Assign specific rooms to a section

If specific sections of courses need to be scheduled in specific rooms, you can assign rooms to those sections on the Workspace.

Note: Define build preferences for each room.

To assign one room to a section on the Workspace:

  1. In the Build view, click the Workspace tab.
  2. On the Details side-tab, select the section.
  3. To assign the section to one room, at the School Room Number field, click Search icon. to select the room.
  4. Click Save.

To assign several room to one section on the Workspace:

  1. To assign the section to one room, at the School Room Number field, click Search icon. to select the room.
  2. To assign the section to several rooms:
  3. At the Schedule field, click the expression that appears. The Schedule Expression pop-up appears.
  1. Select the Use multiple rooms checkbox.
  2. Click in each cell in the Days/Periods grid to select the room this section should meet in for that time. A list of rooms available during that day/period appears. If you want to view all rooms, whether they are available or not, select the Show All Rooms checkbox.
  3. Select a room.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Repeat steps 5 through 7 to schedule a room for each day/period the section meets.
  6. Remember to click Save on the Section Details page.
  7. The following table displays how courses that are assigned to more than one room display throughout Aspen:

    Location

    Example

    Schedule expressions

    Schedule lists

    Matrix views