Adding Sections

To add a new section, double click a class in the Scheduling Unit screen to expand the section and select the green '+' icon on the right side of the row to add the section.

By default, the Scheduling Unit screen will only display courses with scheduled sections. To schedule a section of a course with no existing sections, select the “Show courses with no sections” checkbox near the top of the screen.

Deleting Sections

To delete a section, select the red 'X' icon next to the section you wish to delete.

This field will list the available components for a course, such as “Lecture,” “Lecture - Stand Alone,” etc.

Lecture vs. Lecture - Stand Alone

If a course has both the Lecture and Lecture - Stand Alone components, use the “Lecture” component if the class will have multiple components (such as a lecture/lab or lecture and discussion section). If the class has a single component, use “Lecture - Stand Alone.”

Course Attributes

Course attributes are added to the course catalog and may not be edited in CLSS. These attributes are used to track a number of things, such as identifying general education courses. When a section is bridged to Student Admin, all course attributes will be added to the section attributes for that section.

Section Attributes

Section attributes can be used for a number of purposes, such as identifying sections that belong to custom scheduling units, Setting Final Exam Requirements, or adjusting SET preferences.

To add or edit instructors, click the pencil icon next to Instructor in the Section Editor.

Selecting an Instructor

In the Instructors window, select the dropdown box to select an instructor. You may either scroll through the options or start typing the instructor’s name. If the name does not appear, select the “Other…” option at the bottom of the list and type the instructor’s name there. If the instructor you need to add still does not appear, please contact registrarscheduling@uconn.edu.

Instructor Role

Instructor role generally helps distinguish between faculty and graduate assistants and also determines who is evaluated in the Student Experience of Teaching (SET) process. For more information about the SET process, see Manually Adjusting Teaching Evaluation Preferences in CLSS.

Roster

This option should always be set to “Approve.”

The Room dropdown allows schedulers to assign a section to either a department-controlled learning space or a placeholder value (e.g. Online or By Arrangement) at any time during the scheduling process.

Rooms Dropdown

Department Controlled Spaces

Any rooms that belong to a particular department will appear as options in this dropdown for any CLSS user with access to schedule that department’s classes. These rooms are only visible to the specific department, not to the entire campus.

If you wish to add a department-controlled space to CLSS, please email registrarscheduling@uconn.edu with the details of the room (including capacity and room type). No other departments will have access to the room unless you specifically request that we give them access.

General Assignment Room

Select this value during the Plan phase to indicate that this is a section that must be assigned to a centrally scheduled classroom.

Pending Department Room Assignment

Select this value if you know that a section will be assigned to a department-controlled space, but you do not yet know what that space will be.

Other Room Options

There are a number of other room options, such as “Online,” “By Arrangement,” and “Class Meetings Off Campus” that may apply in certain situations. Generally, the rules in CLSS will guide you to select one of these options when appropriate.

EMS Room Seek

Once the classroom optimization and assignment process is complete, EMS Room Seek becomes available. This tool allows CLSS users to search for available rooms (both centrally scheduled classes and their department-controlled spaces) when they are adding new sections or if they wish to change the room assignment of an existing class.

Room Features

The Room Features field allows departments to indicate their classroom equipment needs to the Registrar’s Office or to filter results in EMS Room Seek. In order for the Room Features field to display, you must first select “General Assignment Classroom.”

Room Features During Plan Phase (before classroom assignments)

During Plan phase, select the room features that your section requires so that those requirements will be taken into account during general classroom assignments. You may select up to three room features.

Room Features After Plan Phase (after classrooms assigned)

Once the classroom assignment process is complete, the Room Features option functions as a filter mechanism for EMS Room Seek to refine search results.

Enrollment Capacity (labeled as “Cap” in the Section Editor) is the total number of seats available in the section. Required Room Capacity (labeled as Rm Cap Request) refers to the classroom capacity required for the class. In almost all cases, the Enrollment Capacity and Required Room Capacity must match.

Combined Sections

When sections are combined, there are additional capacity fields that need to be updated. See Combining Sections in CLSS for more information.

Classes with Reserved Seats

When a section has reserved seats (also known as reserve caps), the Enrollment Cap and Wait List fields are not editable. To change these values, you must select the pencil icon next to the Reserved Seats label.

This will open the Reserved Seats window; you can change the enrollment cap using the Cap field in the top right corner of the window. Requested room capacity can be edited on the main Section Editor screen.