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I can now create a better timetable in less time.Philip MoonHigh School of Glasgow, Scotland
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With TimeTabler, 3 days’ work can be carried out in minutes.Ian CrabbeMarlborough College, Wilts
I have been really impressed with the support that I have received.Anne HoldenPortland Central,Australia
I found TimeTabler much easier to use …Beth LedgerAmman Valley School,Wales
TimeTabler has continued to be great value for money.Danny KotelHenry Lawson High School,Australia
We thoroughly recommend all three products … they save us a great deal of time.Ted Fenton, David WilliamsCokethorpe School, Oxon
I can recommend TimeTabler and Options to anyone.John MackenzieDunalastair School,Chile
I thoroughly recommend TimeTabler to any school.Charles BrenanNewland House School,Middlesex

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TimeTabler :  Help in 12 Ways


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Timetabling is a difficult and sometimes lonely task.

Even for experienced timetablers there are times when you may need to discuss your timetabling problems with an experienced timetabler.

We provide you with Help & Support in 12 ways.

You can download a short PDF of these 12 ways, or a longer PDF full of more details.
You may find these PDFs useful if you need to persuade your Head/Principal of the value of purchasing TimeTabler for you and your school.

And these 12 ways are also discussed & summarised below:


Note: this support is also provided for Options and StaffCover.


How do we provide you with Help?

1. The free Tutorial, with the step-by-step Tutorial Booklet, gives you a quick introduction to the general style of the program.
Click here to download the free Tutorial version.  
2.
Every screen has its own interactive HelpScreen (as you can see in the free Tutorial versions).
Just click on the part of the screen that you want Help on.
 
Interactive HelpScreens
3. We provide a range of animated HelpMovies (video tutorials), to explain each main screen with a guided tour.  There are some examples here.
 
This is great when you first come to TimeTabler, to learn it quickly … and also at the start of each new timetabling season, for quick revision.
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A Library of HelpMovies
4. The full-sale version of TimeTabler is provided with a fully-illustrated 250-page printed Manual:
 
This contains a large number of Worked Examples, from how to schedule simple setting, to the most complicated ‘Sixth Form’.
It includes lots of timetabling Tactics, Tricks and Tips, spelt out step by step.
TimeTabler Help Manual

The illustrated Manual is full of tips and Worked Examples

5. We provide a QuickStart Guide, with a checklist of steps that you need to take.
6. Our web-site has INSET materials on timetabling principles: click here. 

And if you are new to timetabling, there is more information at: New to timetabling

And you can buy ‘Timetabling – A Timetabler’s CookBook‘, which is the standard ‘bible’ on timetabling principles.
7.
You will have access to our free 24/7 SupportCentre.
 
This includes a large fully-searchable ‘Knowledge Base’, where you can find answers to common timetabling problems, and you can download articles on timetabling.
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a KnowledgeBase
8. We send you a monthly NewsLetter to remind you of the essential tasks at each stage of the timetabling year.


You can sign up for the eNewsLetter here.


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The CookBook 

9.
We provide detailed documentation on how to Export your completed timetable to SIMS .net, SEEMiS, iSAMS/Ed:gen, Arbor, Bromcom, PASS/3sys/HUBmis, Cloud School / Progresso, SchoolBase, Engage and all the other Admin Systems.

 

The full list is shown here.
10.
We also provide tools to help you before and after your timetabling: 

 

Before you start timetabling, Options helps you to find the most efficient options pattern / option blocks / arrangement of ‘elective’ choice subjects.
 
After you have finished the timetable, StaffCover helps you to organise Cover for absent colleagues, quickly & fairly, according to your rules.
 

 

11.
Above all there is the free HelpCentre Support, from our team of experienced timetablers.    We have long experience of every kind of timetabling situation.

 

For New Users we have the free Gold-Start Enhanced Support.
More details on our Gold-Start page.
 
12. In addition, our Associates can give you extra Help & Support, if you wish.

This can be via courses, workshops, webinars … or by on-site in-school Help, at 5 different levels.   For more details click here.

  
So we provide a complete service for Timetablers / for You.
For full details of this service click here.

 

And all these features (except 5 & 6 which are TimeTabler specific) are also available to schools with Options and StaffCover.

 

You can download a short PDF of these 12 ways, or download a longer PDF full of more details.

If you have any queries, please e-mail them to: ask@timetabler.com

We will answer any questions you may have about using the software with your particular curriculum.

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Basic Data

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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.