On Courses: set Credits and Weeks to unlock credit-hour alerts. Per Credit Hour Policy (1 cr = 45 hrs/sem), a 3-cr course over 11 weeks targets ~12 hrs/wk; the system flags weeks below the minimum or above the overload threshold automatically.
On Assessments: select a type — Discussion, Exam, Quiz, Writing, or Clinical — and the estimator calculates hours per the Credit Hour Policy, bucketed as Academic Engagement or Preparation. Add pre-work (multiple reading rows, videos ×1.5, live lectures) for a full picture. Each assessment auto-includes 0.25 hr for instructor feedback review.
Load Distribution (Analyze section) stacks all courses week by week so faculty, advisors, and program leadership can spot inequitable time distribution across the semester.