The checklist is where you run your school day. It comes in two pages:
- Today — everything that needs attention right now: what is overdue, what has come back for revision, and what is scheduled for today.
- Upcoming — the days ahead, so you can look forward, plan, and move work around.
Both are in the left nav under Checklists, and in the bottom bar on a phone.
The toolbar
Every checklist page has the same toolbar across the top:
- Event — add an event to the schedule.
- The person menu — choose whose checklist you are looking at. Your own row reads "Your name (Me)", followed by Students and then Other parents.
- Layout — choose how the page looks, and what it shows.
- Print — open the print dialog. See Printing Your Checklist.
- The bell — your alerts.
Choosing a layout
Click Layout to open the view options:
- List — a single scrolling column, grouped by day. Best on a phone.
- Board — columns you can drag work between. This is the default.
- Calendar — a traditional calendar grid.
When you pick Calendar on the Upcoming page, you can also choose how much to show: 3 day, Week, or Month.
Two more controls live in the same panel:
- Show completed — whether finished work stays visible. It is on by default, and the setting is shared across Today, Upcoming, and all three layouts.
- Edit lesson colors — set the color for each lesson status, including Ungraded.
Getting work done
Each row has a circle on the left. Click it to tick the work off. What the circle does depends on the lesson:
- Mark complete — finish the lesson.
- Done for today — for a weekly lesson, clear it from today while leaving it in place for the rest of the week. Reopen today puts it back.
- Submit for review — when your student is on the submit-for-review workflow. See How Students Use OpenSky.
- Mark pending — undo a completion.
Click anywhere else on the row to open the lesson drawer, where you will find the directions, tasks, and attachments.
Anything past its date carries a Due: pill — "Due: yesterday", "Due: 3 days ago" — so you can see at a glance how far behind a lesson has slipped.
The sections you will see
Today groups work by what needs doing:
- Overdue — anything left from previous days.
- Needs revision — work you sent back to a student.
- Today — what is scheduled for today.
Upcoming shows Overdue first, then one section per day.
When you are looking at your own checklist as a parent, two more sections appear at the top:
- Ungraded — completed lessons waiting on a grade, for courses you have asked to grade every lesson. See Setting Up Grades and Organizing Courses.
- Submitted for review — work students have handed in. Appears only when there is something in it.
Changing the day
Hover over any date heading and click the ⋯ button to open the day's menu: mark everything complete, move incomplete lessons, add a daily note, set attendance, or take the day off. Staying Flexible with Your Schedule walks through those options.
Need more help?
Reach out any time at support@openskyplanner.com and we will be happy to help.