Elective Scheduling: Cycles
Managing a Cycle
Managing Cycles is the third step in the Activity Scheduling process. Now that you've fully created your Segment and Cycles, we need to add the Periods that comprise the Days within the Cycle.
Opening a Cycle
To open a Cycle, click on the "Cycle Icon" to the left of the Cycle you would like to manage.
Adding Periods to a Day
Cycles consist of Days in which Periods take place.
Days can have as many or as few Periods as you would like.
Periods represent a time frame in which Activities take place.
A pop-up window will appear which allows you to add a new Period.
- Choose which date within the Cycle you would like to add the Period to.
- Enter a name for the Period
- Select the Start Time of the Period
- Select the End Time of the Period
- Hit Submit
Copying Periods to other Days
Copying Periods to other Days allows you to quickly duplicate Periods from one Day to the next without having to enter all of the Periods again.
A pop-up window will appear that asks you which Date you would like to copy.
- Choose the Source Date from the drop-down list
- Choose a Destination Cycle from the drop-down list
- Select which Dates within the Destination Cycle you would like to copy to
- Click "Copy this date" to copy the Periods within the Source Date to the Destination Cycles and Dates
The Cycle Grid - Elective Scheduling
The Cycle Grid - Campers is where you will manage the Available Activities within a Cycle and assign Campers to those Available Activities
From the Cycle Grid - Campers you are able to:
- Choose which Date within the Cycle you are viewing
- Go to the Staff Grid
- Add Available Activities to each Day and Period
- Copy Available Activities from from this Cycle Grid to other Days
- Select which Divisions are visible on the Cycle Grid
- View all Campers within the selected Divisions and their Activity Assignment for each Period within a Day
- View all Available Activities within each Period
Adding Available Activities to Periods
Available Activities are Activities that Campers and Staff can be assigned to during Periods within a Day.
A pop-up window will appear which allows you to add an Available Activity.
- Choose which Activity you would like to make Available.
- The "Max Camper Count" will default to the value you set on the Segment Management page. This indicates the number of maximum number of Campers that may be assigned to this Activity.
- The "Max Staff Count" will default to the value you set on the Segment Management page. This indicates the number of maximum number of Staff that may be assigned to this Activity.
- Select which Periods within the Day you would like to make this Activity Available.
- Hit Submit.
Copying Available Activities to other Days
Copying Available Activities to other Days allows you to quickly duplicate Available Activities from one Day to the next without having to enter all of the Available Activities again.
A pop-up window will appear that asks you where you would like to copy the Available Activities from this grid to:
- Choose Destination Cycle from the drop-down list.
- Copy camper assignment to other days of the week.
- Copy staff assignment to other days of the week.
- Select which Dates within the Destination Cycle you would like to copy the Available Activities and Elective Assignments (if desired) to.
- Click "Copy this date" to copy the Available Activities and Elective Assignments (if desired) within the Source Date to the Destination Cycles and Dates.
Editing the Max Camper Count of an Available Activity
Adjusting the Maximum Camper Count for an Available Activity.
The Available Activity count indicator (# of Assigned Campers / Maximum # of Available Slots for the current Period can be edited by double clicking on the Maximum # of Available Slots
Drag & Drop Assignments
- Choose a new value from the drop-down menu
- Click OK to save changes
Note: You may not reduce the Max Camper Count below the # of Assigned Campers. (i.e If your Max Camper Count is 5 and you have already assigned 4 campers to the specified Activity, you cannot reduce the Max Camper Count below 4)
Assigning Campers to Available Activities
Assigning Campers to Available Activities indicates that the Camper will be participating in the selected Activity during the assigned Period.
- Division Name
- Campers within the Division (Ordered by Bunk name and then alphabetically within each bunk)
- A Campers Assigned Activity for the indicated Period
- Activity Slots for which the Camper does not currently have an Assigned Activity
- Available Activities for the indicated Period
- An Available Activity that has no more Available Slots is shown with a dashed border, faded and italicized
- The Available Activity count indicator (# of Assigned Campers / Maximum # of Available Slots for the current Period)