PRODUCT FEATURES

Our school timetable software is a must have for any school or other educational institution wanting an effective, easy to use program to produce a timetable.

Data capture is uncomplicated and quick and saves the user hours of work normally required by manual timetabling methods
Our software produces high-quality timetables which are free of clashes and other flaws often associated with the timetabling process.

The software generates timetables based on complex requirements for small and large primary or secondary schools, combined schools and Colleges.

Program capacity

• Up to 15 Grades or Levels and up to 25 classes or groups per Grade or Level.
• 1 to 14 day cycles and days of differing lengths and breaks at different times.
• Up to 225 periods per cycle, 300 classrooms or venues, 300 educators or lecturers, 300 subjects or learning areas.
• Subject combinations or sets of up to 20 subjects.

Key Features

• You can produce individual timetables for students. 
• Overrides make it possible to schedule part-time educators and staff meetings.
  
• Scarce resources or shared venues are catered for to avoid clashes between educators using them.
• Educators may be allocated to one or more venues.
• A planning facility makes it possible to create the most effective combination groups to cater for individual students. Alternatively pre-determined combinations may be used.
• Once a timetable has been created an adjust facility may be used to reposition periods for the entire institution, single subjects or combination periods
• The program will automatically prevent changes which would violate overrides, move reserved periods or create clashes elsewhere in the timetable
  
• The number of days in the teaching cycle as well as the number of periods per day can be set.
• Period or Lesson times can be specified for each period on different days in the cycle.
• Reserved periods may be specified for activities involving the whole institution or some sections only
• On-screen help (which is also printable) is available at any stage of data capture via an index or floating pop-up contextual help screens.
• Numerous print outs are available at any stage of data capture to enable the user to check on data already captured and modify it where changes are needed.
• Timetables can be printed or downloaded to CSV files.

Data Capture

• The program isl designed to make data capture quick and easy.
  
• Data can be amended after creating a timetable or can be sorted in ascending or descending order.
  
• The program offers feedback when data captured is infeasible.
• Data which has been captured may be edited at any stage before creating a timetable.
• A copy facility further reduces time needed to capture data which may be duplicated for different groups.
  
• On screen help is available via an index or from a detailed list of topics or via floating pop-up contextual help screens. All Help screens are also printable.
• Pop-up assist boxes coupled with extensive mouse point and click functions reduce the need for typing.
  
• A print preview facility enables users to check results before printing them out.
• A tool bar includes short cut and navigation buttons.
• Expanding controls enable users to take advantage of bigger monitors