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Options    (Electives)   … more details:


Options – more details

Options is a well-known program for analysing and organising the choices that students make in the optional part of their curriculum. You can download a trial version from this site.

Click here to see more details of the 6 steps in using the program.

Click here to see a short Video about the screens in Options.  CD+Options-only70pxhigh-transp (1)


Screenshots & TOOLS

Some screen-shots are shown below:


OPT-Overview
The Overview Screen :  you can move into each part of the program by clicking on one of the big buttons.
An alternative Theme / layout is shown here.

‘TOOLS’ is the on-line system for Parents to use …more details here.

The main working screen is shown below.

The buttons at the right-hand side give you a variety of useful Reports.
The buttons at the bottom give you a number of ‘tools’.
These allow you to adjust & experiment with changes to the Options Pattern.

OPT-Main

The Tutorial explains each part of this screen, and lets you play with it.

For more screen-shots, and details of the Dashboard Screen, see here.


Tutorial download & Support

You can move to the download page if you want to download a copy of:   
  • The Options Handbook.  This is sent as a .pdf file that you can view (and print) using Adobe Acrobat (which is also available free).
    It includes a Tutorial which takes about an hour to do.  It includes 14 Worked Examples on Options.
  • The free Options Tutorial program with some demonstration data.  The Tutorial explains how to run the sample data, step by step.

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

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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.