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The Visual Scheduling System is a proven, Windows PC or Mac based, timesaving, easy-to-use, graphical, timetable software system for scheduling, costing and resource management of all K-12, High School, College and University Teaching Sections, Departments and Campus management!

If you schedule or timetable more than 5-10 teaching staff in a department, or have a tighter budget and more students, or manage 3000 teaching staff across Campuses - you need VCS!

The Visual Classroom Scheduler can deliver more students in less facilities at lower cost!

"Tighter budget, More students?" Email us for information on How to Save with VCS!
Attach your timetable spreadsheet file and we'll send back your example VCS file - try before you buy!

Click here for exciting news on the new High School and US College timetable software features

Download the new demo VCS V4.0 Timetable Software Release NOW - Free!!!

Capacity increase to over 3000 schedules per week to suit the largest College and University timetable. Complies with latest Microsoft security patches.

Try VCS - You'll love it!!

Timetable and Schedule staff

VCS is a unique timetable software schedule improvement system not just a data collection or reporting system.
You know you are always in control with VCS and always improving your timetable schedule!
It helps you design the best timetable schedule on screen as you go, and allows swaps and fine tuning on the fly.
VCS accepts simple teaching salaries and room and subject costs to produce amazing cost information summaries.

VCS is a radical design that visually simplifies the complex and multi-dimensional timetabling problem.
The design concepts are brilliantly integrated, and clearly presented, so Class groups, Rooms and Teaching staff can be managed individually - to obtain the best result without compromising.

Clashes can be resolved without effort, and preferences of staff and students actioned with ease.
Make an 80% saving in timetable time and effort over manual systems and a 100% saving in frustration.
Produce a with a far better timetable result for staff, students and Campus management.

Campus Managers

VCS Campus timetable systems make big savings fast, as swaps can be easily made to optimise the schedule to achieve your plans. Be up and running in a couple of days!

Room resource usage improves immediately by 10-20% and the best computer facilities become better utilised and the worst can be disposed of saving upgrade costs.

Opportunities are readily seen to timetable additional class groups in existing facilities.

Class group costs can be compared to allow for more informed educational decisions and then prompt to timetable more groups at similar cost.
Requests for additional rooms can be easily allocated.
College, School or University teaching budget and student targets are more readily achieved.
Timetable details can be posted on the internet.
Timetable software can be shared amongst staff.

VSS Services can oversee and help manage your timetabling and scheduling and resource management to maximise returns and meet teaching budget and targets.

Please call or email for further information.
Please send your comments and details to obtain pricing information to suit your Department, School, College, Institute or University to: VCS Customer Service

Download the latest demo VSS Windows system to fully evaluate VSS timetable software at your site!

Download the VCS User Manual!


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Latest VCS Timetable Software Developments

2010 V4.0 High School and US College Timetable Software

This week:

Preparing for the 2010 NSW TAFE and High School Timetabling
NSW is back to school and timetables are about to be tested.
Last minute schedule changes will need to be made as
some classrooms are refurbished and some teachers are no longer available

USA College clients are purchasing VCS and getting started.
Interested to see how the new high school periods go.
Should go pretty well.

Good luck everyone!

Last week

Hi - Updating the NSW TAFE scheduling and timetabling system changes. Salary award changes and hours.
PTC or Part time casual teachers and Related Duties time
Need to promote VCS compliance so everyone can update.

Updated the VCS web-site also. Put up some links to the NSW TAFE Semester start dates
Click here for dates and
Fees for NSW TAFE courses shown on the
NSW Tafe website to make budget calcs easy!
Try the VCS News for how to update

More interest from US Colleges - another buyer.
Old established College in Mid-west.
Looking forward to working with them - maybe visit!

Completed tender for State Government. Potential!!
Interesting approach - they are looking for new ideas..
Suits VCS to a tee!
Would like to see them looking for educational savings.
Especially when VCS helps students make better choices.

Previously

K-12 is a market we have been able to service but not
advertised effectively. Trying harder now.
Some of our web-site partners have been promoting V4.
Had some enquiries already from K-12, School and College timetable staff
K-12 is interesting and we'd really like to do well there.

Timetable software takes a little while to evaluate.
Fortunately VSS is easy to understand off the bat.
Just needs the download and a review of the demos
Just mouse-over the on-screen display and menu items.

Put up some more VCS demo files.
Demos for College, University and NSW clients.
Need a K-12 demo - need a sample from someone.
Would only take a short while to put one up in VCS.

The new Tool Tip Text is really cute!
Use the mouse on a menu and better information appears.
I'm sure this will encourage clients to use more features.
Using more features will save more time - and funds!
We're hoping for feedback from timetable staff on these.
We can easily improve or add more mouse-over text.

Added some more tool tip text on dialog boxes also.
Needs more work here = there are a lot to review.


Prepared new and upgraded V4.0 documentation including:
"How to Save with VCS" that shows the many advantages of the VCS V4.0 scheduling approach.
Differences of scheduling vs timetabling are briefly explained but basically, it comes down to preparation vs a scramble to organise students into classes.
VCS can organise and re-organise so fast that preparation of course groups in advance of enrolment is not only possible but that's where the savings and benefits are for everyone.

The VCS Campus Scheduling Procedures got an update too.
Integrates with V4.0 and fine tunes some aspects in semester timings. It's now up on the web-site.

Been promoting the latest V4.0 software release with Web-site updates and seeking out College University and High School software download sites.
Means we compete with other timetable and schedule software but that's OK. At least potential clients get the chance to evaluate our free demo software and see the VCS advantages.

Our existing clients in the US are keen to get the V4.0 timetable print changes with the flexibility to print shorter classes + later evening classes.

The VCS ability to give students a day off a week is generating interest and so is the
ability to give faculty staff a day off a week.

Giving staff a day off a week is a new concept in some countries and schools. Some teaching staff work 5 days of 6 hours with 19 hours on class, when they could do 4 x 7.5 hour days and have a long weekend off every week - or
a Wednesday golf / yoga/ shopping / childcare day etc.

VCS sales will need some creative approaches to "flick" the opportunity/reality switch and
galvanise grass roots teacher support for this.
Better for teaching staff, students, congestion and parking.

Working with college timetable staff - scheduling experts, and local High School timetable teams.

Local High School timetable season starts now and US College timetabling too.
Working with actual timetabling staff provides excellent feedback.
Looking forward to new clients and sharing the fun!

Next week we have some more interesting developments -
I'll keep you posted.

Click the image above to view an expanded shot of the Visual Scheduling System.

Download the VCS User Manual in Adobe PDF format! (3Mb)

Download the VCS User Manual in Adobe PDF format zipped! (2Mb)

Download the VCS Booking Sheet in MS-Excel!
Fill in the details ready for import direct into VSS no extra keying! Send the Booking Sheet.xls to us and we will return a VSS data file for your demo! Or use File Import and do it yourself.

Or - Send your schedule details to us in a spreadsheet, CSV or tab-delimited text format and we will upload it into VCS for you. Your downloaded VCS demo will reveal all - clashes, resource usage and opportunities, statistics.

Free full-screen video conversations with VSS Customer Service and Training staff are available using free Skype or Ms-Messenger software. Get on-line or email VCS Customer Service for details or appointments.