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Education block - allow some classes to come later or to leave school earlier.
The ... If you for example have 32 lessons per 5days in a week then the software calculates 32/5 = 6 ... to have 6-8 lessons each day ... However ... you have to set the teaching block manually...

(manually set educational block,)

Lessons for specific subjects can be over lunch free period
...g some art courses), you can set it in Subjects constraints - Can be over lunch Then...

(lunch, subjects constraints,)

Download & Installation of PC version
...the latest version of aSc TimeTables from our web page: 1 ... Wait until the download is finished and then click to Open it and then Run the installation process...

Class time off
... you can specify when a particular class can or cannot have the lessons ... A attends a holy mass every Wednesday's morning, or children have to stand every Friday afternoon on honor guard at the monument of your famous national poet...

Divisions
... Each division can divide the Class into unlimited number of groups: When creating a lesson ... "Group A/B") and not according names of subjects...

Class lessons
...to the class via Classes - select the class - click Lessons ... In this dialog you can: ...

Class - constraints
...set core constraints ... In dialog " Classes ", select the class and click on the button " Constrains" ...

What are classes (grade levels).
... with mostly the same timetable during a school year ... subjects ... For certain schedules it is necessary to input individual students ...

How to specify when a class can have a lunch?
...the ... you don't need to care about entering lunch in the program...

Number of students in class and groups
...You can also specify the size of each group if you are using the groups:...

Subject's classrooms
...in ... You can set ... You can set it in the ... The second option is to use the button "Set for all lessons of this subject" ...

Time-off
...to prepísať všeobecne + prelinkovať na ostatné články ... For classes, teachers, classrooms and subjects you can define so called "Time-off" ... So if your teacher cannot come on Friday, simply click on the Friday's row header and the whole Friday will be blocked...

How to specify that class can have max one 7th lesson or max one 0lesson?
...First define the quesion marked positions: ... The simple solution cannot be used if you want to specify two conditions...

Can I set the min/maximum number of lessons per day for one class?
...to set min/max lessons per day for each class ... However please note that by default the software calculates this for you...

Education block - Checking of gaps in class timetables
The software will not create a gap (a window ... Education block is term used to ... set manually ... Program may show ... program will report...

Avoid single lesson after lunch break.
... Question : On our school students have 6 or 7 periods in a day ... In case of 6 lessons, they are on periods 1-6 ... We do not want to have single period after lunch break ... How to input this constraint?...

Both groups have to finish the education at the same time!
...the software can generate a timetable where one half has English on Monday 6th period ... The next day the groups are switched: This can greatly increase the chances of generating a timetable ... However if some teacher has to go to lunch with children then this behaviour is probably not acceptable for you...

What does the warning 'The entered timetable is probably not complete' mean?
...the software tries to create a timetable for each class that starts with 1st lesson...

How to apply constraints to whole grades
... Let's take a case, when you wish to specify constraints ... the same day in the week ... - set maximum to "1" - it means max day per week...

Class can have max 2 gaps per day
... but calculates the ... However if you need to have gaps in classes timetables ... See: OR set, that some subjects can be in the afternoon...

Children can come to the school on second period, but only once per week
... First you need to allow that students can arrive on the second period: 2 ... Then you can limit how...

Our school works in two shifts, some classes come in the morning, some in the afternoon
...in the morning and which in the afternoon ... then you simply need to modify the time-off of the classes:...

Optimizing the room usage for students
... The ... The software allows you to input several constraints to improve the usage of the rooms ... here is how to minimize the usage: 3...

At least one lesson per week has to be in certain classroom
... Fitness gym with specific equipment in the school basement) ... Generally you want the kids to be always in the Big Gym classroom, but you know this is not possible ... If you however...

We have 3 lessons per week and they shall be in the same classroom
... Biology lesson can be in BioLab1 or BioLab2 or BioLab3 ... Biology lesson can be in BioLab1 or BioLab2 or BioLab3, the generator can choose one, but it has to be the same room for all 3 biology lessons...

Lesson can be only once per week in certain classroom
... Unfortunatelly these are not enough to accomodate all your Physical Education lessons ... so in some cases you allow the Gym to be in the cellar in the basement ... However it can happen that even though this room is only used 5 times...

Reducing the room usage
...in: ... shall help you to achieve the room assigment that is acceptable from the timetabling point of view...

GymRoom can only be used 4 days per week(GymRoom has to be free on 3 afternoons)
...If you specify only the afternoon lessons in the timeoff map, then the constraint will only count days where the classroom is used in the afternoon...

Concentrate groups of lessons into fewer classrooms
...the ... in any of these ... for example to reduce cleaning costs: ... Note: -the affected labs were specified indirectly via the subjects that use them...

Student has to finish Biology before he can attend Biology practice
...to ... certain ... the following cardrelationships:...

Subject has to be in consecutive weeks/terms
...to ... in ... So you define that lesson as 2 times in "Any term" and add the above constraint...

Two subjects have to be at the same time in both weeks/terms
...in week B ... The software may put them on different days, which is usually not a bad thing ... However if you want them to be on the same time in each week...

Is it possible to prevent two specific lessons from being taught simultaneously?
... If for example Math and Physics are taught by the same teacher, or they must be in the same classroom then this will happen automatically...

Specify how many lessons shall be before certain position
...how many lessons shall be before certain position ... For these classes the generator shall always place at least 2 lessons before 4th period:...

Groups have to start at the same time
... If you need two subjects from different classes ... please see: Now: how ... please see: Now: how to make sure two groups start at the same time: ... Be carefull: in ... setup...

The children cannot finish after 8th period, there is no bus after period 8 on our school...
...the children cannot finish the school after 8th period ... The have to finish either after 7th or 9th ... Answer: Please go to menu Specification/Card relationships/Advanced and set the cardrelationship as on this picture:...

I have double and single lessons but doubles cannot be on Monday
... You do not want that double to be on Monday or on Wednesday...

Maximum one planning time lesson per day
... They are shown in teacher's timetable and they are independent from any class ... Take care to specify the correct values:...

Biology in 5A has to be only on Wednesday (or Biology cannot be on Wednesday)
...to be just on one day you can use this cardrelationship: ... Basically it says you want 0 periods of biology in 5A on the marked days ... set the time-off ... no fake subjects...

What does the time map in advanced cardrelationships mean?
... In other words it means each teacher will teach only once per week in the afternoon...

What does "Apply to" mean in the cardrelationships?
...to tak ... the Apply to commbobox ... There can be max 1 Math or Geom lesson per day in whole school ... Apply to Subjects in Selected classes ... However...

How can I define that teacher can have max 3 consecutive periods(but he can have 2 doubles)
...to define that each teacher can have max 4 consecutive lessons: ... in both cardrelationships you might want to select relevant subjects ... the consecutive periods count...

Double lesson cannot be over certain breaks
...the best solution is to define breaks between lessons ... Using this cardrelationship you can precisely define which subjects...

Double lesson cannot be on Monday (specific days/periods/part of the day)
...the menu "Main - Relations - Advanced" ... ) (or other required possitions, where you do not want your lessons to be) ...

Checking room capacity
...how many students are in it: ... The software then check this capacity during the ... - if you are using seminars(courses) you do not need to...

Max one history lesson on 6th-7th position in each class (solution 1)
...how ... to be on question marked positions ... At first, define these questionmarked possitions in "Time-off" for subject ... Notes: the above is set for ALL lessons of this subject...

Max one history lesson on 6th position in each class (solution 2)
...the 6th and 7th period in the time map: ... Do not forget to ... Do not forget to set ... Do not forget to set "apply to selected subjects in selected classes"...

Two subjects cannot follow/Cannot be on the same day.
...subjects cannot follow one another or they cannot be on the same day:...

Distribution of subject over the week
... program tries to ... program tries to distribute subject in class's timetable equaly over the week ... where you can specify exactly on how many days the student can be ... The settings dialog looks like: ... subjects together...

I do not want my geography to be on Friday and then on Monday
...the week, not on consecutive days ... So if you do not want to ... Please check the following picture: It sets ... "Apply to selected subjects in selected classes" ...

I want subject in one class to be on the same positions as subject in another class
...to have Math lessons in 5 ... A on the same postions as English lessons in 5...

What if 2 specific subjects must be taught simultaneously?
...subjects are from different classes check this article: ... If they are from the same class: ... You do not have to specify this ... OK, but the software puts Math there instead of Spanish!...

I need subject Math to be on the same position in classes 5.A and 5.B
...to menu - Specification/Card relationships/Add ... Use card relationship: "The selected subjects have to be at the same time in all selected classes...

Two subjects must follow each other
...subjects must follow one another (in arbitrary or specified order):...

Spreading lessons on different periods each day
...How can I distribute e ... 5 math lessons over the week so that they are on different periods each day ... I don't want all the math lessons to be at first period each day ... - choose "1" in combobox below ... - choose "Apply to selected subjects in selected classes"...

I want to have Math lessons in a class on the same period every day
...subjects must be on the same period every day ... Advanced usage: In some cases you might need to use the advanced cardrelationship...

I need subject Geography to be last lesson on a day in classes 5.A, 5.B, 5.C...
You can specify this with card relationship: ...

Modifying the default card distribution per week for the subject
...the default card distribution for the subject ... The more the slider is to ... Within this settings ... Ideal - this is the default option for all new subjects...

I want just one PE/Art/Drama lesson per day
...then one PE or Art or Drama lesson ... You can add this advanced cardrelationship: Select your subjects ... and make sure you use "Apply to Classes"...

I have Geography two times per week. It shall not be on consecutive days.
...in ... the subject list and press button "Constraints" ... this setting has no effect it is the same as Ideal setting ... So it will not put these subjects on the same days...

How can I define lessons that can be outside teaching block(in the afternoon)?
...subjects ... to be in the afternoon you can add this cardrelationship:...

There can be two maths on one day, but not consecutivelly
... If these cannot be one behind another you need to add this advanced cardrelationship: Notes: - make sure you select the appropriate subjects...

There can be two math lessons on one day, but they need to be placed consecutivelly
... In this case you can tell the software to place these consecutivelly:...

Biology cannot be on the day after Chemistry
...the following cardrelationships: ... -you can use the map bellow to...

Double lessons must be before single lessons
...in 5th grade is 5 periods per week, 2 double lessons and one single lesson ... We need that these cards are distributed over the week in this order: 2,2,1 ... How to input this?...

Biology has to be in the afternoon in certain classes and in the morning in other classes
... it then affect all Biology lessons in all classes ... If you do not want to affect all lessons...

5A has to have Biology right before or after biology in 5B (the two classes have to have biology lesson on consecutive periods)
...to input two cardrelationships for this: 1 ... Select subjects, classes and "apply globaly": 2 ... However ... However the...

We have teacher who teaches only 2 days per week and it doesn't matter which
...the teacher - Constraints ... be careful not to specify other teachers similarly...

Windows (gaps) in teachers timetables
...the teachers complain about the "windows" in their timetable ... Because of these "gap=free periods", they have to ... At first, set the default value for all teachers ...

Teacher is teaching 2 lessons per week in class 5A but both are in the afternoon.
...the ... to ... in one class they shall not be placed every time late in the day...

We need one free Math teacher for every period in week
... when there ... when there are 5 Math teachers in ... when there are 5 Math teachers in your school and you wish to ... - change teachers - specify all these 5 Math teachers all other settings you can leave to default...

How could be distributed the first/last lessons for all teachers in equality?
...in menu Specification/Card relatioships/Advanced ... Example for first lesson: You have to ... Example for first lesson: You have to set...

Our class teachers always have to teach the 1st lesson
... See these articles: However if the teacher teaches more subjects or they have double and single lessons ... then it is better not to lock these cards, but rather specify it in the Class - Constraints ...

Our teachers cannot teach more than 6 lessons consecutively
...in menu Timetable - Parameters : ... If this value is set ... If this value is set to 6 then your teachers cannot teach from the 1st to 7th period in a row...

How to specify a teacher can teach only one 7th lesson
...Define the question marked positions: then define max ... on quesion marked positions in teacher's details: You can specify how many lessons can be placed on question marked positions ... Using the check box you can tell the algorithm to consider the question marked count per day...

How to specify min and max lesson teacher shall have on one day?
...in teacher's constraints: ... - you can specify to not to check these values on the Saturdays/Sundays...

We have 10 day timetable (two weeks), I want to spread teacher's lessons equally into these 2 weeks
...If your teacher is teaching for example 23 lessons per week (46 in ... the software generates 30 lesson in one week and 16 in the other week ... To prevent this, you have to...

How to ensure lunch break for teachers
...to make sure that every teacher has at least one period free during lunch time for lunch ... This means there are 3 periods available...

Each teacher shall have one or two free afternoon
... teacher can have max 3 days with lessons on the positions marked on the time map ... Notes: - In our example afternoon was defined as periods 5th and above...

Two teachers cannot teach at the same time
...to specify this kind of constraint ... since most cases are solved by the fact that the teachers have to use the same room or they teach the same group of students...

Teacher cannot teach 4th in Grade 5 and 5th lessons in Grade 6
...in grade 5 and grade 6th ... You need to use cardrelationship:...

Teacher must have some lessons in the morning
... that each teacher has to have at least one lesson on periods 1,2,3: Notes: - you can of course change the time map to better reflect your definition of morning...

We need two free teachers on each period to make sure we have enough teachers for substitutions
...The number 28 specifies the maxiumum number of teachers that are teaching at one time ... So if you have 30 teachers at your school and you want to make sure there are always 2 free, you put max 28 teachers on one period...

Teacher cannot teach both in the morning and in the afternoon
...Apply it to ... Apply it to teachers - so that it is checked for each teacher indivdually and mark the the two timeoffs the corresponding periods...

Our teachers have substitution duty lessons, we need min 2 at each period
...Use this solution only in case ... which we strongly recommend to you - see this topic: 1 ... Then add this card relationship: You can mark some periods in the timeoff map ... how many times each teacher shall have substitution duty...

Teacher cannot teach in two different classes in one day
... teacher cannot teach in 5A and 5B in the same day: ... teacher cannot teach in 5A and 5B in the same day: If you have more classes you will need to add more cardrelationships, depending on what you really need...

Teacher can teach max 2 periods per day in one class
...Select Max periods per day and set the number ... It is important to correctly select the apply to comobobox ... In this case we have used "apply to selected teachers' classes"...

Two teachers are teaching together, but only 3 times per week out of 5 lessons (lessons with assistant)
...In timetable you can see two colors on cards with two teachers and two different rows in class contracts from the same subject ... then the software automatically tries to distribute these 5 lessons equally over the week, in this case one period per day...

Teacher cannot teacher more than 3 consecutive periods in one class
...Please note the: Apply to selected teacher's classes ... This will make sure the rule is applied to each teacher in each of his classes separatelly...

How to ensure that teacher starts teaching with 1st or 2nd period (he cannot start later than 2nd)
...- you can select the teachers and select only the teachers that have enough lessons ... - in some timetables this constraint might not work ... to place all the teachers...

Teacher cannot teach both 6th and 7th period. He can teach only one of these two.
...Select only those two periods in the timeoff - the constraint max 1 per day is applied only on those lessons that are marked as green...

Teacher can teach max 5 lessons per day, but only twice in week
...these two constraint ... Now set that teacher can have max 4 periods per day with two exceptions...

Working with timetable - general information
... 2 - Toolbar - keys for quick selection of the most frequently used commands ... Classes are displayed in rows, days and periods in columns ... Cards are placed in the timetable according to how the program generates them or how they are placed manually...

Control panel
...the bottom of the screen ... 1 - Information about the current card is displayed in this field when the cursor is placed on the card ... You can click on the button in the middle to show the timetable for the selected teacher or class:...

Moving the cards manually
...the timetable by simple movements of cards ... Now move the card with the mouse: You can click also on a card located in the bottom panel of not placed cards...

Removing placed cards from the timetable
...in this article means just un-placing cards from the timetable ... a - Click on that card to select it...

Right-click on card or free positions
...the certain object (a card ... It will be moved to the control panel among all unplaced cards ... Quick changes - show ... - time-off - quick setting of the time-off on selected position...

Locked cards
... If there are at least two ways how to place some card ... set in the timetable...

Working with classrooms
...the classrooms and also while manually moving the cards the classrooms are automatically assigned...

Custom views
... which displays the complete timetable, is always available for each timetable ... However ... However Custom views allow you to ... For example you can display only 5th grade in one view...

Right-click on row headers
...the row headers you will see the context menu: ... See: B - Open dialogs for item's details, time-offs, constraints, lessons and in case of classes also divisions ... You can quickly check for broken constraints or card relationships linked to specified item...

Undoing and restoring operations
...in the timetable by menu View - Undo/Redo : ... It is not possible to Undo changes in the contracts...

Classroom view
...in this view, then only the classrooms are changed ... to Big gym room:...

Filter function
...in the unplaced cards section ... A popup appears where you can select some advanced filters, like show only double lessons or show only lessons that have only one section: ... So if the school wants to create a timetable by hand from the scratch...

Working with days in the main view
... the software shows all the days on the main screen, usually from Monday to Friday...

We have the same timetable each day in given term or week
...the ... to see in 5 columns at them main screen ... What you need to do is to show the days combobox see above and then pick Days merged:...

Quick modification of the onscreen view
...the current view of your timetable in this way: ... It means, that after you save or load the timetable again, this setup will reset to its default values...

How can I filter cards displayed in the list on uplaced cards
...in the bottom part with unplaced cards...

What happens when I change school type?
...the school type combo box ... If you have inputted students they must be assigned to...

What does the stripes on the cards mean?
...show stripe of varios color on card to indicate: ... Small stripe in the lower right corner - locked cards...

Why to test the timetable?
... it needs to pass the basic test ... You can find it in ... Do it every time after some relevant change (change the lessons settings, adding a new or editing already created constraint or relation,...

(basic test)

Test says there is some problem. What next?
... see this article: When the test fails ... it will report ... it will report the item which was not able to ... CHECK and FIX this problem - program will show ... This may be helpful in finding the constraint that is too restrictive...

Checking and Fixing example
... Test shows us what it was able to ... Test shows us what it was able to achieve and also gives us the card it was not able to put into the timetable...

Testing multiple classes/teachers at once
...to corresponding view (Whole/Teachers/Classrooms/Subjects/Students) ... Then right-click on some selected row header and choose Test...

Generate draft timetable
...to try to generate draft ... This is very usefull, because it makes no sense to generate complete timetable with all the inputted constraints if there is some basic problem in the input...

How can I test just some lessons, for example all double lessons or all PE lessons
...to try to test if you can put some group of lessons into the timetable...

Testing card relationships
...You can do this by right clicking in the upper left corner of the timetable, then choosing "Test - Card relationships" and choose one of the relationships...

Analyze the timetable by generation
...the ... On some timetables this may help to ... On some timetables this may help to quickly identify some errors in ... how to read the data...

Analyze the timetable by Extended tests
...to ... the full generation still fails ... You can even use button "Show me" ... subset and with only the constraints involved ... reported...

Starting the generation
...the following dialog will appear: If you have not yet tested the timetable ... it is a good idea to test it every time before the generation...

What does the complexity of generation mean?
...the ... how ... where you want to ... Large & Huge This settings are more complex...

Constraints relaxation
...to ... in order to fully generate the timetable ... Or you might consider changing settings of some constraints to some easier values ... It can help you to find the final timetable with only some constraints relaxed ...

A good way to generate your timetable
...Here are some 'best practice' procedures to follow when generating your timetable: 1 ... Test the timetable before the first generation ... how your timetable data is currently setup...

What does the dialog displayed while the generation is in progress mean?
...the whole generation and shows you the progress of your generation: 1 ... progress bar shows the total number of cards in the timetable...

Generation has finished and the program tells me it had to relax some constraints.
...the ... It simply means that computer was able to ... It simply means that computer was able to put all lessons into the timetable but it had to relax some of your constraints ... If you click the "Show me...

Can I force the generator to place certain lesson on certain position?
...the lesson into the timetable before the generation and then lock them ... It is better to specify the timeoffs for teacher, classes, subjects etc...

Multiprocessor generation (dual-core...)
... Processor is central part of computer that does most of the computation ... In case of dual-core processor computer ... so it is theoretically capable to do twice as much work in parallel...

Testing was sucessfull, but the generation fails
... Try to generate on higher complexity 2 ... You can also try to test bigger parts of the timetable ... The Test tests just one item at time, however sometimes problems are not linked just to single class/teacher...

What happens when I cancel the generation?
The ... but may need to break some constraints ... show the best solution so far...

Cloud generator
...to help you generate your timetable ... The ... how to generate your timetable ... in generating your timetable ... it will report anything it finds into the same window:...

Verification of timetable
...to verify the created timetable ... The program shows you the broken or relaxed constraints in your current timetable ... Settings or Help...

Statistics
...information about the timetable by choosing the menu item TimeTable - Statistics :...

Class XY contains a window
...the class MUST have lessons and when it CAN have lessons ... By default every student must have a lessons in the MUST section ... to come later or leave earlier...

Divided cards are placed on too many positions in class XY
...to problem ... Program automatically counts for every division how many positions can be fully occupied with its lessons ... There are some positions in the timetable where all students must have lesson, e ... program reports this error...

Verify just one class/teachers/subject
...to ... show ... in ... the...

Advisor - Overbooked class/teacher/room
... This can be either a mistake in input, or misunderstanding of how the software interprets your input ... For example, this teacher has to teach 5 periods per week in 10 different classes...

Advisor - No lessons for certain period
...the ... For example this school has forbid all subjects to be on 4th period: ... This is however ... This is however a problem in ... This is however a problem in the default settings...

Advisor - Different number of lessons for groups
... but many times it is a mistake in data input and the advisor tries to warn you about this ... It shows how many lessons each group has:...

Advisor - Lessons of different length
...to input double and single lessons of the same subjects...

Advisor - More lessons than days
... the software will try to put at least 1 Math lesson on each day ... there can be two problems with this input...

Advisor - Teachers have many blocked days
... This of course may be legitimate request and the software can cope with this ... the timetable may become impossible to generate ... By default the software is setup to put one lesson on each day ... Suddenly there is a problem in the timetable ... The only way how...

Advisor - special classrooms are not defined
... Each group can either stay in the the homeclassroom ... Each group can either stay in the the homeclassroom, or can go to the teacher's room: But when you forget to define the rooms for your teacher...

Advisor - These teachers have to teach in too many classes at the same time
... that we have small school with 9 subjects, 3 classes and 8 teachers ... Then we want to create some free lessons for teachers ... It is fine, until we set...

Blocked part of the day
...to ... the day to any number of objects in the timetable ... so the software reports this as a warning ... In the default setting ... However...

How to print in color and define colors in printouts
...the Print preview click on the icon Colors ... settings ... the cards in reports for individual classes ... classrooms and subjects ... Note This applies only to the selected printout...

We need Day 1, Day 2... rather then Monday - Friday
...in the menu Main - School :...

How can I print days in columns and periods in rows?
...the software prints individual schedules for teachers ... - you can drag the columns and rows to change the width or height of columns or rows...

(Print preview, Global settings)

How can I print Lecturer or Professor instead of Teacher?
...the text and type the desired text:...

How can I change the color of class?
...the pre-defined color of the class in this way: This color then can be used for printed layouts...

Print teachers' contracts
...the contracts to MS Excel...

How to remove all custom texts? Some texts in the printouts are wrong, what can I do?
...to change the texts in the printed timetable...

How can I print timetable for individual students
... you have inputted list of students in your timetable ... then you will be able to select the printing report "Timetable for each student" ...

How can I select what printout will be printed?
...the main toolbar select print preview: ... Once you select the report ... Once everything is set...

I want to have periods running from top to bottom, not from left to right
...setting that can swap the layout of timetables for ALL printouts...

How to print lessongrid?
...to Print Preview ... Then select the Print lesson grid from the list of available printouts:...

I want to change the header above printed timetable
...to Print Preview, then click icon General Settints...

(Print preview, Global settings)

How to print wallposters, for example 3x2 papers
...the list of available reports:...

Customizing printouts
...to fully customize your printouts ... There are two main things you can customize: - Customizing the timetable - Using Printout desings 1 ... Every part has it's own customization dialog that specifies how that part is rendered in the printouts...

I want to print also teachers' names in timetable printout/ need bigger font size
... Go to Print - Print preview ... Use the right mouse button on the desired card: 3 ... you can use Set for more button...

(font size, print,)

I want to print also classroom/teacher/subject for each lesson
...You can check if you want to print subject ... For example on the above picture the subject is printed in the middle ... Classroom is printed in the bottom left, however if the lesson is in homeclassroom for that class...

Printing pictures of subjects
...the thematic picture for each subject and not just color ... Then you can specify for each class if you want to print subject pictures or not...

Can I load a custom printout settings from another timetable?
...Note that this only applies to timetable printout settings ... Not the printout designs...

How can I display capacities and students counts on the cards?
...the count of students on cards ... Also in lesson grid ... It is possible to display also room capacity...

How can I set the width of the lines?
...to print preview ... Then click on the icon Colors...

I want to print summary timetable of teachers with teachers' colors
...the summary timetable of teachers is printed using colors of classes ... However you can go to Print preview and use the button Colors: Then you can select which color you want to use...

How can I define Extra columns?
... Set also Header text and width of column (or high of row) ... Options depend on selected printed report...

Printing multiple timetables on one page
... Here you can specify how many timetables shall be packed onto one sheet of paper...

How to register the software?
...You do not need to register the online version ... However...

Modify the heights of rows or widths of columns
... you can drag the lines between the timetable ... Why only in some reports? Because a report be set to fit to page width or page height...

How to print only certain classes or teachers?
... Here you can specify for each type of the ... to see in the printouts ... However ... Note: The filter is not saved, its reset after you load the timetable...

Modifying the structure of the printouts
... the ... the software provides the most common report types ... However ... Typical example might be to modify the report for each class or students ... you can add term in there: Now ... You can press button Set Default layout to get the default values...

How to print report for Monday AND Tuesday only?
...in these two steps ... At first you have to create combinations of days you wish to print ... In new dialog use "OR" setting (no "AND")...

How to print reports for DayA/DayB? (available in version 2009)
... you can define these special days in the Day definition dialog, see above ... Then all you have to do is to make sure in the filter you have selected entry DayA or DayB: ... for example this is report that prints terms and days at the top...

How can I print summary timetables for teachers/classes/classrooms?
...to print preview and in the marked combobox, select your report...

How to print room supervision in teacher's and classroom's timetable?
...the ... in the timetables for the teachers or classrooms ... In the menu Print Preview -> Global Settings ... you can select if you want to ... reports "wallpapers")...

Is it possible to print consecutive single lessons as one lesson?
... there is a global setting in menu Options/Customize the software: ... The timetable displayed in the software will show two single lessons...

Printing different bell times for school sections/days
... ako sa k "print setup" dostanes ... By default the software print the bell times bellow the period number ... right click on them in the print preview and select that you want to print the bells on cards: Then...

(different bells, different times)

Printing weekly timetables
...the software prints the two weeks (or two terms) timetable on one sheet ... Top part of the row shows week A, bottom part shows week B: Setup 1 If you want to print each week on separate paper...

How can I print bell times in timetable header?
...the lesson number in print preview and allowing this option "Print time intervals" :...

Print the color only in the left part of the cell
...to ... the ... in full color you can print the color of teacher only in the left part of each lesson:...

Print date or remark bellow timetable
...the software prints date of last change in the bottom left corner of the timetable ... You can change it in Global settings:...

(Print preview, Global settings)

Print different bell times for teachers
...the school, then the software tries to guess which bells shall be printed for each teacher...

How to print timetables with school's logo
...to print also school's logo on every printed timetable ... you can add it in print preview - Design - Print logo - Browse and select the path to the image file with your school's logo...

Print-out designs
...to completely customize your printouts ... address headers and all the information you might need on the printouts because your education ministery requires it...

How to apply a print design
...to PrintPreview and display the class, teacher or classroom to which you want to change a design...

Print legends below timetables
...subjects ... teachers or classrooms so that your students will understand the abbreviation in the timetable ... First you have to create your own design:...

How to add class name, classteacher, homeclassroom to my print design
... Add new design object to your design using right mouse click and selecting menu "Add object" ... Add custom fields with this information to the design: 3...

I want to print different texts for each teacher. Do I have to create design for each teacher?
... You just need to create one template and use custom fields ... In the design you will print a custom fields, so for each teacher his/her own texts will be printed...

What is room supervision and how to input it?
... children need to ... in particular areas of the school (e ... aSc Timetables offers you a set of functions to handle these situations ... How to input room supervision? At first...

Design object properties
...in the design can have text ... backround and pictures: Please note that the text allows you to define replacable parts...

How can I modify the print-out design?
...in Print preview and select Edit design: ... You will immediatelly see the current design in Edit mode ... Click to select an object and drag it to another location 2...

How can I change/remove the design?
...the selected design, you can simply press right mouse in printpreview mode and select Remove design...

I get error message: design file is missing on this computer
... You can either copy the whole folder c:\timetables\designs\designname from one PC to another ... Or you can remove the design from your timetable, so that all timetables are printed in standard layout...

Choosing teachers for room supervision.
... it is necessary to create all duties in this way: ... Teachers are sorted according the best candidate for the selected supervision ... Numbers after teacher's name show how many supervisions has this teacher already assigned (minutes/count)...

Generate room supervision
... which we developed directly in the software ... This generator will try to optimize duty's timetable according to the criteria ... In the new window you can set...

Is it possible to have two teachers supervising one room?
... You can define the number of teachers needed for one duty ... Maximum 5 teachers can be set for one supervision ... If you wish to specify the exact areas...

Can I define min/max supervisions for the teachers?
... in case you need ... you can define the limits for supervision for certain teachers ... It can be set ... If you do not want to limit teacher, just leave the fields blank...

How can I export duties timetable? (available only in the offline version for Windows)
...the generated supervisions into the XML file...

Can I export the lessons, teachers, subjects to MS Excel?
...the data you have inputted to MS Excel...

Export to XML
... Program will export timetable data in default data structure ... This default data structure is similar to internal structure of aSc Timetables ... These ids may change over the lifetime of timetable (they are not persistent ... Please see on how to enhance XML file with new tables/columns ... if user is required to input subjects/teachers/classes in your system...

Export limited to max 10 cards/lessons
... The TimeTables online version doesn't have limits ... Save your timetable to online version and export: PC windows version: In some export functions (e...

Importing from Clipboard (MS Excel)
...to import your data from almost any other program ... These steps will describe how ... In ... subjects if they are not yet in the timetable...

Synchronization with database
...) in aSc Timetables and database ... but is somehow different (e ... Your task here is to review or change actions 8 for each row in both lists ... the same as selected object in list 2...

Import from XML
... You need to write your data into this format ... So the resulting XML might look like this (only classes part is shown here): ... subjects and classrooms...

ID numbers in import/export
...in ID number means? ... When exporting from aSc Timetables to XML file ... you may get different temporary id for the same object exported ... IDPREFIX - How ... set to %TEMPID)...

Import sections from clipboard(Excel)
... Open your excel file and select the data ... or you can add your data into this excel file...

Import students' course(seminar) selections from clipboard(Excel) - Method 1
... Open your excel file and select the data ... Then go to File/Import/Import from clipboard ... - you can click on column headers in case your excel has different column names...

Import students' course(seminar) selections from clipboard(Excel) - Method 2
...to import the students and their seminar choices from program MS Excel ... The software will even add subjects, classes in case they are not yet inputted in the software...

How to merge two timetable files into one
In ... the Import function ... to merge those two files into one for publishing to Edupage ... Now if the teacher's, subjects...

Swap two days in timetable
...the timetable and suddenly, due to some reasons, you just need to swap two days ... You can do this in menu "Options - Advanced" ...

Delete all unplaced cards
... but there are still some cards that are not placed in timetable and you want to remove all those cards from timetable completely...

I need to move all lessons within a day
...to go to menu Options - Advanced ... A dialog appears where you can input two parameters: 1 ... The lesson number from which you want to make the move ... However lessons above 3 will move: 3->4, 4->5 and so on...

(move lessons, advanced functions)

How can I swap all the lessons from one period to another
...to just swap lessons between periods ... you wish to swap second period in ... you wish to swap second period in Monday with fifth period in Tuesday you can do so in the menu Options - Advanced and type following in Advanced field :...

Temporary subjects - quickly add extra activities for teachers into their schedule
... but you want to add them AFTER the timetable is created ... This solution is good, if you do not know how ... set ... subjects ... instead:...

Local backup
... it's copy is saved to the local backup storage on your PC ... In case you loose your file...

Headmaster, deputy, administrator

Electronic applications
...the admissions module can be found in the article about admissions ... Go to ... It is not necessary to set all of the offered parts of welcome texts...

(application, application to study)

How to display the payments and fees to students, parents and teachers
...to ... set ... the ... INDIVIDUAL VISIBILITY OF PAYMENT PLAN When a school is in the process of preparing a new payment plan...

(visibility of payments and fees, visibility of payment plans related to specific bank account, visibility of payment plans)

Administrator's rights for Payments module
...the Payments module can handle the Payments module as the administrator ... NEW - Payments module offers now also extended settings of user´s rights to school´s bank accounts...

(right to administration of payments module, user rights, )

Modifications of payment plans
...to create a modification of a payment plan for students, who pay a different amount (e ... a discount in tuition fee) than stated in the original payment plan...

(how to add a modification, assign a modification)

How to assign payment plan modification to students under/over 18 (3,4,5...)
...in fees can vary based on the student's age ... 18 year olds may be required to pay a higher fee than underaged students ... The following instructions explain how to assign payment plan modification ( ) based on the student's age...

(payment plan, modification, birth date, assign the modification, students over 18, students under)

Assigning payment to multiple users
...to ... --> sport club pays for some sport activities for several students in one payment --> employer pays school diet for several employees in one payment etc ... School needs to assign this payment manually after clicking the Tools-->Edit :...

(payment can not be assigned, manual assignment, assignment to multiple users)

History of the payment plan with the possibility to restore the previous settings
...the ... - detection of changes in chronological order ... - restore of the settings ... How to restore the previous settings of the payment plan ...

(payment plan, history of the payment plan, date of change, time of change, author of change, restore settings, restore)

How to add refund to the payment plan (for trips, excursions, etc.)
... Sometimes is the ... to cancel the trip due to illness ... In ... How to add refund to the payment plan: 1 ... - set the maturity date...

(refund of the whole fee, refund of the part of the fee, reduction of the fee)

Substitutions during quarantine
... do not enter the quarantined teachers and classes into substitutions as absent ... enter the absent teacher in a following way: How to record a one-time adjustment in attendance, e...

(substitutions, teacher in quarantine, class in quarantine)

How to change the fee in the payment plan
...the ... to adjust the fees that were set at the beginning...

(change of fee for one particular student, change of fee for all students in payment plan)

Setting of school bank accounts and rights in payment module
...the ... in ... to define school bank accounts for cashless payments from parents ... He/She can also set the rights to this new bank account according his/her needs...

(payments settings, bank account, administrator - payments, administrator - canteen, visibility to payers, user rights)

Quick start with payment module
...in 2 steps : 1 ... First of all we have to define school´s accounts ... There is need to set up all bank accounts for cashless payments - e ... Second step is to define Payment plans - what, how much and until when to pay...

(bank account, payment plan, to create a payment plan, school fee, cantine fee, excursion)

How to arrange subjects on a report/certificate?
...the order of subjects appearing on a report matters ... Setup subjects on certificates ...

(report, reports, certificate, certificates, subjects, order)

How to add payments manually - en bloc in payment plan
...to add payments manually (e ... you do not have bank statement or excel table) you can make it directly in payment plan ... Click on the Users (2...

(payments, to add manually, cash payment, check, bank transfer, initial credit, internal transfer)

How to set own maturity date in the payment plan
...to ... set ... the ... in case of private schools; etc...

(payment plan, creating a new payment plan, editing the payment plan, own maturity date)

How to save time when assigning subjects to classes?
...the ... subjects ... report card from timetables or from grades ... then you just need to ... then you just need to set ... then you just need to set the order in which the subjects will be printed...

(report, reports, certificate, certificates, subjects, order)

How to access the list of parents' accounts
...Select the "Setup wizard" option on the main page ... The username to parent EduPage account is the parent's email address...

What is aSc Substitution software good for?
...to ... Once you had created your final timetable in aSc Timetables ... the same time ... how it works : 1...

How to access online substitution
...main menu "Substitution" ... You must be logged as administrator or as a teacher with user's rights to do substitution administration...

How to organize teaching preparations in EduPage
... to the relevant topic in the plan ... How to add a material to preparations? ...

Where can the teacher see the students results during an interactive lesson?
...the students icon in the top right corner of the screen ... If some of the students did not manage to submit their answer in the set time limit, the system evaluates the answer as incorrect...

Where does the teacher find the students' results after the end of interactive lesson?
...the end of the interactive lesson the teacher can find the students' results in the Results/Blackboard tab...

How can a student with unknown EduPage login data connect to the interactive lesson?
...to the interactive lesson, the students have to be logged in to their EduPage accounts...

Operating elements of the interactive lesson
...the teacher launches an interactive presentation, a new window opens in their browser ... In the EduPage mobile application apart from using arrows you can swipe your finger to move to the next slide in the presentation...

How do students connect to interactive lesson?
...the teacher launches projecting a presentation on an interactive blackboard or projector...

Various approaches to running an interactive lesson
...the teacher launches an interactive presentation ... Option 1: The teacher connects their notebook to the projector with a connecting cable ... they can make use of the following solution: How the students connect to the interactive lesson ...

Interactive lesson
...EduPage interactive lessons enable the teacher to captivate the students attention and engage them in the topic...

How to print out the Agreement on personal data processing (GDPR)
... Press the Start button in the top left corner, select the Security tab and click GDPR...

Parents

How to create a recipients' group
... the system will provide you with predifined groups of recipients - e ... A settings icon can be found in the lower part of the screen ... In the future, if you intend to send a message to this group of recipients...

(send message to group, send message to multiple users)

How do I remove my phone from two-factor authentication?
...to completely disable two-factor authentication for your EduPage account ... from your EduPage account after signing in on the web...

(two-factor authentication, 2FA, Data security, Login, Sign-in, Password )

I want to log in, but I don’t have the phone with me that has 2FA enabled.
...in on another device and therefore can’t confirm your verification ... you can use the option to verify via an email sent to your email address...