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Carry out consecutive swaps in either the scheduling dialogue or in the scheduling timetable using drag & drop. This is similar to working with a peg board, where you schedule a lesson by displacing another lesson, activate the lesson you have displaced and schedule it in a different slot, activate the next lesson you have displaced (if any) and schedule it in yet a different slot etc.

 

You wish to move the PE lesson (no. 73) of class 1a on Fri-8 to a better (earlier) slot on the timetable.

 

2.        Try dragging the lesson to a different position on the timetable while holding the <CTRL> key pressed.

 

All slots in the timetable where scheduling is blocked by a single element are displayed with theicon. For instance, if both the class and the teacher of the lesson to be scheduled in this slot are already involved in different lessons, two lessons would be displaced and the chain would be broken.

3.        Drop the PE lesson (still holding down the <CTRL> key) on Thu-5. This slot is blocked by lesson 2 (Callas, AR, 1b). You will not be asked if you wish to create a conflict.

 

 

 

The PE lesson will now be scheduled in this position and lesson 2 for class 1b, the lesson originally placed in this slot, automatically becomes the active lesson. Drag this lesson to another position markedand drop it, thereby continuing the chain, or alternatively place the lesson on a suitable unoccupied slot.

 

Keep the <CTRL> key pressed, otherwise if you release the key the swap is interrupted and cannot be continued.

4.        A suitable slot for this lesson is Sat-1 where lesson 2 can be scheduled without causing a conflict (as indicated by the !1! symbol). This completes the swap chain.

 

 

 

The PE lesson has now been moved from Fri-8 without requiring the de-scheduling of another lesson.

 

Slots marked with theicon when a period is dragged away denote positions where a period swap is possible.

 

Theicon indicates that a period can be scheduled in this position without displacing another lesson. The lower the value, the better the position for scheduling the period.

 

 

 

Please note that consecutive swaps may be carried out across different classes. The only restriction is that the swap path for the continuation of a chain must always be unique. Where there is a fork in the path (e.g. both teacher and class are already scheduled elsewhere), the software will ask you how you wish to proceed (create a conflict, cancel etc.) and the chain must be restarted at that point.