The class schedule is a tool for organizing the course progression in a specific order tied to dates. If you want to set up time constraints for student learning on your courses, learn how to do it correctly from the following instructions:

1. Log in to your Softbook account and open your online school. Go to the “Learning” section and click on “Class Schedules”. This will open a section with an empty list of schedules.

Location of the “Class Schedules” section on the platform

2. Click on the “Add Schedule” button located in the top right corner and fill out the form that appears. Enter the schedule name, select the course and group. It is not possible to create a schedule without a group, as schedules are configured specifically for a particular group, not the entire course. If you don’t know how to create a group, refer to the instructions. A group can exist without any students. Once everything is ready, click the “Add Schedule” button.

Important: Having different access periods for different groups within the same course allows for further customization and marketing activities without disrupting the learning process for current students.

3. You will be directed to the schedule editing page. It consists of a course tree, calendar, and a panel for main settings, where you can:

  • Enable or disable the created schedule
  • Select and change the groups of students for which the schedule will apply
Settings panel on the “Schedules” page

To create a schedule, click on the lessons in the course tree and set the desired start date and time for the training. The student will have access to the lessons as long as they have access to the entire course. Set the dates and click the “Save” button.

In the lesson schedule, you can set not only the date but also the start and end time of access to it

The calendar will display the lesson name and its access period in the form of a Gantt chart.

An example of displaying added lessons on the calendar grid. Scheduled lessons are highlighted in blue in the editor

If there are many lessons in the course modules and you want to set up the schedule faster, you can do it in a few steps. Click on the specific module in the course tree for which you want to set the required schedule, set the required date in the calendar, and click “Save”. The schedule will be automatically set for all lessons included in this module.

You can set up a schedule for an empty group, keep it turned off, and then add students to this group and enable the schedule. Students must be enrolled in the course for the schedule to work.

That’s it. Now you know how to use all the schedule features for more effective student learning.