May/Summer 2025 updates

Please contact ocmsched@umn.edu about May/summer classes if:

• a class does not have a room assignment and needs one.
• a variable credit class needs to have a set number of credits for summer 2025.
• a class with enrollment needs to be canceled.

Spring 2025 final exams

Final exam week is rapidly approaching for spring 2025. The list of final exams and common exams that have been scheduled is available on the Spring 2025 Final Exam and Common Exam Scheduled Rooms spreadsheet.

If you do not see a class on that list and know the class intends to have an in-person final exam, please fill out the final exam request as soon as possible.

Classroom hours during finals week (spring 2025)

Final exams for spring 2025 begin Thursday, May 8. The last day of exams is Wednesday, May 14. Official University final exam schedules are available online.

• Final exam dates: Thursday, May 8 - Saturday, May 10, and Monday, May 12 - Wednesday, May 14
• Study Days: Tuesday, May 6; Wednesday, May 7; and Sunday, May 11

General purpose classroom hours will be extended on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11, to meet the needs of students and faculty during finals week. Weekday hours will remain unchanged during finals week. See standard operating hours.

During finals week, weekend classroom and building hours will be adjusted as follows:

• Saturday, May 10 (Final Exam Date): All general purpose classrooms will be open 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
• Sunday, May 11 (Study Day): All general purpose classrooms in weekend buildings will be open from 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Weekend buildings include:
• East Bank: Bruininks Hall, Folwell Hall, Keller Hall, 216 Pillsbury Drive, Rapson Hall
• West Bank: Blegen Hall, CSOM, Hanson Hall, Humphrey Center
• St. Paul: McNeal Hall, Peters Hall, Ruttan Hall
• Weekday hours will remain unchanged.

After final exam week, we will return to our standard operating hours.

Be sure to carry your U Card with you at all times. Most buildings will require your U Card for exterior building access.

Fall 2025 (1259) classroom assignments

At this time, we are still working on getting classrooms assigned for fall, and around 10% of classes still need classrooms. 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 Astra.

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.

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

Fall 2025 class schedule changes

Queued registration for fall 2025 begins Thursday, April 10, 2025. 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 2025

The class permission number batch process has already run and created permission numbers for fall 2025 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.

25Live update

We are gearing up for the go-live of 25Live on June 17, 2025. As a reminder, 25Live will become the University’s classroom assignment software, replacing our current software, Astra. Here are some key updates on what is coming up. 

Training for 25Live:

• Online training will be available in the Training Hub about a month before go live.
• Training is required if you currently have access to assign departmental rooms to an academic class or set up meetings in departmentally owned spaces in Astra. You will be automatically enrolled and receive email instructions on how to complete the training in May.
• Training is NOT required for people who will request rooms for meetings or classes.

Through June 13:

• Academic Schedulers: continue using Astra to assign departmental rooms to classes for Summer 25, Fall 25, and Spring 26.
• Events Schedulers: continue to schedule events occurring in your departmentally owned spaces. Keep track of events that will be scheduled for July 1 onward, and use those events as practice in 25Live after go-live.

Starting June 14:

• Astra will be available view-only.

Starting  June 17:

• All academic and event room scheduling will be done in 25Live.