallavailablescheduleoptionsbasedonthe6mes/sec6onsselected.

Step6:GeneratingSchedules•  Ifyouhavedozens(orhundreds!)ofscheduleoptions,you’llwanttorepeatStep5tofurtherfilteroutoptionsbasedonyourpreferences.

Step6:GeneratingSchedules•  Some6mesthesec6onsyouselectsimplywon’tworkduetoconflicts.Youcanfindanothersec6onorcoursetoreplaceit.

Step6:GeneratingSchedules•  Ifyouhavemorethanonepossibleschedule,youcancompareuptofourata6mebyselec6ngeachop6on;then,click“Compare”.

Step6:GeneratingSchedules•  Youcanthenhoveryourmouse-pointerovereachcoloredboxtodeterminethecourseandtime. Thisisaquickwaytoassesswhichscheduleworksbestforyou.

Step6:GeneratingSchedules•  Youcangetacloserlookateachschedulebyclickingthe“Open”button(or“View”buttononthepreviousscreen).Thisshowsthecompleteschedule,alongwiththecalendar.

Step7:“FillingtheHoles”•  Ifyouonlyenteredafewclassesini6ally,youcanthenusethis“base”scheduletofindnaturalspacestoaddadditionalclasses.

Step7:“FillingtheHoles”•  YoucanthenuseMyViewinconjunctionwithSchedulePlannertofindclassesduringspecifictimesthatmeetaspecific(orany)requirement.

Step8:Registration•  Openanewtabinyourinternetbrowser,andnavigatetoMyView. OpentheEnrollmentRequestoptionandproceedasnormal.Youcanactuallycopy/pastetheClass#fromSchedulePlannerintothe“ClassNbr.”boxinMyView.

Step9:Print/EmailSchedule•  You can either print the schedule or send it to your UMSLemailaddressusingthebuttonsatthetopoftheschedule.

•  UsePrintPreviewwhenprintingtheschedule,andadjustthesizeofpageaccordingly(some6mesitcanprintacross2-3pagesdependingonthegapsbetweenclasses).