A fair and efficient platform to lighten your workload
Our Course Match algorithm simplifies course registration, leaving you free to focus on the priorities that matter most to you.
Schedule Scout’s fair and efficient course registration platform eases your workload
Our algorithm simplifies scheduling, leaving you free to focus on priorities like student achievement and counseling.
Our experience in higher education means that we can get you up and running quickly while making sure that every critical base is covered.
Our experience in higher education means that we can get you up and running quickly while making sure that every critical base is covered.
Easy as one, two, three
1. Upload student & course info, configure rules & requirements
2. Students select and rank the courses they want
3. The algorithm considers every student’s rankings to allocate schedules fairly and efficiently
Breakthrough research, interdisciplinary collaboration
Schedule Scout’s Course Match algorithm uses a Nobel Prize-winning economic theory to
fairly and efficiently distribute schedules:
What Is Course Match?
Course Match is the engine behind Schedule Scout.
It’s a powerful, research-backed system that fairly and efficiently assigns students to their preferred schedules.
How It Works
1. Equal Budgets, Real Preferences
Every student gets a budget of “fake” currency that can be used to “buy” schedules. Students don’t actually see this budget or determine how it’s allocated – that’s where the algorithm comes in. Students only need to rank courses in the order of their true preferences.
2. A Smarter Marketplace
After all students have ranked their courses, the Course Match algorithm acts like a virtual market—assessing supply and demand of seats in specific courses and determining a “price” for each course, before allocating seats in courses so students get the best schedules possible – optimizing allocations across the entire population.
3. Honesty Is the Best Policy
Students don’t need to strategize or game the system. They simply rank their true preferences—and the system rewards it. The algorithm reviews students top ranked schedules, evaluates the “cost” of each schedule based on its constituent course prices, and gives each student the highest ranked schedule that fits within their budget.
4. Built for Complexity
From avoiding time conflicts to pairing must-have courses together, Course Match handles it all—automatically.
The Result
✔️ More students get the schedules they actually want
✔️ No overfilled classes or wasted seats
✔️ A fair, transparent process grounded in proven research
Course Match powers a better registration experience—for students, schools, and registrars alike.
No Strategizing.
No Stress.
True Preference Data.
Trusted Outcomes.
FOR REGISTRARS
Onboarding
- Assessment & Plan – a dedicated implementation expert works with you to design a deployment plan
- Interactive Demo – we set up a demo registration portal for your team to explore the look and feel
- Training – Your team has the opportunity to participate in group training and hands-on coaching. We provide you with collateral and advice for introducing Schedule Scout to students, faculty, and other stakeholders
- Testing – We encourage and support the use of test runs to ensure you’re familiar with all the platform’s functionality before going live
- Single Sign On Integration – We set up native Shibboleth/SAML integration to ensure a seamless login experience for your students
Live Registration Session
- Upload registration period data using the API integration or a .csv file
- Grant students access to start rankings courses
- Review real-time course demand data and student progress
- Make dynamic updates based on ranking trends
- Run computation that produces the fairest schedules in just minutes
- Review summary reports & modify inputs precise demand data allows you to make slight changes that improve student outcomes
- Publish final results to students
FOR STUDENTS
- Set a min and max credit threshold for your potential schedules
- Search and select courses you’re interested in
- Rank courses in preference buckets based on how much you value the courses relative to each other
- Review top potential schedules that are generated based on your rankings to make sure your potential schedules accurately capture your preferences
- Confirm rankings
- Get the fairest schedules in higher ed