Primary and secondary specifics — overview

This section gathers the pages that cover the specifics of primary and secondary education (elementary school, middle school, high school).

Typical characteristics

• Weekly timetable — the recurring standard week is the norm, with or without alternate weeks (A/B).
• Dedicated rooms per class — many schools operate with a room attached to each class; it is the teachers who move from room to room.
• Half classes / elective groups — handled through class divisions within a single class.
• Latin students / Greek students / high-school specialties — handled through cross-class alignments.
• Automatic generation — the solver does the job, and this is the heart of the value for schools.
• Study halls — periods when students are at school with no assigned lesson. See Study halls and supervised study.
• Multi-grade classes — typical of small rural schools. See Multi-grade classes.

Configuration recommendations

• A standard account is enough for the majority of cases (the Premium tier is not necessary for a standard school).
• Weekly mode by default.
• Enable teacher availability entry in weekly mode; the entry can be made or reviewed by the administration.
• One dedicated room per class where applicable — entered on the class.
• Careful setup of levels in the Administration module, via Create (Year 1, Year 2, …, Grade 6, Grade 7, …, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, etc.).
• Official holidays of the country — when creating the school year, Omniscol offers to import the country's common holidays. See School year and holidays.

School use cases

Omniscol's historical base is secondary education (middle and high school): many default conventions come from there. The step-by-step scenarios applicable to schools are gathered in the use-case scenarios and the timetable creation FAQ.