Rotating teachers and rooms

Introduction

This document explains a routine for changing teachers and rooms using a carousel approach, in SIMS .net. In a carousel, teachers and/or rooms for a selection of classes within a timetable block change with the pattern A > B > C > A

Procedure

• Focus | School | Academic Structure | Rotate Timetabled Staff/Rooms
• Select the appropriate Effective Date Range for the changes
• In Selected Block, browse and select the block where the rotation is to occur (only non-linear classes can be rotated, i.e. those listed as 'classes' and not 'groups' in the destination groups column)

• Highlight a class and move it up or down, depending on where it should appear in the rotation
• Tick the classes, teachers and rooms to be rotated
• Use the Rotate Staff / Rooms buttons to implement the rotation
• If you do not get the result you expected, click Undo then try again
• Once you are satisfied with the rotation, click Apply – this commits the changes and Undo becomes inoperative

Note that:

• The rotation affects the SIMS .net timetable only
• The timetable model in Nova-T6 is unaffected
• Teacher column headings in Academic Management are unchanged
• A ‘send’ from Nova-T6 will wipe out any changes made in this manner

Simon Wood, SIMS Team, May 2009