Once all course information has been filled in by the user, the classroom list is made up to date, and all instructor information has been reviewed, the user is ready to generate an initial schedule.  To begin any step involving the actual schedule the user should press the 'Schedule' button on the category toolbar shown in Figure 2.2-1.  After doing this the View Schedule window shown in Figure 2.5.1-1 will appear.  As long as a schedule has not been generated before, the 'Generate the Schedule' button will appear at the bottom of the window and will be activated.  The user simply needs to press it to automatically generate a schedule from the criteria outlined in the Courses, Instructors, and Classrooms categories.  If a schedule has already been generated but the user wants to start from scratch he or she should first erase the schedule.  For details on how the schedule is created refer to how the schedule is generated.

Figure 2.5.1-1: View Schedule Window Before a Schedule Has Been Generated

Once the schedule has been generated, the View Schedule window will be populated with scheduled courses as in Figure 2.5.1-2.  It should be noted that the 'Generate the Schedule' button has now become 'Update the Schedule' since an initial schedule has already been generated.  The View Schedule window is a quick way to view all scheduled courses.  This window can be filtered in a fashion similar to that explained for the View Courses window, as well as the View windows for the other categories.  It may also be re-sorted by clicking the column headers as explained for the other View windows.