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Home / Archives for December 2015

The TimeTabler NewsLetter

Monday, December 14th, 2015

"But I thought you were doing the Timetable?!" - Example cartoon from the TimeTabler NewsLetter

Several thousand timetablers around the world subscribe to our monthly TimeTabler NewsLetter, about all things timetabling or student-options.  Below is an example  of the topics covered by one our newsletters.

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Dear Timetabler,

Welcome to your December TimeTabler newsletter, with suggestions of what you should be considering this* month.
Please take 5 minutes to see what is relevant to you.

In this issue: FatherChristmas-260px+80px

 
 
Options:
1.  News about Options 2016.
2.  News about TOOLS 2016.

TimeTabler:

3.  Courses & Training.
 
4.  Curriculum Planning : Preparing for next year.
 
5.  Curriculum Planning : Preparing for proposed changes.
 
6.  The Timetabling Community on LinkedIn.
 
This month’s Key Topics :
7.  Teacher Pools.
8.  Using Dual monitors / screens.
9.  Fixed Points (as in the cartoon)

10. News about TimeTabler 2016
 


OptionsOptions-OverviewVideo

 
1.  Options 2016 is now available

If you haven’t seen Options yet, here is a short video for you to view.  Just click the arrow to see it :

 

If you haven’t tried the Options software for yourself yet, there are 2 ways forward.
i) If you already have a copy of Options then use the orange Handbook to work through the Options Tutorial.
This takes less than an hour.
ii) If you haven’t got a copy of Options yet, then:
either (a) download a copy from our web-site, and use the PDF to print out the Options Handbook, to do the Options Tutorial,
or      (b) ask us for a copy on a CD, with a printed copy of the Handbook, to work through the Tutorial.

   
We have used Users’ comments on the WishList
to produce the Upgrade of Options which has now been released.
Upgrade Form : Options – Upgrade Order Form
New purchase : OrderForm.pdf

Please note that if you start your old version of Options before 31 December it will give you a reminder message about your licence.
After that date you will have restricted functionality : you will still be able to enter Students and their Choices, but you will not be able to use AutoCreate until you Upgrade to Options 2016 with its extra features.

As always, all your existing data moves seamlessly into the new version.

 

… etc (this is only a sample of what our newsletters have to offer – to subscribe, complete the ‘Newsletter Sign-up’ boxes below …

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Basic Data

BasicData-thumbnail

This shows the Main Menu, and Step 1 : the Basic Data screen, with five big buttons.

Each button leads you to an entry screen.

To enter your data you would start at the left, and work your way across to the right.

Look how straightforward it is, compared to other programs !

And the fully-illustrated printed Manual explains each step, in detail.

 

Subjects Screen

subjects screen

This is the screen for saying which Subjects you will want to timetable.

You can return here at any time to edit / alter your data.

You can give each Subject a colour – this helps during scheduling, and for the printouts.

Visual Builder Screen

visual builder screen

This is the main screen on which you do the actual scheduling.
You can sit at this Visual Builder Screen and drag-and-drop to ‘drive’ through the timetable.
 
At first sight it looks very complicated.  To see what each part will do for you, please click on: www.timetabler.com/kb/UsingtheVisualBuilderScreen.pdf

Class Timetable Screen

 

visual builder screen

 

This shows you the Class Timetables, so you can see the pattern while you are scheduling lessons.
  
There are similar screens for the Staff Timetables and for the Room Timetables.
 
If you use dual monitors you can see these more easily and spread them out over the bigger area.

All the buttons, and the symbols, are explained when you click on the button.

The Printout Menu

This shows you some of the possibilities for the Printouts.
 
Within each of these, there are millions of ways of fine-tuning the exact design of the Printouts.

They can be printed on paper, or produced as web-pages, at the click of a button.

A professional result.
 

The 'master' Class Printout Screen

Class timetable printout screen

This shows you the Preview Screen , so you can design the ‘master’ Class printout, before printing it.
 
There are similar screens for the Staff Timetables and for the Room Timetables.
 
You have total control over the design, the font and the colour, the column widths, the labels, etc, etc.
 
All the buttons and the controls, are explained when you click on the button.