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		<title>New Course Schedule Planning Tool</title>
		<link>http://sites.middlebury.edu/announcements/2011/03/30/new-course-schedule-planning-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Franco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIS is pleased to introduced a new course schedule planning tool to help students discover courses and arrange selections of them that avoid timing conflicts. When browsing the online catalog at go/catalog students (and others) can now log in and &#8230; <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/announcements/2011/03/30/new-course-schedule-planning-tool/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/announcements/2011/03/30/new-course-schedule-planning-tool/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LIS is pleased to introduced a new course schedule planning tool to help students discover courses and arrange selections of them that avoid timing conflicts.<br />
<a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/files/2010/08/ScheduleView.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23858" src="http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/files/2010/08/ScheduleView.jpg" alt="" width="100%" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/files/2010/08/SaveExample.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-23850" src="http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/files/2010/08/SaveExample.jpg" alt="" width="200" /></a>When browsing the online catalog at <a href="http://go.middlebury.edu/catalog">go/catalog</a> students (and others) can now log in and save courses that they find interesting. Look for &#8220;Save&#8221; links to the top-right of course descriptions. Courses can be saved either from the search view or from the detail views linked-to from department course listings.</p>
<p style="clear: both">This screen-cast gives an overview of the Schedule-Planner and how to use it:</p>
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<p><strong>Notable features:</strong></p>
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<li>Save courses at any time when encountering interesting ones.</li>
<li>Create one or more schedules for a term to see how different course selections might fit together.</li>
<li>Ensures that discussion and lab sections are considered.</li>
<li>Time-conflicts are highlighted.</li>
<li>Schedules can be emailed to an adviser or anyone else.</li>
<li>Schedules can be printed to aid in finding classrooms.</li>
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<p>Please note that this tool is designed as a planning and advising aid &#8212; <strong>it does not register the student for classes</strong>. Also, it does not have access to individual student records and hence does not check that prerequisites have been met.</p>
<p>Please try it out at <a href="http://go.middlebury.edu/catalog">go/catalog</a> and share it with the students you advise.</p>
<p>Send any questions or comments to <a href="mailto:afranco@middlebury.edu">afranco@middlebury.edu</a>.</p>
<p>Best,<br />
Adam Franco</p>
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