Review room assignments for fall 2026 (1269)

While OCM is still working to assign classrooms for all classes,  room assignments for fall 2026 are available on the Class Schedule.

• Review assignments for your department to ensure all classes requiring a general purpose classroom have been assigned. 
• There are some days and times when we do not have classroom space available. 
• If you are planning to schedule some classes in a departmental space, please notify ocmsched@umn.edu if you need assistance or if a general purpose classroom will become available as a result. 

Also, please remind instructors that room assignments are subject to change before the start of the term, so they should check the schedule again closer to the semester's start.

Fall 2026 (1269) classroom assignments

At this time, we are continuing to work on getting classrooms assigned for fall. Classroom availability for large lecture halls is very limited. We may not be able to accommodate enrollment capacity increases or meeting pattern changes for certain times of the day. Please check with ocmsched@umn.edu before making any changes.  

As a reminder, OCM only works to find general purpose classrooms for classes that are lecture or discussion sections with a blank Facility ID in CCS. If a class is typically held in a specific departmentally-owned classroom, please assign those classrooms to those classes in 25Live.

If the Facility ID field is populated, OCM will not actively look for a classroom for your class. This includes populating it with a virtual space, such as:

• ROOM000TBA (room to be assigned) - the CCS scheduler will be adding a departmental or other room to a class section or meeting pattern.
• NORMREQD (no room required) - no room is required for the class section and/or meeting pattern.
• ONLINEONLY (online only) - the class section or meeting pattern of the class will be conducted completely online, so no classroom is needed.
• REMOTE (remote instruction) - the class section or meeting pattern of the class will be conducted remotely, so no classroom is needed.
• AHC000TBA (AHC room to be assigned) - no GPC is needed.
• LAB000TBA (lab section - room to be assigned) - no GPC is needed.
• NO000PRINT - the class section has the “schedule print” box unchecked, and a GPC will not be required.

If a class has one of these virtual rooms assigned and it now needs a classroom, contact ocmsched@umn.edu.

Fall 2026 class schedule changes

Queued registration for fall 2026 begins Thursday, April 9, 2026. To ensure students have the greatest success, please make sure to finalize the following information in the class schedule prior to registration:

• Confirm that session dates are set to the most reflective session.
• For reference, you can view session dates by term.
• If choosing a set number of credits for a variable credit class, make those changes before students register by emailing ocmsched@umn.edu.
• Confirm grading basis. If changes need to be made, submit changes through Coursedog.
• All date, day, and time changes should be made before students register to minimize student conflicts.

If any of the above information needs to be changed after students have registered, email ocmsched@umn.edu to determine if changes may still be made.

TIP: Class permission numbers for fall 2026

The class permission number batch process has already run and created permission numbers for fall 2026 classes. This process only runs once for a semester. What does this mean for newly created class sections? You will need to create permission numbers for those sections. Please follow this guide on how to create permission numbers per class section.

Fall 2026 (1269) scheduling in progress

CCS is currently closed for fall 2026 so that classroom assignments can be made by OCM. CCS will re-open on March 27, 2026 for emergent changes before registration begins on April 9, 2026.

25Live is available during this time for departmental classroom assignments. Please continue to assign departmentally owned rooms to academic classes that will take place in those spaces by March 9, 2026. This will give OCM a better understanding of the actual need for OCM-owned general purpose classrooms.

From March 12–26, OCM will be assigning GPC classrooms in mass quantities. We ask that our departmental schedulers refrain from logging in to assign departmental classrooms to academic classes in 25Live during that time.

Fall 2026 (1269) scheduling in progress

CCS is currently open for fall 2026 for the upcoming academic year. CCS will be closed as of March 2, 2026 for term 1269, so classroom assignments can be made by OCM. For additional class setup guidance, please refer to the Class Setup Guide.

Prior to CCS closing, make sure to do the following:

• Assign departmentally-owned classrooms and labs using 25Live.
• It’s helpful to let us know which classes do not need GPCs before we close CCS for the term to assign classrooms.
• Review class sessions.
• Check classes outside of the Regular Session to make sure they are in the appropriate academic session (remember that classes in the extended regular session are typically not financial aid eligible).
• Adjust non-standard class meeting times to a standard time.
• Classes using standard meeting times guarantee a GPC classroom (if needed) and help students build their schedules.
• Input instructor information and grading access on each meeting pattern.
• Instructors must be on each meeting pattern per class to aid with the grading process at the end of the term.
• Enter the required room characteristics.
• If a certain technology or seating style is needed to facilitate teaching and learning, please indicate that for the class.
• Set realistic enrollment capacities and requested room capacities.
• +/- 10% of last year’s enrollment total
• Cancel class sections that will not be offered.
• If a class is combined with another class, remember to un-combine the sections first, then cancel. 
• Review the Class Scheduling Distribution Summary Report (you will need to log into the University’s network or VPN to view the website).
• Assess department/college compliance with the distribution of meeting times (no more than 3% in any standard time block) and the distribution of meeting patterns (no more than 50% meeting on Tuesday/Thursday).

Email ocmsched@umn.edu to:

• Add the facility NOROOMREQD (no room required) to all class meeting patterns that will not require any room assignment.
• Add the facility ROOM000TBA (Room TBA) to all class meeting patterns that will meet in a small office space.
• Add the facility ONLINEBLENDED to any meeting patterns in a blended (both in-person and online/remote) learning classes.

Fall 2026 and spring 2027 CCS open

CCS is currently open for fall 2026 and spring 2027 to start making scheduling decisions for the upcoming academic year. CCS will be closed on March 2, 2026 for fall 2026 to make classroom assignments.

Fall 2026/Spring 2027 Class Schedule roll forward

We will make a copy of the fall 2025 and spring 2026 class information and roll those classes forward to fall 2026 (1269) and spring 2027 (1273) so that schedulers do not need to build a new schedule each term. This process will be done on December 1, 2025.

Class sections that do not roll forward are:

• Canceled sections
• Tentative sections
• UGRD Topics classes
• Classes with zero enrollment (excluding directed studies and research)
• Undergraduate classes scheduled in Extended Regular Session (session 011)

Fall 2026 and spring 2027 classes will be available in CCS on December 15, 2025 to start making updates and changes.