Easy Timetable Creator
Version 4.2.1
Welcome
to my (mostly) free utility, designed to help visiting (eg music) teachers make their termly timetables. It takes into account the fact that pupils should not normally be taken out of the same lesson until a number of weeks have passed (which I call the 'rotation period'). Additional conditions can also be set (under 'Rules').
To begin with, please load the 'Demo School' (right) and click through the tabs to see how it all works.
Manage schools
Saved schools:
Pupil info
Nothing to see here yet - load a school on the Home tab, or make a new one
Choose a random colour to be assigned to new pupils' lessons:
Under Rotation, enter the number of weeks that must pass before a pupil can have a lesson at the same time. Leave blank to use the default setting applied in the Timetable tab. Similarly with Lesson colour. Lesson length should be a multiple of 5 minutes. Starred fields must be filled in.
You can copy data from Excel, or from tab-separated text, including columns in the order christian name, surname, form, lesson length, and paste it below. You don't need to view or edit it there. Then click Import. More info.
Term dates
Nothing to see here yet - load a school on the Home tab, or make a new one
Untick the box for weeks when you won't be teaching, eg half term. Enter dates manually or generate dates (maximum of 15) starting from
Teaching times
Nothing to see here yet - load a school on the Home tab, or make a new one
What time do you start teaching?
Break times:
Enter times when you don't teach, eg morning break and lunch. The break will be placed somewhere within the times set.
Rules
Nothing to see here yet - load a school on the Home tab, or if you are making a new one, add some pupils and dates.
Here you can define any conditions for pupils who must, or can't make specific times/dates. Select a pupil, an option, a start time (and end time for 'cannot') and a date. You will need to click Update on the Timetable tab to see the effect of any new rules. Starred options must be set.
Nothing to see here yet - load a school on the Home tab, or if you are making a new one, add some pupils and dates.
| Revise | |
| Rotation period | |
| Rotation margin | |
| Mode | |
| Number of passes | |
| Observe start time | |
| Don't update past lessons | |
| Lessons | |
| Appearance | |
| Vertical scale | |
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| Names |
Include form |
| Default colour | |
| School | |
| Name of school | |
| Display title | |
| Display subtitle | |
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Hover over a row for more information - for detailed explanation go to Help