Included in Debian Edu is a
-large collection of end user and school specific software. One of the
-packages not installed by default but provided in the Debian archive
-for schools to install if they want to, is a system to automatically
-plan the school time table using information about available teachers,
-classes and rooms, combined with the list of required courses and how
-many hours each topic should receive. The software is
+ Included in Debian Edu is a
+large collection of end user and school specific software. It is one
+of the packages not installed by default but provided in the Debian
+archive for schools to install if they want to, is a system to
+automatically plan the school time table using information about
+available teachers, classes and rooms, combined with the list of
+required courses and how many hours each topic should receive. The
+software is
named FET, and it provide a
graphical user interface to input the required information, save the
result in a fairly simple XML format, and generate time tables for
@@ -133,57 +134,47 @@ feature list, liftet from the project web site:
Same starting time/day/hour
Occupy max time slots from selection (a complex and
flexible constraint, useful in many situations)
+
Consecutive, ordered, grouped (for 2 or 3 (sub)activities)
+
Not overlapping
+
Max simultaneous in selected time slots
+
Min gaps between a set of (sub)activities
+
+
-
Consecutive, ordered, grouped (for 2 or 3 (sub)activities)
-
Not overlapping
-
Max simultaneous in selected time slots
-
Min gaps between a set of (sub)activities
-
-
+
A large and flexible palette of space constraints:
+
+ - Room not available periods
+ - For teacher(s):
+
+ - Home room(s)
+ - Max building changes per day/week
+ - Min gaps between building changes
-
-
-
- - A large and flexible palette of space constraints:
-
-
- - Room not available periods
-
-
- - For teacher(s):
-
- - Home room(s)
- - Max building changes per day/week
- - Min gaps between building changes
-
-
-
- - For students (sets):
-
- - Home room(s)
- - Max building changes per day/week
- - Min gaps between building changes
-
-
+
- - Preferred room(s):
-
- - For a subject
- - For an activity tag
- - For a subject and an activity tag
- - Individually for a (sub)activity
-
-
-
- - For a set of activities:
-
- - Occupy a maximum number of different rooms
-
-
-
+ - For students (sets):
+
+ - Home room(s)
+ - Max building changes per day/week
+ - Min gaps between building changes
+
+ - Preferred room(s):
+
+ - For a subject
+ - For an activity tag
+ - For a subject and an activity tag
+ - Individually for a (sub)activity
+
+
-
+
For a set of activities:
+
+ - Occupy a maximum number of different rooms
+
+
+
+
I have not used it myself, as I am not involved in time table