Course Scheduling Resources

Remember, when you validate your course schedule in CLSS, you must correct any errors (items with a red circle next to them) and click the blue “Submit to Workflow” button to submit it for workflow approval to R&R. You can run the validation as many times as needed to clear all errors. The schedule isn’t considered submitted until the Start Workflow button has been clicked.

Phase 1 scheduling is for initial edits to the courses and the schedule is submitted as a whole. You do not need to wait to submit your schedule for Phase I if you are waiting on decisions for one or two courses or if you don’t know who a particular instructor will be for a course. Those edits will be able to be made during phase 2.  

Submission is required even if you are not offering any courses during a given term (this generally applies to summer). The purpose is to free up classrooms that are assigned to courses that are being canceled or the time of offering is changing and so R&R knows that the lack of courses is intentional and not an oversight. Room assignments will NOT be made if all scheduling units haven’t been submitted by the Phase 1 deadline for each term.

If you are the editor of a certain course prefix, and don’t have the access that you need, or simply have questions please email ndsu.rr.scheduling@ndsu.edu.

START HERE: Here is a CLSS Instruction Guide, and here is a document with Instructions for Determining Classroom Availability.

Please remember Minimum Section Size Standards too.

Plan/Edit Phase 1 Opens – 4/13/2026

Plan/Edit Phase 1 Changes Due – 6/19/2026

ALL scheduling units MUST have made their initial submission by June 19, 2026 in order for rooms for all units to be assigned. Additional edits can be made once Phase 2 plan/edit re-opens.

Closes for Room Assignments – 6/22/2026 through 7/24/2026

Re-opens for Plan/Edit Phase 2 – 7/7/2026

Phase 2 Changes Due – 9/25/2026

Schedule Published – 9/28/2026

Spring 2027 Registration Opens – 10/29/2026

Summer 2027 Registration Opens – 3/25/2027

Here is a class modality flowchart and modality descriptions. As a quick reminder regarding Instruction Modes: CO = Hybrid/Blended is instruction that is a blend of traditional classroom instruction with online distance education. All students meet on campus for lectures or presentations on specified days and complete the rest of their coursework via a learning management system. Instructors decide how students participate. If you have questions regarding the use of Hybrid/Blended courses and the affect it would have for online students, please contact Sarah Crary. 

Ad Astra

The NDUS and NDSU software system for the management of all academic classroom, lab and computer lab space. Classroom event reservations are also managed in Ad Astra.

Campus Connection

The NDUS and NDSU student information system is used to manage the admission application, registration, financial aid, and student account activity. The course schedule is maintained in Campus Connection.

Auditorium

An auditorium classroom is any classroom that seats more than 75 students in fixed seating. NDSU currently offers multiple auditorium classrooms across the main and downtown campuses.

Conference

Conference classrooms are smaller rooms that typically seat fewer than 20 students. These rooms are designed to facilitate face-to-face discussions. These rooms typically serve other purposes in addition to being a classroom. Faculty and staff frequently make use of these rooms for meetings or conferences.

Distance

NDSU offers several at-a-distance classroom opportunities for off campus students. In addition to the equipment necessary in a standard classroom, special equipment is needed for these rooms, including a video conferencing code, cameras for at-a-distance students and on-site students, numerous ceiling-mounted microphones, and numerous projector or LCD displays (for the on-site class, on-site instructor, at-a-distance students, and for content sharing). Distance classrooms typically seat anywhere from 5 to 30 students at the on-site location. These classrooms are connected electronically to one or more telecommunication networks through microphones and video cameras.

Laboratory

A laboratory classroom is one where a student can participate in the activities specific to the class at hand. A lab classroom varies depending on the room’s intended purpose and can consist of computer labs, large open studio areas, or laboratory benches. A majority of computer clusters at NDSU are open for students to use individually and are available for scheduled course selections. Studio areas on campus are typically only dedicated to students belonging to a specific discipline, such as art, music, or architecture majors. Science laboratories on campus remain inaccessible for student use other than during class time.

SCALE-UP

Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-Down Pedagogies (SCALE-UP) classrooms are large rooms that can accommodate upwards of 100 students in a studio-like setting. SCALE-UP rooms are uniquely designed to facilitate active learning within a classroom. Equipment and technology are utilized in a way to establish a highly collaborative, hands-on, interactive learning environment. These spaces make more extensive use of technology than a standard classroom, with multiple projectors, television screens, and laptop connections located throughout the room. The majority of SCALE-UP rooms at NDSU are located within the A. Glenn Hill Center. SCALE-UP classrooms typically consist of multiple round tables that fit five to nine students comfortably. Typically, there will be outlets and laptop connection capabilities for students to charge and connect their laptops at each table. These connectors are linked to independent display screens near the tables that can project what a student has on their laptop. An alternative method could be to provide smaller markerboards for use at each table. The rooms should also be equipped with a dedicated computer station for the instructor, complete with a touchscreen control panel.

Standard

A standard classroom is defined as any room with at least 350 square feet of space that seats 20 to 75 students. These rooms typically may contain fixed seating, movable chair/desks, or table seating, such as in several of the rooms in the A. Glenn Hill Center. Standard classrooms typically possess a stationary instructor podium and projector screens. The standard classroom is the most common classroom space available at NDSU.

CourseLeaf CLSS

CourseLeaf Section Scheduler (CLSS) software utilizes data from CourseLeaf CAT (Bulletin) and CIM (Curriculum Management) and streamlines the scheduling of courses for academic departments, from the input and edit stages to validation and approval steps.

Department

Refers to the academic unit.

FAMIS

Auxiliary software used by Facilities Management to identify and code campus spaces, offices, and keys.