🌟A curriculum is the foundation of every training class in XO Scheduler. Without a curriculum, you cannot plan or schedule any sessions. In this first part of our series, we’ll walk through building a curriculum layout, including day types, topics, and strategies for automatic scheduling.
🎥 Video Tutorial: Curriculum Layout
📍This video shows how to build a new curriculum layout step by step.
📸 Disclaimer: Screenshots and videos may look slightly different from your XO Scheduler interface depending on your version or configuration.
🛠️ Step-by-Step Guide
We’ll use a B747 Three-Day Recurrent Training as our example (like in the video)
1) Create a new curriculum
Go to the Curriculum page.
Right-click → Create Curriculum.
Fill in properties (use presets if available).
Example: Name →
B747 Three-Day Recurrent, Training Type →Recurrent.
2) Define training days
Day 1: Fixed start times.
Add topic: Human Factors, 08:00–12:00 (240 minutes).
Add topic: Ground School, 14:00–16:00 (120 minutes).
Day 2: Flexible start times.
Add topics: Briefing (90 min), Simulator (240 min), Debriefing (60 min).
Give the simulator a distinct color in the Gantt chart.
Day 3: Duplicate Day 2, then rename it.
3) Set Turn Time and Next Training Day
Turn Time: Minimum rest between training days (e.g.,
720minutes = 12 hours).Next Training Day: Define required breaks (e.g., min 1 day, max 3 days).
4) Save the curriculum
Click Save to store your layout.
💡 Pro Tips
Use presets: Save time by reusing standard property values.
Color-code topics: Helps visualize training days on the Gantt chart.
Always define Turn Time: Prevents back-to-back scheduling that ignores rest.
🔗 Related Tutorials
Qualify Resources – Make sure topics can be assigned qualified instructors and devices
Managing Properties – Create presets for standard curriculum attributes
Create a Curriculum – Part 2 – Assigning qualifications to topics
📌 Wrapping Up
You’ve now built the structure of a curriculum with days and topics. Next, we’ll show you how to link these topics with qualifications so XO Scheduler can assign the right resources automatically.