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PATAT 2010 Educational Timetabling Survey

Results will be presented at the conference and distributed to all those who take part.

1. From your perspective, how effective is the timetabling process within your institution?

Very Effective
Effective
Satisfactory
Not Satisfactory
Poor

2. In relation to the timetabling process what do you feel is more important?

Getting something that works!
Utilising rooms effectively
Providing flexibility for students in terms of time
Providing flexibility for students in terms of choice
Providing flexibility for lecturing staff

*Please note you may indicate more than one.

3. Approximate 'size and shape' of institution i.e. number of staff, Departments/Schools, students, events and rooms.

4. To what extent is last year's timetable used as a basis for timetable construction?

5. From a space perspective do you analyse use profile?

Yes - by reporting on the timetable
Yes - Through utilisation surveys
No

6. If the answer above is Yes, does this feed into the space planning process?

Yes
No
Not sure
Not Applicable

7. Do you gather feedback from students relating to the timetable?

Yes
No

8. Do you gather feedback from lecturing staff?

Yes
No

9. From an operations perspective, do you analyse how flexible your curriculum is in terms of choice?

Yes
No

10. To what degree does automation play a role in the construction of your timetable?

Fully Automated
A degree of automation though this is balanced with manual effort
Manual

11. Please describe the extent to which the software aids the process.

12. Do you use pre-enrollment information to direct timetable construction?

Yes
No

13. Do you timetable and then allocate rooms or carry out both activities together?

Seperate
Together
Mixture

14. What type of software do you use?

Excel
In-house developed application
3rd-party commerical software application
Other

15. How effective do your perceive the software to be?

Very effective
Effective
Useful
Not all that useful

16. Please comment to what extent the timetable is constructed centrally including a description of how rooms are allocated?

17. Estimate how much time it takes in people hours to construct the timetable?

18. Please list the main constraints that are considered when building a timetable?

19. Please list the main hindrances to building a timetable?

20. Are you aware of the contribution of the scientific literature to this area?

Yes
Vaguely
No

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