Enter several requests for a student at one time using course numbers

You can enter several course requestsClosed courses that students have requested to attend for the next school term for a student at one time if you know the specific course numbers a student is requesting. On this same page, you can also make adjustments or exceptions.

To enter several requests using course numbers:

  1. Log on to the Build view.
  2. Click the Student tab.
  3. Select a student, and click the Requests side-tab. The requests page for that student appears:

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  1. On the Options menu, click Add.
  2. Select the appropriate course numbers.
  3. Click OK. The system adds the course requests for the student.
  4. If the system cannot schedule this student during specific periods and days, next to Unavailable schedule, click Edit Schedule. The schedule matrix appears. Click the terms, and then click each period and day during which the student cannot attend classes. Click OK.

  5. For example, assume a student has a medical condition and cannot attend any first period classes. Or, for bigger districts, counselors can block off a student's schedule during the part of the day the student attends classes in another school, such as vocational classes.

    Note: To print a copy of student course requests, on the Reports menu, click Student Requests.
  1. Now, click the course number of any of the requests to define if the request is an alternate, or to identify alternate requests if the student does not get into that course. You can also identify a specific section type this student needs for a course, such as Bilingual.

Note: At the Alternate Type field, you can determine how the system should handle this request. By default, all alternate requests are Substitute; the system uses them to replace students’ primary requests when students cannot be scheduled into them. Or, select Auto-fill for the scheduler to use the alternate request to fill in any holes that are not occupied by primary requests in the student schedule.

In the Course Request Adjustments area of the page, counselors or administrators can make adjustments or exceptions to the courses this student can request.

To add course request adjustments:

  1. Click Add. The New Request Adjustment pop-up appears:
  2. Type the course Number, or click Search icon. to select it.
  3. At the Status Code field, select one of the following:
    • Recommended: Not associated with the student’s academic track, but staff members feel the student should enroll in this course.
    • Required: Required specifically for this student.
    • Excluded: Not available for this student to request.
    • Requirement waived: Can be requested; prerequisite or co-requisite requirement is not fulfilled.
  1. Click Save.