Cycle Days Page

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Use this page to set up your building's cycle days; for example, you could use M,T,W,R,F or A, B. Cycle days affect attendance and scheduling. You can also set up alternate cycle days for days that differ from a normal cycle day, such as an early dismissal day.

In addition to standard days, you also define an alternate cycle day for each type of shortened or atypical day in the calendar.

Area

How cycle days affect the area

Calendars

The system builds calendar days based on the normal cycle days you have set up. During the calendar build, you indicate how many days are included in the normal cycle and the starting cycle day.

In the Calendar Day Detail page, you can then change a day, such as changing the day to a holiday, non-membership day or late start alternate cycle day.

Scheduling

In the Timetable page in Scheduling, you indicate the timeslots and periods that meet on each cycle day. The Master Schedule for each course-section indicates the cycle days and periods the course meets.

Attendance and Alternate Cycle Days

Attendance can only be taken for the periods that meet on the specified cycle day or alternate cycle day.

Alternate cycle days are used when a building holds a shortened day or the day includes periods from multiple days. For example, alternate cycle days could be used for late start, early dismissal, or exam days.

Add a cycle day

Select Administration > Registration Setup > Calendars > Cycle Days.
If the desired building does not display on the Search Results panel, enter the appropriate values in the Search Criteria panel, and click Load at the top right of the page.
Click the building's link on the Search Results panel.
Define the cycle day in the blank row. A new row automatically displays when data is entered in a blank row.
Click Save.

To automatically create cycle days

If cycle days have not been defined for this building, the Auto-Generate Cycle Days panel displays and can be used to generate cycle days.

Select Administration > Registration Setup > Calendars > Cycle Days.
If the desired building does not display on the Search Results panel, enter the appropriate values in the Search Criteria panel, and click Load at the top right of the page.
Click the building's link on the Search Results panel.
- If cycle days have not been defined for this building, the Auto-Generate Cycle Days panel displays.
Select an option to generate cycle days.
Click Save.

Edit cycle day information

Select Administration > Registration Setup > Calendars > Cycle Days.
If the desired building does not display on the Search Results panel, enter the appropriate values in the Search Criteria panel, and click Load at the top right of the page.
Click the building's link on the Search Results panel.
Update their fields of rows to be changed.
Click Save.

Delete a cycle day

Select Administration > Registration Setup > Calendars > Cycle Days to display the Cycle Days search page.
If the desired building does not display on the Search Results panel, enter the appropriate values in the Search Criteria panel, and click Load at the top right of the page.
Click the building's link on the Search Results panel.
Select the
(Delete) checkbox for each record to delete. The Delete box only displays for Cycle Days that are not in use.
Click Save.

Return to the Building Checklist Page

If you accessed this page from the Building Checklist page, after making changes, click

(Checklist) at the top right of the page to save any changes and go to the next option in the checklist.

Fields

Auto-Generate Cycle Days Panel (only displays when cycle days are not yet defined)

To have cycle days automatically generated, select one of the options and then click the Load icon at the top right of the Auto-Generate Cycle Days panel.

Cycle Days Panel

Field	Description
Cycle Order	The number of this cycle day in the cycles.
Code	The code identifying this cycle day; for example, M for Monday, or A for A Day.
Description	The description; for example, Monday or Late Start.
Alternate Cycle	Checked if this day is not part of the normal school cycle; for example, a late start day. Alternate cycle days are not included in the cycle when the system generates calendar days.
(Delete)	To delete a record, select the row's Delete checkbox, then click Save. The checkbox only displays for records that are not in use.