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While FirstClass provides maintenance screens that allow you to enter all your standard data, it can also import data provided by other systems. Whether it is student details from your administration system or details from other timetable packages, the import options will save valuable time normally spent re-keying data. Once your timetable is complete we have a number of generic and custom exports for interfacing back to your third party applications. Our Developer Toolkit gives you direct, read-only access to the database. You can write your own exports, or use it to interface between FirstClass and these, and many other applications.
FirstClass supplies you with many options for distributing your timetables, including to the web. This feature gives you the ability to locate a student or staff member at any time during the cycle.
At the heart of FirstClass are the powerful Blocking and Timetabling modules. For student elective subjects, which could be entered using a bar code reader scanning customized selection sheets, blocking grids can be generated to decide which classes should run together to minimise clashes, before assigning students to classes. FirstClass will create the best fit for you with minimum input, or allow you to add constraints such as fixing subjects to a particular line on the grid. Another great feature is the option to run a trial swap of subjects on the grid to determine whether a better solution can be found without losing your original grid.
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As with the blocking grid generation, FirstClass can do all the decision making for you when it comes to generating the timetable. You can have minimal input or, alternatively, you can add your own constraints by fixing subjects or blocks to the timetable (such as a sport on a Tuesday afternoon). FirstClass timetable generation goes further than other packages by generating the whole timetable, taking into account teacher allocations, cycle details and other constraints such as unavailabilities. It will identify for you any clashes that could not be automatically resolved so you can remedy them quickly.
Daily maintenance by the timetabler or daily organiser is a breeze. Permanent changes can be made easily and the extras module allows you to mark teachers or student groups as absent and cover them in seconds, using either internal teachers (extras) or outside relief teachers. FirstClass even takes into account under allotted teachers and in-lieus created by camps and excursions.
FirstClass options for printing are almost endless. As a standard, FirstClass allows you to select any Windows font and any size for timetable print-outs, which can be viewed on screen or printed. Individual captions can be placed onto timetables. Blocking Grids and Timetables can be exported to Excel. You can also publish timetables as PDF files for distribution to students/teachers, or create static HTML versions that can be incorporated into your intranet/internet sites.
FirstClass Web Timetable Viewer provides schools with access to the latest student and teacher timetables through a browser similar to Internet Explorer. This "live" version also has an Explorer for quickly locating students and staff.
Here is a sample of a "live" timetable for FirstClass Web. Use the "Show Report" or "Export PDF" button at the bottom of the timetable to view the timetable either as a printable report, or a PDF file, for printing.
Select the search type and type a student's name, or select a teacher from the list, and a day/period combination in FirstClass Explorer, and you can locate them at any time. Leave the day and/or period blank for multiple period location.
Click on the following link for a 'FirstClass Web Trial'. To obtain the Login details, please email us at info@humanedge.biz.To look at a timetable, open the "Timetable Viewer" either by clicking on the icon, or selecting it from the "FirstClass Explorer" menu. Explore the many types of timetables by using the filters provided. Note that the same options are available here as in the timetable viewer in FirstClass.
Open "Finder", either by clicking on the icon, or selecting it from the "FirstClass Explorer" menu. Leave the "Search Type" on "Normal Search" to locate a teacher, or change it to "Student Search" to locate a student. Use just the drop-down combo boxes for the "Normal" search or type in the first few characters from student's names (first or last), for the student search. Use other filters to narrow the search. The  next to the Teacher, Room and Form filters will open the displayed item's timetable in "Timetable Viewer".'
For those users with more advanced skills in using Access, there is the possibility of writing your own scripts using the current data in conjunction with the Developer Toolkit. This toolkit gives you direct, read-only access to your FirstClass database.
Whether you are an experienced timetabler or new to the process, FirstClass provides you with the appropriate tools to let you develop your timetable with minimum of fuss.
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