Replicating a rotating schedule in Classmaker

Classmaker doesn't use rotating schedules.  Instead it uses Long Term plans. However you can replicate rotating schedules in Classmaker using Shove and by displaying two lesson plans side by side in the same time slot, each lesson coming from a different Unit of Work.

So how do you replicate a rotating schedule using Long Term plans?

Create a SINGLE Long Term plan that covers the entire year with a SINGLE Unit of Work inside it called Rotating Schedule or something similar.  Inside this Unit of Work create all the periods you desire for a single schedule instance calling them whatever Subjects you might be going to teach.  Export the Rotating Schedule to disk, and immediately reimport it into the same Long Term plan. The calendar will now display both periods side by side in the same cells from TWO different Units of Work.  The reimported records will be distinguishable from the original in the Unit Plan pick list by being prepended with a flower.

From the first flower record Shove all the reimported records forwards the number of days required to begin the next rotation e.g. a four day rotation would require 4 shoves, an eight day rotation would require 8 shoves.  After the shoves have been completed change the beginning date of the first shoved record to it's end date.  You now have two rotations displayed, one after the other.

Create new Long Term plans and Unit Plans for the Subjects you have to teach.  Now click on the current rotating schedule records and change them to suit, saving them back into their respective Units of Work.  As each period is completed you can delete the original rotating schedule record, so that you are left with the material you are going to teach and not the rotating record.  Once the Rotating Schedule Unit of Work is empty delete it.

To begin the process again Export the flower prepended Rotating Schedule to disk, and immediately reimport it.

Because Shove pushes forward all records subsequent to the one you are shoving in the current Unit of Work, if Special Days need to be inserted into the rotating schedule, you can create the gap for the Special Day by splitting the current schedule with Shove and then Shoving the next schedule (which is in a different Unit of Work) on another day.

While you can replicate a rotating schedule using Classmaker, the bump functionality of a true rotating schedule application won't be present.  On the other hand in Classmaker it's no problem to have periods of different durations, so a double period in other packages can be a single period in Classmaker. Also in Classmaker you can have as many records as you like covering a period, so your planning can be by activity duration rather than having one very large record for all your planning.