With block scheduling you can assign all lectures in Timetables view into predefined slots referring them simple with their block numbers. In this selection you can define those slot numbers for each week separately, and copy and paste them across weeks and with the Clipboard. Block scheduling enables you to utilise the slots in the timetables more evenly and also publish the timetables simpler, by attaching the current block number to the name or code of each number.
You can use the characters 1, 2, 3,…, 9, A, B, C,…,Z as block numbers.
Select the current week from the Weeks list, where you want to define the block numbers to. Click any table item and select the block number from the list of Blocks or type it directly into the table. If you want to use the same numbers in several weeks, click the [Copy] to copy the current table onto the Clipboard. Then select the week you want to copy the table to, and click [Paste] to paste the table from the Clipboard. You can use the Clipboard to move the block table to and from any another windows application that supports Clipboard.
[Random] enables you to create the block table randomly, by giving the block numbers and the lectures per block number.
[From file] creates the block tables from all timetabled lectures of the current data file. During this process, the table items are filled according to the course order, and the process stops when all slots have been occupied by some of the block numbers.
[Clear] will clear the active block table.
Check [x] Apply block scheduling if you want the application to search for available block numbers when creating timetables. If checked, block numbers are shown as below in Timetables window in cells where assignment is permitted.
When the user double-clicks some of the coloured block numbers on the table, all lessons of the current course are assigned into slots with the same number – if there are available numbers or unassigned lectures.
In this way, you can assign several lessons at once, and the predefined slots take care that their locations follow a certain pattern. All courses or lectures do not have to be assigned according to this rule.