Audience
This course is designed for those who have some experience in timetabling who wish to:

  • Use Version 10 to aid in the creation of a clash free timetable

  • Learn basic timetabling principles


At Course Completion

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Import the elective line grid into the timetable

  • Use a range of tools, such as Blocking Patterns and Look Ahead Tests designed to aid and speed up the construction process

  • Create a block or MRCG

  • Increase the flexibility of your timetable using a Room Usage Record or RUR

  • Use the principles of timetable flexibility

  • Create clash free timetables

  • Incorporate meetings in the timetable

  • Produce student and teacher timetables

  • Create and manage Yard Duty rosters

  • Generate a variety of reports

  • Export to a wide number of administration and software packages


Module Outline - Day One

  • Define the school's timetable structure: How many periods per day, number of days in the cycle, multi campus sites, etc

  • Import teacher and room details from school administration systems

  • Analyse the various range of Curricula: Lined, Fully blocked, Core based, etc

  • Define the curriculum in the school

  • Define other duties for which staff are responsible and their time allowances, eg, Year Level Coordinator

  • Define meetings that occur during the timetable period

  • Enter subject, teacher and room allocations

  • Use tools to link various classes together

  • Organise room flexibility using a tool called a Room Usage Record

  • Set up yard duty details



Module Outline - Day Two

  • Introduction to timetable construction principles

  • How to introduce flexibility into your timetable construction

  • Use tools to determine if your timetable is possible to construct

  • Use tools to show what staffing and room allocations need to change in order for your timetable construction to be possible

  • How to use the tools to avoid your timetable "locking up"

  • How to place certain classes at certain times according to the school's constraints

  • How to control part-time teacher constraints

  • How to use the Automatic Timetable Construction tool

  • How to use the Automatic Rooming function

  • How to edit the final timetable

  • How to view and print reports

  • How to set up and assign staff to yard duties

  • How to export to Administration systems


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 curriculum that is to be timetabled in your school

  • A basic understanding of Timetabling Concepts - it is assumed that participants have either attended the Timetabling Concepts course or have some experience in timetabling

  • Understand the concept of blocking, lines or student grids


Duration
Two days, 9am to 4pm