Complex scheduling scenarios, especially in high school settings, often require advanced course creation tools to streamline the scheduling process. jmc offers robust features that allow you to customize course settings, add constraints to guide schedule building, and align courses with graduation requirements. By leveraging these tools, you can simplify scheduling, reduce errors, and ensure students are placed in the right courses—all while saving valuable time.
To apply advanced course creation tools to a basic jmc course, head to Schedules > Course > Edit Course Data in jmc Office.
Step One: Enter a course name or number in the "Find" field and click the "Constraints" tab to begin adding scheduling constraints for each section of the selected course.
Step Two: Click the "Edit" link next to the desired course section to modify limitations or restrictions of the selected section for optimizing the master schedule with the Scheduling Aid.
Terms: the term(s) the selected section can be offered
Periods: the available periods a course section could potentially be offered
Capacity: the maximum number of students that can be enrolled the in selected section
Step Three: Click the "Update" link to save the constraints for the section or the "Cancel" link to discard them.
Step Four: Click the "Teachers" tab, then the "Edit" link next to the appropriate course section to add a co-teacher.
Step Five: Select a teacher from the "Teacher 2" drop-down list to assign a second teacher to the selected course section.
Helpful Tip: Complete any additional fields related to a second teacher, such as classroom position, if required by your state's department of education.
Step Six (optional): Select an option from the "Teacher 2 Gradebook Access" drop-down list to define the second teacher's level of access to the gradebook.
No Access: the second or co-teacher does not have access to the course section's gradebook
Attendance Only: the second or co-teacher can take attendance in jmc Teacher for the selected course section but cannot access other gradebook tools
Full Access: the second or co-teacher can take attendance and enter grades in jmc Teacher for the selected course section.
Step Seven: Click the "Update" link to save your changes or the "Cancel" link to discard them.
Step Eight: Click the "Fees" tab, then the "Add Fee" link to begin assigning a fee to the selected course.
Step Nine: Select a fee from the "Fee" drop-down list to assign it to the course, then click 'Save' to update the course fee or "Cancel" to discard the changes.
Helpful Tip: Not seeing the fee you're looking for? Head to Tuition/Fees > Data > Edit Fees to create a new course fee.
Step Ten: Click the "Description" tab and enter a course description in the "Local Course Description" box, which students can view during the registration process.
Fun Fact: No need to click a save button. The course description saves automatically.
Try this instead: No need to click the "Save" button—the course description is automatically saved.
Step Eleven: Click the "Grad Requirement" tab on the "Edit Course Data" page to add the course to the Credit Checker.
Step Twelve: Select the appropriate subject area from the "Primary Subject Area" drop-down list to assign the course to an existing subject area in the Credit Checker.
Step Thirteen: Select a group from the "Group" drop-down list to assign the course to the appropriate graduation requirement category within the subject area.
Helpful Tip: Click the "Delete From Current Subject Area" link to remove the selected course from the Credit Checker's graduation requirements.