FET - Free Timetabling Software for Windows

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• Good and simple

  a_nolanAugust 14, 2015

  Pros

  1. simple to use 2. large combinations of abilities 3. easy to understand (after a few uses) 4 use to use web pages 5. low memory usage (no graphics only charts)

  Cons

  1. not much on documentation takes a while to get use to it (play around) 2. to little on gui (full text no real graphics charts only) 3. wish more was done for user interface (non-gui more office 2000)

  Summary

  Love the program just for fun I'v done up the Hogworts school scheduale and it was interesting :) but it did show the versatility in the system. There could have been more ability to manipulate the activity base activity; but otherwise, it was easy to use once you get used to it. It does take a little while to get used to the system if you haven't used such a system before; but when you do, it is easy as pie :).

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• Sophisticated program which is easy to use

  smorkey378February 5, 2012

  Pros

  Lots of help available to get you up to speed. I thought it would take me quite a time, but following the basic guide, and then the FET Manual, I was able to understand most of it in less than a day. You can get quite a sophisticated timetable by adding time and space(rooms) constraints. When you view the timetable html files, there are so many options that if you printed them all out, you could cover one wall in the staffroom.

  Cons

  Although the timetable output can be seen within the program a limited way, you have to launch a web browser to see the complete output. If you want some finesse formatting, you need to edit the CSS file. Its not obvious that you need to add rooms through space constraints, and your first timetable may contain teachers and subjects only.

  Summary

  Fantastic program that is open source, and probably does a much better job than expensive propriety software.

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• usefull for my classroom

  yantiherlantiMay 17, 2008

  Pros

  i like how to organize

  Cons

  too simply desaign

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• It can find a solution fast & well, using all the constraints I need.

  mbarsApril 22, 2008

  Pros

  1) It is free. <p>2) It is able to find a good timetable easily. <p>... I can't think anything better...

  Cons

  The GUI is simple (but it's worth for me and I imagine for others too...)

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