What are floating electives and how are they used?

A floating elective group is a more flexible version of the regular elective group in the Subject Center. Admins or privileged users enable it by ticking Allow Floating Subject when creating the group.

Setup

1. Go to Subject Center → Class Subjects, select the class, and open Elective Group.

Screenshot — to be addedpublic/images/articles/floating-electives-1.png

2. Create the group with its name and details, and tick Allow Floating Subject.

Screenshot — to be addedpublic/images/articles/floating-electives-2.png

3. Add subjects that aren’t always taught at the same time.

Screenshot — to be addedpublic/images/articles/floating-electives-3.png

4. Go to Manage Timetable → Timetable Allocations.

Screenshot — to be addedpublic/images/articles/floating-electives-4.png

5. Select an empty period and assign subjects from the Floating Electives Group field.

Screenshot — to be addedpublic/images/articles/floating-electives-5.png

6. The assigned subjects appear in the period.

Screenshot — to be addedpublic/images/articles/floating-electives-6.png

Benefits

• Assign subjects to periods individually.
• Put several elective subjects in one period.
• Cancel or swap a single subject (unlike regular elective groups).
• Swap the floating group with a regular subject or another elective group.
• Swap a single subject from the group with a regular subject or another group type.