Class Scheduler

You can easily create a schedule of your classes on the Teacher Dashboard. This allows you to set up all of your classes for the entire upcoming school year.

The Class Scheduler also allows you to turn on automatic class start so classes can start and end automatically without intervention from you. For example, if you set your Chemistry class duration for 90 minutes and set it to start at 8:00 AM Monday through Friday, then the Chemistry class will automatically start at 8:00 AM and end at 9:30 AM on each of those days.

As with manual class creation, students are released from the class after the class duration has elapsed.

Accessing the Class Scheduler

To access the Class Scheduler

1. Sign in to the Blocksi Teacher Dashboard using the appropriate credentials (Google, Clever, ClassLink, Canvas, or Microsoft). The Teacher Dashboard appears.

2. Click SHOW/HIDE SCHEDULE.

   

   The screen expands to include the following:

   • A welcome back message

   • An option to start classes automatically

   • The current date

   • The Class Scheduler button

   • Any upcoming classes

Creating a Class Schedule

To create a class schedule

Creating a class schedule consists of three parts.

• Part 1: Setting Up the Weekly School Year

• Part 2: Setting Up the Week A and Week B Schedules

• Part 3: Setting Up the Custom Week Schedule

Part 1: Setting Up the Weekly School Year

To set up the weekly school year

1. Click the Class Scheduler button. The Class Scheduler window opens.

   

    

2. Select the school year start date from the First School Week drop-down list.

3. Select the school year end date from the Last School Week drop-down list.

4. Click Set School Year. The window expands to include the weekly schedule templates.

   

5. By default, weeks are set up using the Custom Template and appear as orange squares.

6. Select the desired week template from the Select Week Template drop-down list.

7. Hovering your mouse cursor over a numbered week block displays the From and To dates along withe the week number.

8. Click the desired week. The color of that week changes to the color of the corresponding template, as shown below. You can select more than one week at a time; just click each week after you select the desired template.

   You cannot edit the current week or any past weeks.

   

9. Click the Save button. A confirmation prompt appears.

10. Click OK.

11. Repeat Steps 5 through 8 for each week you need to set up.

Part 2: Setting Up the Week A and Week B Schedules

To set up the Week A and Week B schedules

Remember, if you are not using the block schedule, use Week A to set up your class schedule for the year. You can still use the custom week to allow for holidays and breaks during which there are no classes.

1. Click the Week A or Week B tab. The window changes to the corresponding schedule. Both schedules are set up the same way.

   

2. Select the class you want to schedule from the Select Class drop-down list.

3. Select the day or days of the week on which you want to schedule this class using the weekday checkboxes.

4. Add the start time of the class in the Add Start Time fields.

5. Click Add Class. The class or classes are added to the schedule and appear in the corresponding day to the right, as shown below.

   

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 if this class is held more than once on any day.

7. Repeat Steps 2 through 5 for each class you class you want to add.

8. At any time, you can click the up arrow to the right of a day and copy the contents of that day to one or more days using the weekday checkboxes.

9. Click the Close button when you are finished adding classes.

Part 3: Setting Up the Custom Week Schedule

To set up the custom week schedule

1. Click the Custom Week tab. The window changes to the corresponding schedule.

   

2. Select the custom week from the Select Custom Week drop-down list.

3. Weeks are numbered sequentially from the start of the calendar year, not the school year that you set up in Part 1.

4. Select the week template you want to use from the Select Week Template drop-down list if you want to use the class schedule from one of the templates. Selecting a template adds that template's classes to the custom week schedule. This step is optional.

5. Select the class you want to schedule from the Select Class drop-down list.

6. Select the day or days of the week on which you want to schedule this class using the weekday checkboxes.

7. Add the start time of the class in the Add Start Time fields.

8. Click Add Class. The class is added to the schedule and appears in the corresponding day to the right.

9. Repeat steps 6 and 7 if this class is held more than once on any day.

10. Repeat Steps 4 through 7 for each class you class you want to add.

11. At any time, you can click the up arrow to the right of a day and copy the contents of that day to one or more days using the weekday checkboxes.

12. Click the Close button when you are finished adding classes.

Sample Completed School Year Schedule

The following is a sample school year schedule implementing the A/B Block Schedule. Note that we have included custom weeks, which contain no classes, for the two-week holiday break and two-week spring break.

You can also use the ON/OFF toggle to stop your classes from starting when you need to prevent students from being pulled into classes. This is helpful when you may be sick and unable to hold class, or for periods during which you want to suspend classes, like spring break or holidays.