3-Scheduling your timetable

• How can I Clone a Schedule in TimeTabler ?

  Clone (Copy) a Schedule At any time, you can 'clone' an existing Schedule, so you now have a 'copy' of that Schedule that you can work on.  The advantages of cloning / why you might want to do this, a...

• Many periods in the timeline

    Q.    I have a large number of periods in my cycle : what do you advise?   A.    If you have a lot of periods in your timetable cycle, and so the cells in your time line appear squashed up on the sc...

• Lessons are not being allocated Rooms

  Sites and Rooms   Q.    Why are some of the lessons in my activities not being allocated Rooms during scheduling?   A.    The most likely reason is that you are using Sites. Sites allow you to place a...

• Solving Kickouts

  What is a Kickout ?: By a Kickout we mean a lesson that apparently doesn't fit anywhere on your timetable (and so cannot be scheduled) ... its staff and/or its students are not all free in any period ...

• Making Room changes, globally

  Global Room Changes If you need to make Global Room changes, throughout the timetable, (or if you have chosen to leave your rooming until you have finished scheduling), then there is a fast way to do ...

• 'Out of Block' (OOB) lessons in the Sixth Form

  Out of Block Lessons In the final stages of scheduling a Sixth Form [Years/Grades 12/13] you may have to move individual lessons 'out of block' or OOB.  This can help in solving problems in the Sixth ...

• Container Blocks - How to R-Reserve the best time-slots

  R-Reserving on the Container Block Screen    During scheduling, if you load a new Batch which contains activities in a Container Block, then the very first thing to do is to R-Reserve the best time-sl...

• I cannot see the 'Back' button in order to close the screen

  Problem: I cannot see the 'Back' button in order to close the Class (or Staff, or Room) Timetable Screen Background: At the bottom-right of the Class Timetable Screen [section F15 in your Manual] ther...

• Solving problems in the Sixth Form (Y12/13)

  Solving Problems in your 'Sixth Form' Schools with a 'Sixth Form' (Years 12-13 in England & Wales) usually have more flexibility for solving their timetable than 11-16 schools.  There is more data and...

• Listing the Teachers who are Free in any period

  How do I find the Teachers who are Free in any period?   Towards the end of the scheduling process, perhaps when you are scheduling Lower School, you may have a problem that could be solved quickly by...