Using StaffCover

• Absence dates in StaffCover

  Telling StaffCover what date(s) a Techer is Absent   Q.  If a teacher is absent today, they also seem to be absent on the next day and I have to delete their absences from the subsequent day when the ...

• Is it possible to change Staff Names in StaffCover?

  Q.  The timetable from last year has two teachers who are no longer with us.  Can I rename imported teachers?  Suppose Joe Bloggs taught a Science timetable last year and was timetabled to teach scien...

• How do I Lock Cover in place?

  Locking Cover   Q.   When I run StaffCover I get a list of cover staff.  I then change some of the Covers to other staff using the Swap facility and do the Covers.  If subsequently I get a late staff ...

• Arranging StaffCover during the weekend

  I want to spend this weekend, arranging Cover for next week   Q.   Our school week runs from Monday to Friday. If I do Cover on Friday evening for Monday morning then it shows up for the Monday but th...

• Getting Statistics correct when using StaffCover on 2 machines

  Using StaffCover across 2 computers  Q.   I work across two computers so I take a back up from one and restore to the other each time. Yesterday I had to go back into the program at about 10am as a te...

• Advance requests and End of Year in StaffCover

  Advance Cover Requests   Q.  I am already getting requests for cover for next term!  If I put these into the advance diary of absent staff will they remain in there when I import a new timetable next ...

• StaffCover not showing the correct date

  Wrong Date in StaffCover   Q.    Although I have changed the School Calendar to the correct date, to the point at which it says it will close down and be correctly dated when I open it again, StaffCov...

• Free-form Set Labels are not displaying in StaffCover

  Set Labels in StaffCover   Q.    In TimeTabler I have created free-form set labels to help identify different sets (SL, HL, Ab Initio, etc - we're an IB Diploma school). I have imported the timetable ...

• How can I move the Class to another Room for Cover?

  You can do this quickly; on the Cover Display Screen (via <f5> or <shift-f5>), right-click & choose 'Edit notes or room'. This asks the Coverer (on his Cover Slip) to take the class to a different Roo...

• Dummy teachers in StaffCover

  I used a dummy teacher in TimeTabler, but StaffCover is now allocating Cover to him. To deal with a 'dummy teacher', go to 'Customize -> Teacher Details', find the teacher, and make sure s/he is Suspe...