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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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