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Staffing
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Auto Staffing Double tick ticked no no no no
Auto-staff during
TT construction		 ticked no no no no no
Auto re-staffing
clash solver		 ticked no no no no no
Staffing quality
reporting tools		 ticked no no no no no
Supports teacher
sharing fully (not
accepted clashes)		 ticked no no no no no
Rooming
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Auto-room Double tick ticked ticked no no no
Auto re-room ticked ticked no no no no
Auto-room
clash solver		 ticked no no no no no
Auto-roomer so
good, no manual
changes needed		 Double tick no no no no no
Semester class
auto-rooming		 ticked no no no no no
Cross-campus
rooming support		 ticked no no no no no
Drag/drop manual
room changes		 ticked no no no no no
Supports room
sharing fully (not
accepted clashes)		 ticked no no no no no
Elective Lines
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Student priority
based electives		 ticked ticked ticked no no no
Quality level:
No. missed prefs		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Quality level:
pref priority 		Double tick ticked no no no no
School priority
subject option 		ticked no no no no no
Complex subject
grouping rules		 ticked ticked no no no no
Supports one unit
classes in elective
line generation		 ticked ticked no no no no
Students’ reserve
choice considered		 ticked ticked no no no no
Co-requisite
subject support		 ticked no no no no no
Pre-requisite
subject support		 ticked ticked no no no no
Multi-year elective
line construction		 ticked ticked no no no no
Staffing, rooms,
part-timer needs
considered in
elective line
construction		 ticked no no no no no
Web Choice
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Students can
enter subject
choices online		 ticked ticked no no no no
Student entries
validated against
curriculum rules		 ticked no no no no no
Submission data
available anytime
to school staff		 ticked no no no no no
School has 100%
control on web
forms 24/7		 ticked no no no no no
Auto-email on
submit option		 ticked no no no no no
Captures reserve
subjects		 ticked ticked no no no no
Timetable maintenance
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Auto-fix timetable
clashes		 ticked no no no no no
Auto-fix class
spreads		 ticked no no no no no
Auto-re-room a
timetable, to cater
to changes made		 ticked ticked no no no no
Auto-re-staff a
timetable to
resolve clashes		 ticked no no no no no
Auto-show/hide
semester classes
by date changes		 ticked no no no no no
Easy drag 'n' drop
visual editing of
lessons, rooms,
teachers, classes
& elective lines		 Double tick no ticked no no no
Compare timetable
requirements across
two files		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Compare timetable
assignments across
two files		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Print marked-up
timetable showing
changes to staff,
periods or rooms 		ticked no no no no no
Auto-create study
classes		 ticked no no no no no
Auto-create standby
periods (Staff covers)		 ticked no no no no no
See whole school
grid in one screen		 ticked ticked no not known not known not known
Real-time class
lists		 ticked ticked ticked not known ticked not known
Multi-user class list
management		 Double tick ticked no no ticked not known
Daily Org
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Auto-cover
replacements		 ticked ticked no no no no
User-definable
absence reasons		 ticked ticked no no no no
Full statistics on
absences, events
& covers		 ticked ticked no no no no
Events
Excursions
Extractions
Calendar		 ticked ticked no no no no
Auto-allocate
standby/on-call
periods		 ticked no ticked no no no
Exam Timetable
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Auto-schedule
exam timetable		 ticked no no no no no
Most compact
exam week length		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Best educational
spread of exams
for all students		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Auto-generate
exam supervision
roster		 ticked no no no no no
Yard Duty
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Auto-create yard
duty roster		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Quality of auto-
yard duty roster		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Staff options for
yard duties		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Staff preferences
on yard duties		 ticked no no no no no
Drag/drop assign
/de-assign yard
duties		 ticked no no no no no
Miscellaneous
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Multi-user network
access ability
included in standard
license		 ticked no no no no no
Multi-user room
booking		 ticked no no no no no
Multi-user class list
management		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Student photos
with class lists		 ticked Double tick ticked no ticked no
Auto-allocate class
lists 100%		 ticked no no no no no
Student social
relationship 		ticked no no no no no
Parent Teacher Interviews
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Parent teacher
interview
scheduling		 ticked not available not available ticked not available not available
Online parent
requests &
schedule changes		 ticked not available not available no not available not available
Teacher requests
on key interviews		 ticked not available not available no not available not available
Priority based
interview request		 ticked not available not available no not available not available
Parent preferred
time request		 ticked not available not available no not available not available
Good quality
Parent timetables		 Double tick not available not available no not available not available
Good quality
Staff timetables		 Double tick not available not available no not available not available
Batch mode
(Schedule done
after all requests)		 ticked not available not available ticked not available not available
Immediate mode
(Times given on
each request)		 ticked not available not available no not available not available
Company Support
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Office support:
Staff locations		 NSW, VIC, SA VIC VIC VIC NSW, WA, VIC England
Published scientific
timetable research
papers. Active in
international 
timetable industry
bodies		 ticked no no no no no
Captures School Knowledge
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Staff set options Double tick ticked no no no no
Staff preferences Double tick no no no no no
Room set options Double tick ticked ticked no no no
Room preferences Double tick no no no no no
Part-timer
Non-specific
Unavailability
(E.g. ‘2’ days off)		 ticked ticked no no no no
Supports linked
floating classes		 Double tick ticked no no no no
Semester classes
set by date ranges		 ticked no no no no no
Training/PD
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Video tutorials ticked ticked no no no ticked
Comprehensive
user manual  		ticked ticked not available not available not available ticked
Training days
needed to operate
software well		 2-3 4-5 2-5 2 3-4 3
Integration
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Auto-recognise
imported data
types & column
ordering		 ticked no no no no no
Supports import
data merging (Insert
updated or new
fields only to
existing tables)		 ticked no no no no no
Manual drag/drop to
change import
column mapping		 ticked no no no no no
Import an existing
external timetable		 ticked ticked no no ticked no
Auto-recognise staff,
rooms and class
data from an
imported external
timetable		 ticked ticked no no no no
Auto-recognise block
structure on an
imported timetable		 ticked no no no no no
Timetable Accessibility
  Edval Timetables The Timetabler First Class Time Chart Maze/Cases 21 Timetabler UK
Timetables shown in
colour		 ticked ticked no no no no
Timetables can
export to Excel
in full colour		 ticked no no no no no
Timetables show
cyclical + daily
changes together
in one place		 ticked no no no no no
Combined views
Show staff+ room+
students in a grid
together		 ticked no no no no no

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