# What does OpenSky schedule?

URL: https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/what-does-opensky-schedule
Tab: Scheduling & Courses
Category: Overview
Updated: 2026-10-07

The kinds of things OpenSky puts on the calendar, from course lessons to activities and school days.

OpenSky keeps one school calendar for the household and places everything a student does onto it. Here is what lands on the calendar and the daily checklist.

- **Course lessons** — each course is a list of lessons, and OpenSky places one on each of the course's teaching days from its start date, either a fixed number per day or spread out to finish by a date. When you move a lesson or take a day off, the lessons after it shift forward. See [Courses](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/courses) and [Course pacing](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/course-pacing).
- **Books** — a book can be scheduled a chapter or a page range at a time, like course lessons, or added as a free read that sits on the checklist until it is finished. See [Scheduling books](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/scheduling-books).
- **Activities** — one-off or repeating items such as co-op, sports, chores and field trips, with an optional time. They land on the days you choose and can, if you want, push that day's courses forward and count towards attendance. See [Activities](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/activities).
- **Teaching days** — the days of the week you teach. Lessons are only ever placed on these days; the others are shaded on the calendar. See [Creating your first calendar](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/creating-your-first-calendar).
- **Holidays and breaks** — named ranges of days off, each with a colour and icon. Lessons skip them and move to the next teaching day. See [Adding holidays and breaks](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/adding-holidays-and-breaks).
- **Days off for one student** — sick days, weather days and absences recorded against a single student, which take that student's lessons off the day. See [Attendance](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/attendance).
- **School years** — the term that each student's grade, first and last day, attendance totals and reports are filed under. See [Adding a new school year](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/adding-a-new-school-year).

## Where it shows up

Each student has a **Today** and **Upcoming** checklist of what is due, the **Calendar** page in the sidebar holds the household calendar and every student's attendance, and the same schedule can be shared to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. See [Today and upcoming](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/today-and-upcoming) and [Calendar integrations](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/calendar-integrations).

For a tour of the tools that shape the schedule, see [What scheduling tools does OpenSky offer?](https://www.openskyplanner.com/support/what-scheduling-tools-does-opensky-offer).

## Need more help?

Reach out any time at [support@openskyplanner.com](mailto:support@openskyplanner.com) and we will be happy to help.