New Period names linked to your class start and finish times
Select Edit Settings from the VCS Main menu
Click on the "Period Settings" button to enter class period details
Enter a short "Period Name" such as P1 or P2 or Rc or Lu
Enter the period start and end time of day
Click [OK] to enter these details and reset the screen to enter the next period.
"Period Names" will be shown when using Edit Add and on reports and prints

Period names and start dates in the tool tip and zoom boxes on mouse over
"Period Names" are matched to start and finish times when using Edit Add.
Click on the period name and VCS will then enter start and finish for you.
"Period Names" will be shown in the mouse-over Tool-tip and zoom boxes below
"Period Names" will also be shown on Timetable and Listing prints for Rooms, Teachers and Class groups.
"Period Names" will be shown on HTML prints for the Internet.

New College naming conventions and features to suit
This includes choice of "Teacher", "Instructor", or "Lecturer" names etc

New Edit Add features - period selection of start and finish times
Edit Add has had a major upgrade to allow simple selection of a period for the High Schools and US Colleges
Progression through the details has been streamlined for all users
Mouse-over help is available on all prompts to assist with data entry decisions

Schedule end dates extended so class schedules span over year end
VCS can now schedule over a span of years from start to finish
Designed for US College clients - it has advantages for many clients using long schedule spans
Simply select a start date - and an end date that may be well into the future.

Timetable prints show period details and very short class details in full
Timetable box prints now show 5 lines of class detail for even very short classes
A flexible print timescale has been designed for these box-like prints.
Natural intelligence programming allows all classes to be included on one page.

Improved toggling between ALL and This week / Next Week
"Next Week""Previous Week" buttons on the main screen have been revised
"All weeks" still shows all the schedule activities on screen at once.
"Next Week" starts with your Edit Settings Starting Semester Week,
and further clicks display the next week's details
"Previous Week" reverses the display details, week by week

Java updated to jre 6 for compatibility and faster processing
The VCS system uses java - the computer language of the Internet.
Upgrading to the latest java version was a big exercise -
but provided a lot of new features.....
Java 6 is installed under Visual Classroom Scheduler in Program Files directory.
This means that it does not interfere with existing java versions on your PC.
Microsoft security patches were applied to protect VCS in your system.

Hope you enjoy the new features and write to us if you have some suggestions.
Cheers from the programming team!

We have quite a few more suggestions to implement this year
- so keep an eye on the VCS news.
Your V4.0 licence includes any free updates in 2010 - so you're welcome to ask.

Send Mail to: VCS Customer Service