Online CCS and Astra Academic training available Sep 10, 2021

Academic Support Resources staff are turning the instructor-led Collaborative Class Scheduling (CCS) and the Astra Academics training into online, asynchronous courses in Canvas. The new courses will allow learners to complete it at their own pace and gain access sooner. The new format also shortens the length of the training and allows for easy course updates to be made when needed.

The updated course will continue to provide an introduction to CCS scheduling processes, including adding, changing, and canceling class data. New class schedulers must complete this training to gain access to the CCS scheduling pages for Twin Cities or Rochester classes.

Astra Academics will also move from being held face-to-face to an online, asynchronous Canvas course. Schedulers who need Astra Academics training will also need to complete the updated Astra Academics course.

Only new CCS schedulers are required to take the course. Current schedulers are welcome to enroll in the new CCS course to use as a resource. Note that Student Date Inquiry (SDI) training is a prerequisite.

Online CCS training

Academic Support Resources staff are working to update the current Collaborative Class Scheduling (CCS) training from instructor-led to an online, asynchronous Canvas course. The new CCS training course will continue to provide staff with initial training on how to make updates to classes. SDI will remain a prerequisite for CCS training.

Staff with existing CCS access will not need to take the new course. We expect to release the new online CCS training course in the coming months.