Advisors: How to Add Vacation Time

Adding a vacation allows for advisors to define a range of time during which they will temporarily not be available for any appointments. This article provides step-by-step instructions for how to add vacation time to your availability.

What is a Vacation on Upswing?

Adding vacation time allows for you to designate a period of time in which you will not be available for appointments with students, such as for a holiday, personal leave, or any other reason. By adding a vacation, your recurring availability will essentially be overridden for the entire duration of the vacation. Once the time period has ended, your availability will revert back to the pre-programmed recurring availability settings.

Instructions: How to Add a Vacation

Log Into Your Upswing Advisor Account.
Access the Tutoring Module.
From the home page, either click on 'Meet with your students', or click on 'Advising' in left-side menu.
Edit Your Availability.
Within the Advising module, scroll down to find the 'Availability' section. To edit your availability, click on 'Edit'. You should now have the ability to make changes here.
Add Vacation.
Within the Availability section, scroll down to see the subsection titled 'Vacation', just below the 'Availability Exceptions' subsection. Click on the 'Add' button to the right of 'Vacation'.
Provide Vacation Details.
After clicking 'Add', a pop-up window will appear, prompting you to provide the details about the vacation you'd like to add.
- Provide Start Date.
  Select the date the vacation time will begin by clicking on the date to open the calendar.
- Provide Start Time.
  Select the time that the vacation will begin. Any recurring availability after this start time will be temporarily removed for the duration of the vacation. Any recurring availability before this start time will not be affected.
- Provide End Date.
  Select the date the vacation will end by clicking on the date to open the calendar.
- Provide End Time.
  Select the time that the vacation will end. Because this time marks the end of the vacation, any recurring availability scheduled after this end time will show to students as usual.
Add the Vacation!
Once you've entered all of the details, click on the 'Add' button to add this vacation to your schedule!
Success!
Within the Availability Editor, you should now see this vacation listed:

Within the Week View of the Availability box, you should see that you're unavailable for the entire duration of the vacation.