Trick: Multiple reserve capacities

Reserve capacities on classes allow you to hold a certain amount of seats for a certain subset of students. Sometimes classes will have multiple reserve capacities listed per class. The trick with adding multiple reserve caps is that you cannot have two reserve capacities on the same row. The system allows you to do this, but you should not. 

You have to use the top plus/minus button on the tab, then add the new reserve cap information on the next row (the reserve capacity sequence will advance by one). 

Here are examples:

Correct setup:

Incorrect setup:

If you do not set them up correctly, the system doesn't know which reserve cap to pay attention to, and it will not honor either, meaning the seats you were holding for that subset of students are not working and are being bypassed altogether.

We have a query to find this issue when it happens. However, the additional unfortunate aspect of multiple reserve caps on a single row is that once students start to enroll in the class, we cannot fix or delete the setup if done incorrectly, so having these set up before registration begins is best practice.

Making spring 2026 (1263) classes eligible for Freshman Full Year (FRFY) registration

Freshman orientation will soon be underway on the Twin Cities campus. During orientation, incoming freshmen have the ability to register for both fall 2025 and spring 2026 at the same time, if set up correctly.

For students to be able to register for spring 2026 classes, the Freshman Full Year (FRFY) course attribute must be added to the class. This is done in the UM CCS Maintain Sched of Class page on the Basic Data tab, as seen below.

Classes with the attribute are open for registration, but only to students with the “FRFY Freshman Full Year Registration” student group on their record.

If you discover your department missed applying the FRFY attribute to a class, the CCS scheduler should add the attribute in CCS. A daily query identifies those classes with a newly added FRFY attribute, and the requisite stopping them from registering for the class is removed to allow freshmen to register. 

Make final changes to May/summer 2025

Registration opens February 27, 2025, for the May/summer term (1255). Please make your final changes to summer 2025 classes as soon as possible. Changes to classes made after enrollment can negatively impact students.

Course changes should be made and approved in Coursedog, which include:

• Credit and grading basis changes
• Consent required 
• Component changes
• Topic titles

Class changes should be made in CCS, which include:

• Meeting patterns
• Instructors and grading access
• Enrollment capacity changes
• Class cancellations

Classroom assignments for summer 2025 have been completed and are available on the Class Schedule. 

Please contact ocmsched@umn.edu if:

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

Making spring 2025 (1253) classes eligible for Freshman Full Year (FRFY) registration

Freshman orientation will soon be underway on the Twin Cities campus. During orientation, incoming freshmen have the ability to register for both fall 2024 and spring 2025 at the same time, if set up correctly.

For students to be able to register for spring 2025 classes, the Freshman Full Year (FRFY) course attribute must be added to the class. This is done in the UM CCS Maintain Sched of Class page on the Basic Data tab, as seen below.

Classes with the attribute are open for registration but only to students with the “FRFY Freshman Full Year Registration” student group on their record.

If you discover your department missed applying the FRFY attribute to a class, the CCS scheduler should add the attribute in CCS. A daily query identifies those classes with a newly added FRFY attribute, and the requisite stopping them from registering for the class is removed to allow freshmen to register. 

Make final changes to May/summer 2024

Registration opens February 22, 2024, for the May/summer term (1245). Please make your final changes to summer 2024 classes as soon as possible. Changes to classes made after enrollment can negatively impact students.

Course changes should be made and approved in Coursedog, which include:

• credit and grading basis changes
• consent required 
• component changes
• topic titles

Class changes should be made in CCS, which include:

• meeting patterns
• instructors and grading access
• enrollment capacity changes
• class cancellations

Classroom assignments for summer 2024 have been completed and are available on the Class Schedule. 

Please contact ocmsched@umn.edu if:

• A variable credit class needs to have a set number of credits for summer 2024.
• A class does not have a room assignment and needs one.

Making spring 2024 (1243) classes eligible for Freshman Full Year (FRFY) registration

Freshman orientation will soon be underway on the Twin Cities campus. During orientation, incoming freshmen have the ability to register for both fall 2023 and spring 2024 at the same time, if set up correctly.

For students to be able to register for spring 2024 classes, the Freshman Full Year (FRFY) course attribute must be added to the class. This is done in the UM CCS Maintain Sched of Class page on the Basic Data tab, as seen below.

Classes with the attribute are open for registration, but only to students with the “FRFY Freshman Full Year Registration” student group on their record.

If you discover your department missed applying the FRFY attribute to a class, the CCS scheduler should add the attribute in CCS. A daily query identifies those classes with a newly added FRFY attribute, and the requisite stopping them from registering for the class is removed to allow freshmen to register.

Fall 2023 class schedule changes

Queued registration for fall 2023 begins Thursday, April 13, 2023. 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 ECAS.

• 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.

Auto Enroll from Waitlist checkbox in CCS

As a reminder, the Auto Enroll from Waitlist checkbox must be checked on both the enrollment and non-enrollment sections of your class for it to be included in the Auto Enroll from Waitlist process, which runs nightly after registration begins.

CCS schedulers can find this checkbox on the UM CCS Maintain Schedule of Classes page > Enrollment Control tab.

The checked box serves the following two functions: 

1. Triggers the Auto Enroll from Waitlist process if a seat is available.

2. Gives priority to students on the waitlist, so open seats are not taken by other students (before Auto Enroll from Waitlist runs).

Make final changes to May/summer 2023

Registration opens February 23, 2023 for the May/summer term (1235). Please make your final changes to summer 2023 classes as soon as possible. Changes to classes made after enrollment can negatively impact students.

Course changes should be made and approved in ECAS, which include:

• credit and grading basis changes
• consent required
• component changes
• topic titles

Class changes should be made in CCS, which include:

• meeting patterns
• instructors and grading access
• enrollment capacity changes
• class cancellations

Classroom assignments for summer 2023 have been completed and are available on the Class Schedule. Please review assignments for your department to ensure all classes requiring a general purpose classroom have been assigned.

Please contact ocmsched@umn.edu 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 2023.

Spring 2023 (1233)

Queued registration for spring 2023 begins Tuesday, November 8, 2022. To ensure the greatest success for students, please make sure to finalize the following information in the class schedule prior to registration:

• Confirm session dates are correct based on the 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 ECAS.
• All date, day, time, and instruction mode changes should be made before students register to make sure to minimize student conflicts and confusion.

Spring 2023 (1233)

CCS is open again to make emergent changes to spring 2023 classes. Queued registration for spring 2023 begins Tuesday, November 8, 2022. To ensure the greatest success for students, please make sure to finalize the following information in the class schedule prior to registration:

• Confirm session dates are correct based on the 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 ECAS.
• All date, day, time, and instruction mode changes should be made before students register to make sure to minimize student conflicts and confusion.

Designating classes eligible for Freshman Full Year Registration

Freshman Orientation will soon be underway on the Twin Cities campus, where students will register for both fall 2022 and spring 2023.

Spring 2023 classes eligible for Freshman Full Year Registration are designated by the Course Attribute, “FRFY- Freshman full year reg,” in the UM CCS Maintain Sched of Class page on the Basic Data tab.

Classes with the attribute are open for registration, but only to students with the “FRFY Freshman Full Yr Registration” student group on their record. 

If you discover your department missed applying the FRFY attribute to a class, the CCS scheduler should add the attribute in CCS. A daily query identifies those classes with a newly added FRFY attribute, and the requisite stopping them from registering for the class is removed to allow freshmen to register.

Fall 2022 schedule changes

Queued registration for fall 2022 begins Thursday, April 14, 2022. 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 ECAS.
• 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.

Make final changes to May/Summer 2022

Registration opens February 24, 2022 for the May/Summer term (1225). Please make your final changes to summer 2022 classes as soon as possible. Changes to classes made after enrollment can impact students.

Course changes should be made and approved in ECAS, which include:

• Credit and grading basis changes
• Consent required
• Component changes
• Topic titles

Class changes should be made in CCS, which include:

• Meeting patterns
• Requested room features
• Instructors and grading access
• Enrollment capacity changes
• Class cancellations

Classroom assignments for summer 2022 have been completed and are available on the Class Schedule. Please review assignments for your department to ensure all classes requiring a general purpose classroom have been assigned. 

Please contact ocmsched@umn.edu 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 2022.

May/Summer semester 2021

Registration has begun for summer 2021. As it was in fall 2020 and spring 2021, we are using the class formats identified in the Class Format Guide for summer 2021. Instructors can choose their modality. ECAS updates are also not required for modality changes that are meant to be temporary. 6' physical distancing will be enforced in classrooms (see Room Search for current capacities).

May/Summer 2021 CCS open

CCS is currently open again for the May/Summer 2021 (1215) term to make changes to classes before registration begins on February 25, 2021.

As it was in fall 2020 and spring 2021, for summer 2021 we are using the class formats identified in the Class Format Guide. Instructors can choose their modality. Additionally, ECAS updates are not required for modality changes that are meant to be temporary. 6' physical distancing will be enforced in classrooms (see Room Search for current capacities).