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What is OnTime?

The Staffroom OnTime module allows your school to easily create calendars and timetables for important school events.  Calendars and timetables created in OnTime are saved in Staffroom and can then be shared with school staff, parents and students in a variety of ways.  Each staff member, parent or student gets . . . Read more

Calendars vs Timetables

The Staffroom OnTime module adds two different kinds of tools to Staffroom: Calendars and Timetables. Calendars A calendar is a set period of time with a specific start date and end date e.g. from 1st of January 2016 to 31st of December 2016.  Calendars contain events such as meetings, lessons, extra mural . . . Read more

Viewing Calendars

Where to View Calendars Staff calendars can be viewed in these places: The OnTime home screen The Infobase staff profile in the timetable page In desktop calendar clients like Outlook, Gmail, and on mobile device calendars that support iCal feeds Students calendars can be viewed in these places: The Infobase . . . Read more

Creating Calendars

You can create calendars that contain events that are relevant to groups of students, parents and staff members.  The calendars you create in Staffroom relate to Staffroom groups i.e. Infobase Groups e.g. sports teams, clubs, or extra mural groups. Infobase Classes Assessment Groups You can also create calendars for any . . . Read more

Adding and Editing Calendar Events

School staff can add and edit the events in calendars from the OnTime module: On the OnTime home screen you can add and edit events for any calendar you are subscribed to On the OnTime > Settings > Calendars page you can select any calendar and add or edit its events . . . Read more

Calendar Subscriptions

A calendar subscription tells Staffroom which people the events in a calendar are relevant to. A staff member, student or parent can have subscriptions to multiple calendars through the groups they belong to.  Each staff member, student or parent has their own custom calendar view which is a combination of . . . Read more

Creating Timetables

A timetable is a set of lessons that repeat at the same times within a recurring cycle.  Timetables use sets of periods which indicate which days and what times lessons take place within the recurring cycle e.g. period 1 on day 1 of a cycle may run from 9am until 10am, period . . . Read more

Resources

In the Staffroom OnTime module you can create special resources calendars to help you see whether resources such as rooms and equipment have been booked for use.  Each resource that you set up has it’s own calendar in Staffroom and your staff can use these to check whether a resource is available . . . Read more

Periods

A timetable is a set of lessons that repeat at the same times within a recurring cycle.  Timetables use sets of periods which indicate which days and what times lessons take place within the recurring cycle e.g. period 1 on day 1 of the cycle may run from 9am until 10am, period 2 . . . Read more

Timetable Cycle Days

A timetable is a set of lessons that repeat at the same times within a recurring cycle.  Timetables use sets of periods that indicate on which days and what times lessons take place within the recurring cycle e.g. period 1 on day 1 of a cycle may run from 9am until 10am, period 2 . . . Read more