Block Fast Loader

Video How-to

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This method of scheduling is used when a group students have the same schedule throughout the day. You will need to have the Master Schedule complete before beginning. You will also need to know which sections each group of students will be scheduled into. This information can be entered into the Master Schedule to facilitate the scheduling process.

Steps for scheduling students using Block Fast Loader

1. Create/complete the Master Schedule.
2. Edit Master Schedule to identify groups of students per grade level.
3. Create teacher blocks with schedule records for a particular group of students.
4. Schedule students using automatic process or manual process.

How to

1. Log in to WebPams
2. Select Scheduling from the program list on the left
3. Click on Loaders
4. Select Block Fast Loader

Set up Box

1. Verify Year, District, and School. These default values are based on your security settings.
2. Select Grade. Leave the Grade field blank if all grade levels are to be included in the team assignment process. Otherwise click in the box to the right of “Grade” to select the desired grade level(s) to be included. With Block Fast Loader you will usually select one grade to work with at a time.
3. Select the As-of-Date. This represents active students as of the date you choose. It usually defaults to the current date.
4. Click the check box to Save Schedules as Manually Scheduled to prevent an automatic scheduling process from overwriting schedules created through the Block Fast Loader.
5. Click OK to move to the next screen.

Definitions of the Buttons at the bottom of the screen

Delete Block – deletes currently selected block

New Block – creates a block of classes for a teacher not assigned a block

Change Block – change header information about a teacher

Schedule – schedules all selected students to the selected teacher’s block

Print--prints either the list of block with header information or prints the block detail list of courses

Setup--returns to the setup box to change group of students to be scheduled.

Select All Students – Checks all students` names

De Select All Students – Unchecks all students` name

Edit the Master Schedule to identify the student groups for each schedule record

This is optional, but can make the process of course selection easier for schools with 2 or more groups of students per grade level. For example, this will prevent students in two groups from all being scheduled into the same section of a teacher's Language class which would make it look like the teacher is instructing 60 students instead of two groups of 30.

To edit the Master Schedule Editor click in the comment field beside each course and enter either the Homeroom teacher's name or a section designation such as 1A, 1B, 1C, etc. In the setup box for Master Schedule Editor you can restrict the display to include one grade only. This will provide a smaller group of courses and teachers to which group indicators are to be assigned.

After assigning group indicators to the Master Schedule Editor, return to the Block Fast Loader to complete the scheduling process.

Creating Blocks

1. Select the New Block button
2. Click in the block name field. The name can be a teacher's name or some other indicator such as 1A, 1B, etc. If using a teacher's name select from the list that appears. If using some other indicator close the teacher list and type the name of your choice.
3. If you select a teacher's name for the block name, the same name will automatically appear in the Homeroom teacher field; otherwise, you will need to click in the homeroom teacher's name field and make the selection from the teacher list.
4. Verify the grade. This value will be used to limit the Master Schedule display when selecting courses for each block.
5. Click Save New.
6. The schedule window will automatically appear. You can not save a new block without entering at least one class record.
7. The schedule window will have 4 sections. Click under Semester 1 on the any blank line and the Master Schedule will appear.
8. Rearrange the Master Schedule to move the grade column to be visible. (This will save time.) And sort the Master Schedule by Grade for ease of finding the group of courses for the grade level of the block being created.
9. You may get a pop up that indicates the class period you have selected on the schedule maintenance screen is not the class period of the course selected. Click OK.
10. If the Semester 1 section selected is already in another block, you will get a pop up that allows you to either continue and use it or to cancel. If you click no the window changes back to the schedule maintenance screen. Repeat the selection process to enter a course not found in another block. If you click yes the same pop up will appear for Semester 2; click yes again.
11. Repeat the process from step 7 above until all courses in which a particular group of students will receive a grade.
12. Close the Schedule Maintenance window with the X at the top right of the window.

To Delete a Block

1. Select the block on the right to be deleted by selecting the check box to the left of the block number.
2. Then click the delete button at the bottom left. A confirmation pop up will appear. If the block number in the pop up is correct then click OK. If it is incorrect, click No and select the correct block number.

To Change/edit an existing block

1. Select the block on the right to be changed by selecting the check box to the left of the block number.
2. Then click the change block button at the bottom. Correct the necessary information and click save changes.