Program Usage

2.2 Program Usage

After starting the program the administrator should set up the master workspace. These are the main steps:

The administrator is then ready to create a workspace for a specific quarter. To do this the administrator would

create a new workspace
- the first few quarters the administrator will probably want to import the master workspace and delete objects from the databases which are not available that quarter
- in the future the administrator may want to import from the same quarter of the previous year, since those databases will probably require less work to "fit" to the current quarter
delete courses, instructors, and classrooms which are not available this quarter
save the workspace
generate a schedule

From this point on the administrator will be manipulating the schedule via the edit or update model. To do this he or she will be using instructor preferences, student feedback, and other feedback from the schedule generation. To do this the administrator will be editing the four categories: courses, instructors, classrooms, and schedule. The administrator can switch between categories in three different ways. The category toolbar (shown below), the menu bar, or by clicking on an already open window.

Figure 2.2-1: Category toolbar.

The category toolbar is a floating window that is always be started with the tool. To bring a category to the active view, the user can click once on the icon in the category toolbar. If multiple workspaces are open, the category toolbar will take the user to the selected category in the active workspace.

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Component	Inspector	Date	Status	Remarks
2.2 p2	JMA	5/15/04	FIX	add a colon-> "To do this the administrator would:"
			FIX	add periods in appropriate places.