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New to First Class?
Need some refresher training?
Upgrading from First Class 6?
Need training for a timetabling colleague?
We are pleased to announce that 2 extra Training Course have been scheduled for First Class users in New South Wales. The following courses will be held at St Paul's High School, Ocean Drive, Port Macquarie:
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Introduction to First Class
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Thursday 22 August 2002
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Introduction to First Class
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Friday 23 August 2002
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The cost of a place in the course is $245 per person (ex. GST) for schools on Service & Support, or $345 per person (ex. GST) for schools that are not on Service & Support. A light lunch will be supplied and you will also receive a copy of the First Class training manual for you to keep.
On completion of the course you will know how to:
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Import data into First Class from First Class 6 and in the form of text files
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Export data from First Class to other programs
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Create and enter data into databases
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Create and enter data into a grid
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Resolve clashes
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Allocate students to classes
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Move students between classes
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Allocate extras
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Generate and edit a timetable
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The course commences at 9.00 am and concludes at approximately 4.00 pm. As our training courses are a forum for you to have your questions about the software dealt with, we remain flexible about the finishing time. Our instructors want to make sure that you get as much as possible out of your day and part of this is ensuring that we spend as much time as necessary answering your queries!
If you would like to reserve a place in this course please contact us using the link below or call 1300 550 765, but hurry as places are filling fast!
Contact Us
How do I use the timetable generator to give each teacher a period off each day?
Remember here that we are attempting the "best case scenario". It may be the case that, once you start the generator, you cannot give each teacher a period off each day. However you can always reduce this constraint slightly by attempting to give each teacher a free period say, 4 days out of 5.
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Go to MAINTENANCE>SUBJECTS>EDIT
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Once you are in EDIT MODE, click ADD
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Create a dummy subject such as OFF
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Save and close
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Go to MAINTENANCE>ALLOCATIONS. Leave the radio button on the default TEACHER
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Select a Teacher
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In EDIT MODE, click ADD
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Select your dummy subject, OFF
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Leave the form and room blank
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In PERIOD DETAILS, set the number of singles to correspond with the number of days in your cycle (adjust this for part-time staff)
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As First Class will not place two periods of the same subject twice in one day, one period of the subject OFF will be placed on each day.
How do I use the "End of Year Rollover" to change a student's forms?
The "End of Year Rollover" can be used, as an alternative to using the student maintenance screen, within a year level, to change a student's form.
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Go to TOOLS>END OF YEAR ROLLOVER
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Open out the current form branch of the student to be moved
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DRAG AND DROP the student into his/her new form
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Repeat for other students
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Click RUN UPDATE
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The students will be moved into their new forms
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The only difference between this and the true end of year rollover is that students will be moved within the same year level.
Note: Checkboxes next to each student will soon be added so a number of students will be able to be moved at once.
www.bookcrossing.com
This website was featured in The Age newspaper and, as we thought it was such a great idea, we wanted to let you all know about it here!
Book Crossing was established by Ron Hornbaker who was inspired by sites such as Where's George? (a site that tracks US currency according to serial number) and PhotoTag.org (a site that releases disposable cameras, displays pictures taken with them and tracks their progress).
The concept is simple and fun. Basically all you need to do to participate is read a good book, register the book and your comments about it on the website and then release it! When you register your book you will be given a unique BCID code to write in it before you release it. This code is used to track your book. You can release the book by giving it to a friend, donating it to charity or simply leaving it in a public place such as a café or on a park bench for someone else to find. Each time someone finds your book and posts their comments on the website you will receive an email so that you can track how many people have read your book and how far it has travelled.
The site claims that many authors and publishers support Book Crossing as a lot of visitors to the website purchase books based on the reviews they have read there. The site is about promoting books and good karma rather than saving people money!
So if you would like to get that warm fuzzy feeling that comes from sharing something with others why not release a book today and see where it goes...
"Never mistake motion for action."
Ernest Hemingway, Journalist and novelist
For more information, please contact:
Robert Bakker
Human Edge Software
Phone: +61 3 9699 9777
Fax: +61 3 9690 2802
Email: firstclass@human-edge.com.au
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