aSc Timetabler is a very user friendly scheduling tool. It is geared more towards a grade school environment. Adapting this tool for a University setting requires quite a bit of finesse. It is designed as a single-user system that can generate a schedule plan for one department. It lacks the capability to allow students to create their own schedules from the available courses for a specific quarter. It does provide the ability for professors, classes, and classrooms to have preferences, and has a solid conflict resolution algorithm.

Overall, aSc Timetabler provides an acceptable level of Scheduling capabilities for a grade school setting. In the context of a University, its capabilities are inadequate. The effort required to adjust the settings to accommodate a University greatly outweighs the positive attributes that this Timetabler offers.

Good Features:

• very user friendly making it easy to use by any individual despite their computer knowledge
• good conflict resolution algorithm
• allows for professor course, and classroom preferences
• uses graphics and a calendar view to show the schedule generated
• allows manual imputing of changes to the generated schedule
• fantastic preference and constraint ability
• strong online help

Bad Features:

• designed with a grade school system in mind
• single department functionality
• confusing/unclear descriptions of desired data for new item (teacher, class, room)
• errors do not explain how to fix the problem even when solution is unclear

Missing Features:

• multi-user system unsupported
• an open-source data format
• email reminders for schedule planning
• schedule planning for students
• does not allow professors to enter their own preferences, the admin must do it