Guide to Allocation Adjustment Mode

What do I need to do?

Activities to which you have already been allocated will be flagged with a green icon. You can change these allocations if alternative class times are available until the system closes (usually two weeks after the start of a 12-week semester).

• Please note: as soon as you select a new class, your original class time will become available to other students.

If you have any classes that are still Pending (orange) or Unconfirmed (red), you need to manually allocate yourself to these classes.

• Hint: to avoid class clashes in your timetable, look at the classes available for all unallocated activities first, and then start by allocating to the one with the fewest options.

How to allocate to times

1. Select the activity to which you would like to allocate.
2. Click 'Select' for your desired time from the list of available options.
3. A message will appear confirming your allocation has been saved.
4. Repeat this process for each unallocated subject. When there is a green icon next to each activity in the current semester, you are finished.

Online classes

• Generally, you will not need to allocate to online-only classes (OL code). If you do not need to allocate to an online activity, this will be indicated with the text 'No group available'.
• If your subject is delivered in 'Blended Mode' (BL code) with set times and days for classes, but some (or all) classes are delivered online, then you will still need to allocate to these classes. Online scheduled classes in the timetable will show the location as XNB-VIRT-ON-LINE|Virtual On line.

There are several reasons why you might not have been allocated for an activity:

• You didn't submit preferences during Preference Entry Mode
• Read more about class allocations with status Read Only or Off
• None of your preferences were available
• There is a clash between 2 or more of your activities (see below)
• There are not enough places available due to unexpectedly large enrolments. This will mean there are no spaces to allocate yourself to. You can ask your subject coordinator about what to do in this situation (they may be planning to add a new class time, for example).

Allocate+ strives to provide each student with a clash-free timetable, but this is not always possible. If you have two subjects that clash, Allocate+ will randomly choose one to allocate you to, and will leave the second subject unallocated.

Check both subjects to see if you might be able to resolve the issue by choosing different classes.

As a rule, lectures are an approved clash, if you have a lecture that is clashing, please contact ASK La Trobe, who will help you allocate.

What if my class is not an approved clash?

• Choose an alternative subject that runs at a different time.
• As other students modify their timetable and enrolment, spaces may become available. You can continue to attempt to modify your timetable until Allocate+ closes. Placing yourself on a waitlist may assist with this.
• If you have core subjects clashing, please contact your subject coordinator for further advice.

If the class for an activity is full, you can request a swap to a different class time, or place yourself on a waitlist - see managing swap and waitlist requests.

If there are no available class times, contact your subject coordinator for advice.