Managing Scheduling Course Requests : Aeries Software

Description

This two-hour training focuses on understanding how course requests are used to initiate the student mass scheduling process for future terms. The various methods and associated features for collecting course requests are reviewed, including: adding course requests to individual students, mass adding course requests to students, allowing students/parents to add course requests using Aeries portal, or importing course requests from an Academic Plan. In addition, options for using alternate course requests, teacher preference, and scheduling exclusions are presented.

Needs of individual districts may vary. For training requests, please email training@aeries.com.

Recommended Attendees

District Aeries Staff including Aeries Admin
School Site Admin Staff including Principals and Assistant Principals
School Site Aeries Staff including staff who would assist with data entry of student classes

Expected Outcomes

Upon completing this Aeries training session, attendees will be able to:

Collect and enter course requests for student scheduling
Create course request packets for course scheduling patterns
Add course requests to individual students manually
Add course requests using the Mass Change or Add Course Requests page
Configure Aeries portal for student/parent entry of course requests
Import course requests from an Academic Plan, if used
Add course requests using a combination of methods
Modify course requests
Set course request preferences for teacher requests, scheduling exclusions, etc.
Include alternate course requests for optimal scheduling
Lock course requests
Use course requests reports to validate course request data