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Overview

Prime Timetable is a school scheduling software designed for both automatic and manual timetabling on any device. The software is used in 100+ countries for scheduling primary or elementary, junior/middle/high or secondary schools, international schools, universities and other educational organizations (art and language schools), as well as for scheduling various events: school camps and courses.

Video tutorial: Introduction

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Video tutorials

It's recommended to watch getting started tutorials before using the app. Videos are only a couple of minutes long but packed with tons of helpful info to boost your productivity. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the latest tutorials for free.

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MacOS, Windows, iOS, Linux, tablet, phone, smartphone, iPad, iPhone, Android, Chromebook

System requirements

Software requires a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari. Go to https://primetimetable.com and create a free account or log in to start the app on any device.

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Free sign up

To evaluate the software you need to sign up first:

• Click Sign up on the home page
• Choose Free plan
• Type your email and password and optionally provide more info about the school
• Click Start my free month

Our support will contact you to offer help and answer any questions you might have.

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Log in

To start the app you need to log in:

• Click Log in in the header of the home page
• Enter your email and password
• Click Log In

After successful login, the last opened timetable will be displayed.

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Forgot password

• Go to forgot password page
• Type your email and click Send code
• An email containing a code (random alphanumeric string) will be sent to you
• Copy and paste the code from the email and enter the new password
• Click Change password

A window will open where you can log in using the new password.

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Profile

• Click in the top right corner and then My profile
• Set your email and password used for login, and your first and last name
• Click Edit

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Create new timetable

• Choose Open > New Timetable
• Enter the name of the timetable and description
• Click Ok

Open timetable

• Click or choose Open > Open Timetable
• Select a timetable from the list
• Click Open

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Open from file

To open timetable from previously saved file on the disc:

• Choose Open > Open from File
• Click Choose File to locate the file on your disc
• Click Open

The app will convert older timetable formats and import other recognized file formats.

Save changes

• Click to save changes

All changes will be synchronized and merged across any device you or your colleagues might be using.

Create a copy of timetable

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• Choose Save as > Copy of Timetable
• Enter the name of the timetable and description
• Click Ok

Delete/restore timetable

• Click
• Select a timetable from the list
• Click Delete

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Merge timetables

• Open base timetable
• Choose Open > Merge timetables
• Select timetable that you want to merge with the base timetable and click Merge

If there is already a day, subject, room, teacher, class, group or view with the same name in the base timetable, it will be used as it is; otherwise, it will be added. Periods are going to be merged based on entered start and end times. Activities, clips and marks from selected timetable will be added to the base timetable.

Import resources

Data can be imported from other software using copy/paste:

• Open Excel/Word, Sheets/Docs, Notepad or similar app where you have a list of resources
• Make a selection of resources you want to import, right mouse click selection and choose Copy
• Choose Import > Days, Periods, Subjects, Rooms, Teachers or Classes
• Right mouse click on the text field and choose Paste
• Click Import

Video tutorial: How to import data

In import Sheets document each sheet shows an example of importing days, periods, subjects, rooms, teachers, classes/groups, students and activities. Resources should be separated with new lines (rows) and properties should be separated by columns (TAB character). A resource with an existing name is not going to be imported.

Import activities

The whole timetable can be imported in a single copy/paste action by following the example in the "Activities" sheet and video tutorial How to import data. Resources with non-existing names will be added while importing. Comma can be used as a delimiter when there are more teachers, classes/groups or rooms.

Columns when importing activities

Basics

Resources are displayed in grids allowing you to manage data efficiently.

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Timetable info

Click timetable name or choose Open > Timetable Info to change:

• Timetable name
• Timetable description
• School name
• School year, e.g. "2021/2022"

School name and school year are displayed as a title and subtitle on the published page and while printing.

Expand to customize timetable to match your school branding and to find out unique timetable identifier.

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Days

• Choose Manage > Days or click day name in the view

Set the number of days in the timetable cycle by selecting a desired value in the combo above the displayed grid. For instance, set 5 days for 1-week, or set 6 days if you are scheduling Saturdays, or set 10 days for 2-week timetable and so on. Another option is to create a separate timetable for each week or month and later merge them into one. You can also set only one or two days, e.g. "Day A" and "Day B" for rotating schedules. Each day has name and short name.

Periods

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• Choose Manage > Periods or click period name in the view

Set the number of periods in a day by selecting a desired value in the combo above the displayed grid. In case you are scheduling breaks, lunch, after school activities or similar, increase the number accordingly. For each period set start/end time (use 24-hour clock) and optionally name.

Custom periods

Period intervals might vary across classes, e.g. when scheduling both lower and higher grades in one timetable. If you don't want to work with a load of 15, 10 or even 5 minute period intervals to accomodate to differences you might consider using custom periods. In order to add a custom period:

• Choose Manage > Periods and select a default period to link a custom interval with and then click Add
• Set start/end time and expand to choose class, subject, room or teacher custom period
• Select 'Drag related cards to specified interval' action
• Choose resources/days that custom interval applies to and click Add

Video tutorial: How to use custom periods

When custom period(s) are added, related cards will be resized and repositioned based on the specified custom interval and its default period. Choose Help > Options > Period format > 12-hour or 24-hour clock to display the custom interval in the desired format.

When you drag a card, the card's shadow changes its length and position according to default and custom periods below. Thus, you will know exactly where to drop the card. Also, filters will appear above the periods grid if a timetable has custom periods. Choose a specific resource/day to filter custom periods.

Subjects

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• Choose Manage > Subjects

For each subject you need to specify name (e.g. "Math"), short name (e.g. "Ma"), color and optionally tags, notes and other properties.

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Rooms

• Choose Manage > Rooms

For each room you need to specify name (e.g. "Physics lab", "Bio lab", "Playground", "Meeting room", etc.), short name, color and optionally tags, notes, capacity, building name and other properties.

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Teachers

• Choose Manage > Teachers

For each teacher you need to specify name, short name, color and optionally tags, notes and constraints related to teacher's positions, load, gaps and moves.

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Classes

• Choose Manage > Classes

For each class you need to specify name (e.g. "7A", "Grade 8", "Year 9"), short name, color and optionally tags, notes and constraints related to positions, load and gaps. When a new class is added, the following set of groups are created: Boys and Girls and Group 1 and Group 2.

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Groups

A class can be divided into one or more sets of groups:

• Choose Manage > Classes
• Select a class on the list
• Click Groups

Manage group sets and groups for Grade 12 IB in United States International example

A window with group sets for the selected class is displayed. Add will add a new group set with 2 predefined groups and Edit opens a window to manage groups for the selected group set. For each group you can specify name and short name.

Students

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• Choose Manage > Classes
• Select a class on the list
• Click Students

Each student has name, short name and groups it belongs to. By adding activities for groups, students belonging to these groups will be assigned to these activities as well.

Students can be imported, sorted, reordered, printed and you can view their statistics.

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Activities

Choose Manage > Activities to manage and filter activities or view statistics. When adding, editing or copying activities the following information can be specified:

• Teacher(s)
• Subject
• Class(es) and/or group(s)
• Number of activities per cycle represents the total number of recurring activities in one cycle (5 days for 1-week, 10 days for 2-week schedule, etc.), for instance, a class can have 5 English lessons in a cycle
• Activity length can be Single, Double, Triple and so on depending on default period interval, for instance, if default period interval is 30 minutes and activity lasts 1 hour, length should be set to Double
• Desired and alternative room(s)

More... buttons allow you to add activities with more teachers, classes, groups and rooms. For instance, more teachers are needed for teacher meeting and more classes are needed for lunch.

By adding activities you are creating cards in the related views that you can freely drag to the desired time slot or let the generator create the schedule for you.

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Lunch

In order to manage lunch, snack, recess, break or similar, add a new period e.g. "Lunch" and place pinned cards there or forbid the whole period.

• Add lunch as a subject
• Add lunch activities and select related resources, click More... to add more classes and/or teachers
• Drag lunch cards to the lunch periods, note that all cards go together
• Pin lunch cards so they won't be moved by automatic generator

Kindergarten through 5th grade example shows lunch as pinned cards

• Use to forbid lunch periods for all days and automatic generator will try to avoid lunch periods while rearranging cards

United States International example shows lunch as forbidden periods

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Teacher meeting

There are two common ways to manage meetings: add one activity for several teachers or add meeting activity for each teacher separately and then clip related cards.

Tags

Tags are used to quickly filter specific teachers, rooms, classes or subjects, e.g. when assigning an activity, copying constraints to specific resources or creating a view. Multiple tags should be separated with comma, e.g. "lab, 1st floor".

History

The state(s) of timetables can be controlled by using the Undo/Redo commands and the History panel. To undo the latest action click . To redo the latest undone action click . To display or hide the History panel click .

Use History panel to jump to any recent state of the timetable created during the current working session. Each time you apply a change to timetable, the new state is added to the panel. For example, if you drag a card, draw constraints, improve timetable, each of those states is listed separately in the panel. When you select one of the states, the timetable reverts to how it was when that change was first applied. You can then work from that state. Once you reopen or save the document, all states from the working session are cleared from the panel. If needed, History panel can be resized and dragged elsewhere.

Use History panel to undo/redo several actions at once

Statistics

• Choose Manage > Activities
• Total number of resources, activities and hours is displayed above the activities grid
• Click the class icon above the grid to cycle through classes, teachers, rooms and subjects statistics

Timetable views

Each view consists of:

• View type icon
• Timetable with related cards and
• Area with unscheduled cards

The view type icon is placed in the top left corner, below the owl, and opens the view picker. The timetable displays cards for the currently selected view. Timetable width can be adjusted by dragging the vertical splitter which divides scheduled from unscheduled cards.

Views are highly interactive, for instance:

• When you select a card in one view, the app will select and scroll to that card in any opened view and the selected card will blink so you can easily spot it. You can also select more cards at once to perform bulk actions.
• Any change in one view, e.g. dragging a card or improving the timetable, instantly updates all other views and notifications
• Markers, pin and sponge can be used in any view
• The shadow of the dragged card appears in all extra views helping you avoid conflicts
• The details of the last selected or mouse overed card are displayed in the bottom left corner
• Use horizontal and vertical scrollbar to navigate across larger or zoomed in timetables
• As you move the mouse cursor over the timetable, the related day, period and resource names will be shaded to show you the exact position
• Right mouse click any card or day/period/resource name to open the context menu with more options
• When the view is changed, the browser's URL is updated accordingly, so you can share URL of a specific master/individual view and Back/Forward buttons can be used to switch to previously opened views

Master views

By default, there are 4 predefined views showing classes, teachers, rooms and subjects but you can also add your own views. Each master view displays the list of related resources in the first column along with cards in the respective rows. Unscheduled cards are grouped by subject and placed outside of the timetable in the same row where the resource is.

Open the view picker and choose , , or to switch to the related master view.

Individual views

In order to switch to individual class, teacher, room or subject view, click the first column (resource name) in the related master view. Individual class view can be filtered by specific student or group(s) (if you have added them). Click student or group to view their individual timetable and click again to remove the filter.

Filtering 6A view to get individual student timetable for Donna Gordon

Extra views

Extra views can help avoid conflicts, as they provide additional master and individual views all in one screen. Moreover, there is no need to constantly switch between the views, as you get a clear overview of the whole timetable. The shadow of the dragged card appears in all opened views, so you can avoid conflicts while manually dragging the card.

To show or hide extra view:

• Click any card so that card details are displayed in the bottom left corner
• Click the class, teacher, room or subject icon in the card details

Video tutorial: How to use extra views

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Manage views

In order to create your own view, e.g. to display 5th graders or English teachers only:

• Choose from the view picker and click Add
• Type name and short name
• Choose view type: classes, teachers, rooms or subjects
• Select resources you want displayed
• Optionally exclude days/periods and click Add

Now you can schedule, publish, export, customize or print created view.

Video tutorial: How to manage views

Zoom

• Click in the bottom right corner
• Use vertical slider to adjust row height (master and individual views are adjusted separately)
• Use horizontal slider to adjust column width which helps when there are lots of days and periods

Note that row height is also preserved while printing.

Drag and drop

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• Select card by clicking it with the left mouse button
• While keeping the left mouse button pressed, drag card to a new position
• Drop card by releasing the left mouse button

On touch devices use a finger to drag cards.

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Card details

The details of the last selected card (or the currently mouse overed card if there is no selection) are displayed in the bottom left corner. Icons show/hide related extra views. The text selects a resource in the related grid. Click to edit activity represented by the selected card.

Showing details of the last selected card: subject, teachers, classes and scheduled + [desired] + (alternative) rooms

Select multiple cards

Select multiple cards in order to perform actions on more than one card. For instance, drag and drop cards, or edit multiple cards, clip, copy, pin/unpin, merge/split, etc. via card's context menu. There are many ways to select multiple cards:

• Click and drag the cursor across timetable. A rectangular marquee will appear, with one corner where you started dragging and the opposite corner where you stopped and all cards inside the marquee will be selected.
• Hold CtrlCmd while clicking cards to add or remove cards from the selection
• Hold CtrlCmd while clicking day, period or resource name to (de)select the whole day, period or resource cards
• Hold Shift while you click the last card that you want to include in the new selection. The rectangular range between the active card and the card that you click becomes the new selection.

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Edit cards

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• Select one or multiple cards
• Right mouse click any selected card and choose Edit cards
• Change subject, teacher(s), class(es)/group(s), length, desired or alternative rooms
• Click Edit

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Copy/paste cards

Cards can be copied from one resource/day/period to another:

• Select one or multiple cards
• Right mouse click any selected card/day/period and choose Copy
• Right mouse click resource name, desired day or period
• Choose Paste from the context menu

Right mouse click day to open context menu

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Clear/delete cards

• Click the and then click card, day, period or resource name, or
• Right mouse click any card, day, period or resource name and choose Clear from the context menu

Cleared cards will be placed outside the timetable, along with other unscheduled cards.

Merge/split cards

Merge allows combining two or more cards into one, thus avoiding conflicts:

• Right mouse click any conflicted/rotated card to open the context menu
• Choose Merge

Two or more cards can be merged into one if they are on the same position, have the same subject, length and (scheduled, desired and alternative) rooms, but different teacher(s) and/or class(es)/group(s).

Video tutorial: How to merge cards

Customize cards

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To change the text, background color and border in any master or individual view:

• Right mouse click the card and choose Customize from the context menu or
• Choose Print > Customize Cards

The opened customization panel shows the related card enlarged. Changing the text, background color or border will update cards in the related view.

Video tutorial: How to customize cards

The text inside the cards can be any combination of class, teacher, room or subject names, their short names or even custom text. Selecting the text options from the list will add the related text to the cards, while clicking a row in the enlarged card will remove it.

Background card color can be picked from the current class, teacher, room or subject, or you can choose no background color.

Card border can be set to: round, square, round (no border) and square (no border).

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Markers

Marker draws or erases forbidden, unwanted or mandatory positions for classes, teachers, rooms and subjects. When a marker is selected, previously drawn marks will color (red, yellow and blue) while the cards fade away. To draw or erase marks click on any position in the timetable view or any day/period/resource with a selected marker. To drop the marker press Esc or click outside of the timetable.

Markers can be used in any master, individual or extra view and notifications will be updated upon any change.

Forbidden (red minus), unwanted (yellow exclamation mark) and mandatory (blue plus) marks in the teacher master view

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Red marker

In order to draw forbidden positions for specific resources:

• Switch to the desired view
• Pick the red marker to draw/erase minus signs

For instance, you can specify when a part-time teacher is not available, avoid students having the last period on Friday, forbid already booked room position, avoid having difficult subjects on the last period or ignore gaps.

Video tutorial: How to draw forbidden positions

Yellow marker

Drawing unwated positions is used to avoid or completely miss certain positions for specific subject or resource:

• Switch to the desired view and pick the yellow marker to draw/erase unwanted positions which are displayed as yellow exclamation marks
• Mouse over the first column (resource name) to open unwanted settings
• Set allowed number of unwanted activities per week/day

If allowed number of unwanted activities per week/day is set to Arbitrary which is a default value, unwanted positions will be completely ignored by the generator.

Blue marker

Drawing mandatory positions is used to favor or mandate certain positions for specific subject or resource:

• Switch to the desired view and pick the blue marker to draw/erase mandatory positions which are displayed as blue plus signs
• Mouse over the first column (resource name) to open mandatory settings
• Set allowed number of missed mandatory activities per week/day

If allowed number of missed mandatory activities is set to Arbitrary which is a default value, mandatory positions will be completely ignored by the generator.

Marker settings when mandatory marker is selected

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Pin

• Click and then click card(s), day(s), period(s) or resource(s) you want to pin/unpin, or
• Right mouse click any card, day, period, resource and choose Pin/Unpin from the context menu

The pin is useful when you are satisfied with the position of card(s) and want to make sure that these cards won't be moved while improving the timetable. Additionally, by pinning conflicted (rotated) cards related error notifications will be removed. Also, pinned unscheduled cards will be ignored by the generator. To drop the pin press Esc or click an empty cell.

Video tutorial: How to pin cards

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Clip

Clipped cards have a little clip icon in the top left corner and will be scheduled, selected, dragged and removed all together. Clipping can be useful for electives, e.g. when one class group has French and the other German language (see Example 3) or when two or more activities from different classes needs to be scheduled at the same time. In order to clip two or more cards:

• Select multiple cards
• Right mouse click any selected card
• Choose Clip

Video tutorial: How to clip cards

Only non-conflicted cards with the same length and which are on the same day and period but have different set of teachers and classes can be clipped. Otherwise, the clip won't be visible in the context menu.

Improve timetable

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Click to start improving the timetable. The automatic generator will try to find the best solution by rearranging cards in order to solve all constraints and avoid any conflicts.

Video tutorial: How to automatically generate a school timetable

Best practices

• First generate a timetable with no constraints at all and then gradually add them. If the timetable can't be generated even without constraints revise your entered data by checking statistics.
• The generator will always try to find a better solution no matter how hard the constraints. If there is no progress for a couple of seconds or so, stop the generator and revise constraints or data.
• Always follow basic timetabling rule: One school resource during one period can be scheduled in only one activity, otherwise, there is a conflict. If you need more resources click More... to add activities with more than one group, class, teacher or room.
• As long as there are cards scheduled on forbidden positions, card conflicts or class gaps, the generator will not be working on improving the rest of the timetable because of priorities
• Click to open notifications and start resolving them, e.g. pin or merge conflicted/rotated cards, or mark gap position as forbidden, or clip elective cards
• Keep in mind that all changes can be reverted using history

Improvement priorities

Automatic generator is supposed to solve about thirty highly complex requirements. Since these are commonly conflicted and it is usually impossible to solve them all, priority levels have been introduced, which the generator manages in the following way: lower priority requirements will not be solved as long as there are unsolved higher priority requirements.

The problem is that the generator is not always capable of detecting that some requirements cannot be satisfied and will keep trying to solve them at all costs, perpetually working without progress, leaving the rest of the timetable in poor state. That's why it is necessary to prepare quality data in order to help the generator do its best. Notifications are an irreplaceable tool for this task. However, some of the oversights made while entering data cannot be seen even in the notifications. The problem can be solved only if you abide by the following rules:

• Do not expect an instantly perfect timetable, because it is impossible to know beforehand whether such timetable is even possible
• At first, set moderate requirements and let the generator automatically create the timetable
• Only when you manage to get a valid timetable should you gradually increase the requirements and start the automatic improvement again

The generator recognizes three levels of priority, each consisting of a number of individual requirements:

1. Fatal error level

This group includes:

• card conflicts
• cards scheduled on forbidden positions
• class gaps

As long as any of these errors exist, the generator will not be working on improving the rest of the timetable. Here are some typical beginner mistakes that should be avoided at all costs:

• A teacher/class has so many forbidden positions that some cards must be placed on a forbidden time slot
• There are more activities you want to put in a room or assign to a teacher than the total number of periods in the timetable
• Too many forbidden positions for a specific activity and related resources

2. Difficult warning level

Difficult warning level includes only one item: a subject taught in some class timetables more than once a day. You should make sure to enter as many subjects as really taught in the school and choose the right subject for each activity.

3. Warning level

There are over twenty different warnings that will often appear in notifications. The generator will solve them only when all other errors and warnings have been solved.

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Notifications

Notification number in the bell icon shows the total number of errors or warnings. The number is instantly updated along with notifications upon any change. The bell icon shows or hides the notification panel. The panel can be dragged and resized to best suit your device screen.

Video tutorial: How to validate a timetable

The timetable is valid if there are no notifications, which means that all entered requirements and constraints have been resolved. The red notification indicates that the timetable has a fatal error which needs to be fixed, whereas the blue one represents a warning. When red or blue notifications are clicked, related cells will blink in the view, making it easy to spot the problem. To stop blinking click the category title or click the bell icon to hide notification panel.

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Resolve notifications

In some cases there might be exceptions to the rules, e.g. two or more cards might be purposely scheduled at the same time causing a conflict, or a class gap should be allowed only for lunch (otherwise gaps are forbidden), or unscheduled card(s) should be ignored, etc. These exceptions will appear in notifications and must be resolved first at all costs, before the automatic generator can move towards solving other constraints and conflicts.

Save as local file

• Choose Save as > Local File

Timetable will be downloaded to your disc as an JSON file which can be opened later.

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Save as custom file

• Choose Save as > Custom File
• Select PowerSchool, iSAMS, SmartSchool or Siged format
• Customize options and click Download

Use downloaded file to import timetable to other software such as SIS, MIS or similar.

Save as spreadsheet(s)

In order to export timetable(s) to the spreadsheet app:

• Switch to the desired master view
• Choose Save as > Spreadsheet(s)
• Choose current timetable view or all related individual timetables and click Download
• Open downloaded html document and select the desired timetable(s) by making a rectangular marquee around them
• Right mouse click selection and choose Copy
• Switch to Excel or Sheets, right mouse click cell and choose Paste

Export grid data

In order to export activities:

• Choose Manage > Activities
• Select all activities by making a rectangular marquee around the activities grid: click outside the grid (top-left corner), hold the left mouse button while moving the cursor to the bottom-right corner of the grid
• Right mouse click inside the grid and choose Copy from the context menu
• Switch to Excel or Sheets, right mouse click the desired cell and choose Paste

In a similar way you can export teachers, subjects, rooms, classes/groups, days, periods or any other data displayed in the grid.

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Share with others

Choose Share > Share with others to manage people who have access to school timetables. The following roles are available:

• Owner
• Creator
• Viewer

Owner is a person who created the school account and is allowed to manage timetables as well as other users and their roles. Creator can manage timetables whereas Viewer is only allowed to view timetables without moving cards or saving changes.

Collaboration

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Timetablers can collaborate on the same timetable and at the same time. All saved changes will be seamlessly synced and merged across any device you or your colleagues might be using. For instance, one timetabler can change a teacher's name and the other one their short name, but there will be no overwrites after saving changes.

Publish to the Web

In order to publish a timetable:

• Choose Share > Publish to the Web
• Click Publish
• Click Copy to share link with others
• Optionally, click Visit published page to open it in the new window

In that way a class/group, student or a teacher can have direct access to their timetable simply by bookmarking the web page which shows it. Note that individual class view can be filtered by specific student or group.

The published web page is accessible from any device, including phones and tablets. The displayed timetable automatically updates itself to ensure the latest changes have been delivered to all.

Advanced customization

Timetables can be completely customized to match your school branding. With a bit of HTML and CSS knowledge you can:

• Add custom school logo
• Set custom font family, size and colors, e.g. to match styles in your school website
• Make any other HTML or CSS changes

United States International and United States examples are already customized with the most common changes:

• Choose Open > Open Examples
• Open "United States International" or "United States" example
• Choose Open > Timetable Info and expand
• Examine Custom HTML and Custom CSS, read the comments and copy/paste the relevant parts in your timetable but change url to your school logo, font styles and colors

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Print timetable

In order to print the current master or individual timetable:

• Choose Print > Print Timetable
• Click title or year to edit
• Choose paper size, orientation, color and margins
• Click Print

Paper size, orientation, color and margins should match adequate printer settings. Timetable will be stretched to fit paper width. If the master timetable doesn't fit paper height it will be automatically split into several pages. Use vertical zoom in/out to control the size of cards when printing.

Browsers like Chrome and Edge have built-in print preview so you can make sure everything is fine before printing. Other browsers might also need to set printing background colors.

Print individual timetables

In order to print all individual timetables, e.g. timetables for all classes, teachers, rooms or subjects:

• Switch to desired class, teacher, room or subject master view
• Choose Print > Print Individuals
• Choose paper size, orientation, color and margins
• Click Print

Software will go through all individual timetables in the current master view and print them on separate pages. Paper size, orientation, color and margins should match adequate printer settings. The recommended approach is to choose portrait paper orientation when printing. If there are many periods use zoom out to decrease row height in order to fit the printed page. Otherwise, if there are too few periods, use zoom in to increase row height.

Options

Choose Help > Options to customize the following:

Skin

Choose blue (default), green, red, violet, orange, pink, cyan, brown, gray or dark skin.

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Period format

Choose period name or number, 12-hour or 24-hour clock for displaying period intervals in the views. For instance, if you choose 'Name or 12-hour clock', you can customize a specific period by setting period name to e.g. "Lunch" thus overriding the default 12-hour clock display.

Default view

Set master view that will be displayed when application starts.

Save reminder

Set save reminder interval. Default is 20 minutes.

Show tips & tricks

The owl will hoot useful info related to the current context if this option is checked. Experienced timetablers might want to hide tips & tricks and uncheck this option.

issue,problem,bug,error

Troubleshooting

lock,locked,abuse,terminate

Tips & tricks

prevent,loss,undo,restore,undelete,history