We’ve all done it: come out of the hell that is enrolment with the perfect timetable only to realise in week 1 that you’ve made a horrible mistake. Some of the common culprits are early Monday and late Friday, but the worst by far is an 8:30 Thursday class. I made this mistake myself in my first semester of Uni because I enrolled without knowing what nights were Uni nights. After a shaky (for the lack of a better word) morning after colours night in week 1, I decided that changes had to be made.
If you’ve made one of these horrible mistakes, or one of your classes clashes with work, sport or other commitments, then don’t worry — Pat’s here to help. If you made it through enrolment without breaking into tears then you should be alright, because it’s pretty much the same thing, but here are the steps you will need to take to make changes to your timetable anyway:
1. Login to My Student Centre using your username and login
2. Click on ‘enrol’ and then ‘swap’
3. Choose your term (the semester in which the class will take place)
4. Under the ‘Swap This Class’ section, select the subject that you need to adjust
5. Under the ‘With This Class’ section, click on ‘search’ and search for the class selected above
6. Select the Lecture/Seminar/Lab/Tute/Prac that you would like to move into
7. If you get taken to the ‘Related Class’ section, you will need to select the lecture that accompanies the class you’re adjusting and press ‘next’. If not, then go to the next step
8. Click ‘next’ if everything looks good
9. Click ‘Finish Swapping’ to finish
10. If you need to swap more classes, go back to step 2 and repeat. If not, then move onto step 11
11. Party!
Remember to have your timetable at hand when doing this so that you don’t double-book yourself. If you run into any troubles then ask someone like your tutor, your lecturer, the ASK desk, your mentor, student support, a friend and the list goes on. Basically, anyone around the Uni may have an idea. For all the lovely people down in Gippsland, here’s a guide to changing your timetable using student allocator.
Happy timetabling everyone,
Pat