Audience

This course is designed for new timetablers who have some experience in timetabling who wish to:

  • Use Version 10 to enter, analyse and manage student subject choices

  • Use Version 10 to create elective lines or blocks

  • Create the elective building blocks for different curriculum models

  • Prepare elective lines to import into the timetable


At Course Completion

After completing this core module, participants will be able to:

  • Set up the structure for a grid

  • Create a number of different grids using different curriculum models

  • Interrogate student subject choices to verify validity

  • Create and edit class codes

  • Plan draft staffing and specialist room usage for a grid

  • Calculate the staffing cost of the grid

  • Populate and manage class composition

  • Print results

  • Create an exam timetable


Prerequisites

This core module assumes that participants have these skills:

  • Perform simple file access tasks, such as browsing a directory structure, opening and saving files, and creating folders

  • Describe the process of timetable construction in their school


Module Outline - Day One


  • Create files to store information

  • Set the structure of the grid lines or blocks, e.g., how many electives do students study?

  • How many lines or blocks will be created?

  • Import student details and subject names and codes from School Administration Systems

  • Enter student subject choices in priority order

  • How to handle core versus elective based subjects

  • Give subjects different weightings (Units)

  • Check student subject choices for prerequisites and other requirements

  • How to deal with room and teacher constraints, e.g., Only ONE Science Lab.

  • Automatically create grid lines or blocks

  • Counselling students

  • Print class lists

  • Create an exam timetable

  • Import grid lines into the Timetable Development module in preparation for timetabling


Duration

One day, 9am to 4pm