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Place (MSALGO)

Scheduling > Maintenance > MSALGO > Process > Place

This tab is used to place the sections on the master schedule. You must enter and save the information on the Build tab prior to using this tab.

Place sections:

After entering and saving the sections on the Build tab, click the Place tab.

FieldDescription
Course to be Placed

A course number is automatically displayed. This is the course that MSALGO determines should be placed first. To select another course, click to select the course.

The courses in the ellipsis lookup are sorted by the ranking in an algorithm: from the least number of sections and greatest number of conflicts within the number of sections, to the greatest number of sections and number of conflicts, from greatest to least, within the number of sections.

For each course, the course number and title, number of conflicts, and the number of sections placed are displayed. (The lower the number of conflicts, the more difficult to place.)

If all sections of a course are placed, the message “Placed” is displayed. Otherwise, the number of sections placed out of the number of sections available is displayed (e.g., 0 of 1).

The algorithm ranks the most difficult courses to place first, but any course can be selected for placing.

Data for the selected course is displayed, including the course title, number of semesters and periods, number of conflicts, number of sections placed, and number of requests.
Sections
Sec

Type the number of sections for the course.

Seats

Type the number of seats available for the section.

Team Code

(Optional) Type the one-character team code for the section. When MSALGO determines which sections meet all of a student's restriction criteria, if there is a team code in the section record, it will check the student demographic team code for a match.

Section placement:

Meeting Times

The meeting times for the selected section are listed. A course-section must have at least one meeting time and can have up to four meeting times.



❏ Click +Add to add a meeting time. A row is added to the grid.

Sec-Meet

A sequential number is displayed for each meeting time you add.

Sem

Select the code indicating the semester(s) the class meets.

Frm
To

Select the beginning and ending periods when the class begins and ends.

Instr

Click to select an instructor.

Room

Type the room number in which the class meets, up to four characters.

Days

Select the code indicating the day(s) the class meets.

Trashcan Icon Delete a meeting time.

Click Save. This updates the Courses to be Placed ellipsis lookup with information about any sections that are now placed. It also automatically retrieves the next course to be placed, as determined by MSALGO.

You can save data at any time.

Click Next Crs to Place to retrieve the next course, which will be the first course not completely placed that has the highest priority for placement, as determined by MSALGO.

  • A section is considered placed if meeting time 1 has a semester code, beginning period, and ending period. The information must be saved.
  • All sections of a course must be placed for MSALGO to consider the course completely placed.
  • The next course to place is not accurate unless all meeting time information entered is saved.

Click View Chart to view the placement chart. Review, save, or print the report.

scheduling/maintenance/msalgo/process/place.1481665356.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/12/13 16:42 (external edit)

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