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Timetable Planning - Set course location (room) and time

A guide on how to use Timetable Planning to assign a course location (room), and the day(s) and time(s) when the class will meet.

In this guide

Access the To Do panel

On the Timetable Planning page, select the academic term you want to view and then select “Refresh Data.”

Below “Show in Grid,” select the “Planning” radio button if you want to view IPT course planning data only. Select the “Both” radio button if you want to view both SIS data and IPT course planning data in the timetable together.

Scroll down to the “To Do” section at the bottom of the page. This is where courses you’ve added in IPT will appear when they haven’t been assigned meeting day(s) and time(s). 

To Do panel at bottom of Timetable Planning page, with several course cards listed

Assign room and meeting times

In the To Do panel, find the course number that you want to edit. 

Select the class meeting day(s) from the first dropdown. 

Course card in To Do panel with meeting day dropdown highlighted in red

In the field with a clock icon, enter the class start time. The end time will be automatically calculated by IPT if there is a Class Length (number of minutes) specified on the Course page.

Course card in To Do panel with class start time field highlighted in red

If there is no Class Length specified on the Course page, you must select "DFLT" (Default) in the first dropdown to populate additional fields where you can select the class meeting day(s) and the class end time. 

Course card in To Do panel with weekday checkboxes, and class start time and end time fields highlighted in red

In the final dropdown, select the requested room assignment.

  • If the course is online only, there is an option in the Social Work instance of IPT to select “ONLINE” as the room location. 
  • If the room you need to assign is not listed in the dropdown, refer to Admin Tools - Add or edit rooms in system list or contact your IPT administrator.

Once you’ve entered the appropriate data, select the “Move To Grid” button to make the course appear in the timetable grid (calendar view) according to the day(s) and time(s) you’ve selected. 

Course card in To Do panel with "Move to Grid" button highlighted in red

You may select the “No Dates or Times” checkbox if you do not want the course to appear in the timetable grid. This option is primarily used for asynchronous online courses and independent studies. Upon selecting this option, the course will appear in the “No Date/Time” column to the right of the timetable grid.

Important: Whenever you make changes to course planning data using the To Do panel, be sure to select the "Save All" button at the top of the page to save your changes. 

Timetable Planning page with "Save All" button highlighted in red at top of page

Edit room and meeting times

If you need to change a course’s assigned room and meeting times, find it in the timetable grid and select the Edit (pencil) icon to the right of the course number.

Course card in timetable grid with pencil icon circled in red, to the right of the course number link

Selecting the pencil icon will remove the course from the timetable grid and put it back in the To Do panel at the bottom of the Timetable Planning page.

If you need to make more extensive edits to a course’s planning data, you must open the Course page and make changes there. Refer to Course page - Overview for more information and general help.

What to do if a course is missing the Edit (pencil) icon

If a course listed in the timetable grid is missing the Edit (pencil) icon, this means the course does not have planning data entered for it in IPT — it is listed in SIS only. 

To make edits to a course that does not have a pencil icon, you must first open and save the course in IPT. Select the course number link to open the Course page. Then, enter your planning data and select “Save” at the bottom of the page.

Refer to Course page - Add course planning data for more comprehensive help with filling out the Course page.

Need more help?

To assign course location and meeting times directly through the Course page, refer to Course page - Assign location (room) and time.

If you need help with other tasks in Timetable Planning, refer to Timetable Planning - Overview.



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Daniella P. in Instructional Planning Tool Reference
Created:
2025-01-31
Updated:
2025-02-25
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