Spring break 2019 (1193)

If you schedule a class that plans to meet in-person, on-campus during Spring Break next semester (1193), you must fill out this Google Form by Friday, December 7, 2018. The form ensures that a room assignment is retained for your class during Spring Break (March 18 - 22, 2019).

OCM Scheduling has an automated process to cancel class meetings during Spring Break in Astra Schedule by campus. This process assumes it is a holiday break and removes class sections from the Scheduling and Activity Calendars to eliminate conflicts when scheduling events.

Open registration for spring 2019 (1193)

Queued registration for students continuing in spring 2019 will open on Tuesday, November 13.

Changes to variable credit/grading basis

With spring registration approaching, it is imperative to make final changes to classes requiring set credits and/or changes to grade basis. After financial aid has been disbursed, the grading basis and the number of credits for a class cannot be altered.

If you need to change the number of credits for a class from a variable number to a set number, email ocmsched@umn.edu. If you need to make a change to the grading basis of a course, submit it directly through ECAS.

Monitor your scheduling policy compliance

Ensure that your department is in compliance with the scheduling distribution policies regarding classroom demand before spring registration, November 13, 2018. See the class scheduling policy summary for details on the policies and how to monitor compliance.

The following tools have been built to assist you in monitoring your compliance:

• The Class Scheduling Distribution Summary illustrates the class demand of department or college.
  
• The Liberal Education Distribution Summary illustrates the distribution of classes meeting one or more liberal education requirements.

Spring 2019 classroom assignments

Room assignments for spring 2019 (1193) are still in process. If a class does not need a general purpose classroom assignment and you have not yet been assigned a departmental space, please notify ocmsched@umn.edu.

OCM only works to find general purpose classrooms for classes with a blank Facility ID in CCS. If the Facility ID field is populated, OCM will not actively look for a classroom for your class. This includes being populated with a virtual space, such as ROOM000TBA, LAB0000TBA, ONLINEONLY, or AHCROOMTBA.

All room assignments are subject to change prior to the start of the term. While this usually only affects a small number of classes, we encourage departments and instructors to verify their classroom assignment before the first class meeting.