Timetable Schedule

Administration
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Hi there Ross,


In Gibbon, I read sometime ago where it was said you can have only one timetable per year group. What is confusing me is in most schools where I am,  the year groups may contain 4 different classes doing the same subjects but on different days and times. How do i  create a timetable for the other 3 classes within the same year group?

Thanks in advance

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Willpro,

One timetable (defined in Gibbon as an entry in the gibbonTT table) can support many year groups, courses and classes all doing different things at the same time (which is what you are describing above). What a timetable cannot have is different timings for different groupings (e.g. these people doing something for 60 minutes, whilst these people do something for 45 minutes).

So, in your case, you want to define a course for your subject (e.g. Year 10 Science aka SC10) and have four classes in that course (e.g. SC10.1, SC10.2, etc). You can then place these wherever you like within the timetable.

Does this make sense?

Thanks,

Ross

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Perfect sense Ross, Thanks

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Willpro, some might say that is the first time I have ever made perfect sense : ) Happy to help. Ross

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Hi Ross,

I sorted out the timetable for the additional classes. It was a great learning experience. Thanks much. 

However I am looking at the timetables and the time that shows at the side below the week column does not show all the times down to the closed of school day. It only shows the time from the start of school (07:30) to the start of lunch time (11:30).

The times shown in the timetable periods are ok.

I checked my school hours/days in the manage school days module and it seems correct. Any clues as to what is happening?

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Willpro,

Can you include a screenshot here for me, and I will take a look.

Thanks,

Ross

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Thanks for your speedy response.See Image below


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Willpro,

Timetable is looking good! If you want to contribute any of your learning to our documentation, let me know!

Now that is odd…and something I have never seen before. I wonder…what are the times set up for school opening and closing in your Days Of The Week in School Admin? Do your days stop at 11:30 by any chance?

If that does not help, let me know what Gibbon version you are using, and share your data with my by email to support@gibbonedu.org and I will try and work it out.

Thanks,

Ross

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I am documenting my steps as I go along so I will gladly share. I’ll let you know when it is completed.

Currently my school closing hours are set to 19:00 and opening hours are 06:00

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Hi Ross,

I know you are probably busy with the hackathon but anything further on the above. I had emailed the database.

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Willpro, yes, it has been busy, but no excuse for keeping you hanging : ) I have found the source of the problem, and fixed it in the v12 branch, which you can see in the commit below:

https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core/commit/e52da71bbfabf589e86420f97877dd3db27af248

However, this is NOT backwards compatible to v11, so I have created a patch for you. Install the file below in your v11 install, and the issue should be resolved.

http://wikisend.com/download/759396/moduleFunctions.php

Thanks,

Ross

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Works like a charm.

Thanks much.