Activity types and workload calculations

Activity types reflect the categories your enterprise agreement and policies use: teaching, marking, preparation, consultation, research, service and so on. We set them up during implementation, and you can group them for reporting.

Calculation rules turn one number into the right numbers. For example, one hour of scheduled teaching might attract preparation and marking time, so a single timetabled hour counts as three hours of workload. We configure the rules to match your agreement, and Opus applies them consistently to every plan.

Because the rules live in Opus rather than in someone's spreadsheet, every planner works from the same logic and every staff member is treated the same way.

If your rules change, contact us through your usual support channel and we'll work through the update with you.