Real value in substitution planning

It is not always the case that all periods are equally long in the time grid. Such rhythmisation of the school day can be necessary due to pedagogic or administrative reasons. The challenge for the planners is that the value of a period therefore depends on its position in the timetable.

For a few years it has been possible to use real values in the timetable to correctly evaluate periods aliquotely which are longer (or shorter) than the standard period. The standard period lasts 45 minutes. The value of a 60 minute unit is therefore 4/3 or 1.333.

In the following, an example of a time grid with a first period of 60 minutes (longer than standard).

In the following example - taken from the timetable mode - the physical education period is scheduled for the first longer than standard period. The real period therefore has a value of 1.33. (The difference between real period and real value only lies in the additional factors taken into account in real values such as subject.)

English, however, is scheduled for a standard period of 45 minutes. The real value (and the real period ) of the lesson is therefore 1.00.

This concept will from now on also be used for substitution planning. In the 'Cover scheduling' settings there is now a new option in the segment 'Count how…': Real periods .

The value of a substitution in the first period is therefore 1.333, a substitute in any other period, however, counts for 1.000.