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Find a timetable

You can view the timetable of an element of the academic structure (for example, a programme of study) or a resource (for example, a particular location). Open Timetables shows you all that item's activities on one timetable.

Finding a timetable involves three main steps:

Choose the type of item that you are interested in.
Search for the items whose timetable you want to see. Then, within the search results, select the items.
Optionally, change the appearance of the timetable. You can break it down week by week; choose between calendar, time line, and list views; and control how much activity detail is displayed.

You can also choose particular weeks, days, and times. For example, you can see just next week's timetable. And if you need to, you can export the timetable to Excel.

Tip: Before you begin, find out what each part of Open Timetables does.

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Find your way around Open Timetables (click the image to expand it)

Number	Element	Description
1	Search area	Use these tools to find items.
2	Search results	To see an item's timetable, choose it here.
3	Timetable area	The timetable of the items you selected.
4	Activity details area	If you click an activity, its details appear.
5	Export to Excel	Export the timetable to an Excel file.
6	Language selector	Switch Open Timetables to a different language.

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Find your way around Open Timetables (click the image to expand it)

Number	Element	Description
1	Search area	Use these tools to find items.
2	Search results	To see an item's timetable, choose it here. After you choose an item, its timetable appears here as a list. To display the details of an activity, tap it.
3	Next button	Tap this to move to the next page, where you choose the weeks, days, and times that you are interested in. After you have done that, click Done on that page.
4	Language selector	Switch Open Timetables to a different language.
5	Timetable area	The timetable of the selected items.
6	Export	Export the timetable to an Excel file.

First, search for the items you're interested in and show their timetable

Use the search area to describe the item whose timetable you want to see. Open Timetables lists the items that meet your critieria; to see timetables, choose items from the list. For more information about an activity, select it on the timetable.

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In the Search area, use the top list to select an item type (for example, Module). Optionally, if it is available, use the second list to add additional criteria to your search (for example, a department). Then, again optionally, use the search box to find only items that contain your search text.

When you find an item that you're interested in, click it to view its timetable. If you want to see more details of a particular activity, click it on the timetable.

Note: You can select more than one item from the search results. If you do, the outcome depends on the type of timetable you chose.

The Lanes view displays a separate timeline for each item.
The Week and List views displays all the selected items' activities together in one timetable.
Tip: To keep each timetable cell compact in Week view, Open Timetables shows you the first two activities that occur at each timetable slot. If there are more to show, click the indicator (for example, +3) to see them all.

For more information about timetable types, see Change the appearance of the timetable, below.

Then, if you need to, change the appearance of the timetable

After you choose items from the search results, Open Timetables shows you their timetable. Select the timetable viewing options that display the timetable how you want to see it.

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Types of timetable

You can choose from three types of timetable:

Week view is a traditional grid timetable view.
List view presents activities as a list that you can sort.
Lanes view is a time line format, in which each of your selected items gets its own row; an item's activities appear within its row. This view can help you to compare resources (such as rooms); for example, you can view the timetable of three study rooms, to see if any are available on Tuesday at 3PM.

Select a timetable type (click the image to expand it)

Split mode (available in Week and Lanes views)

If you have chosen to view the timetable of more than one week, you can:

Combine the weeks' activities on a single timetable. So, for example, a one-off lecture that occurs on Monday at 9AM in week 3 is displayed in the same timetable slot as a one-off seminar that occurs on Monday at 9AM in week 10.
Split the information out, so that each week has its own dedicated timetable.

Use the Split control (see 1, below) to switch between these views.

When Split mode is on, scroll down the page to see each week's timetable. Use the week picker (2) and navigation buttons (3) above each timetable to move between weeks.

Split mode (click the image to expand it)

Group mode (available in List view)

If you have chosen to view the timetable of more than one item (for example, several locations), you can:

Choose to see all those items' activities in one aggregated list.
Group the list by item, so that each item's activities are shown together, and are separated from the other items' activities.

Use the Group control (see 1, below) to switch between these views. The list below is grouped by location.

Group mode (click the image to expand it)

Draw attention to activities of a particular type

If the timetable that you are looking at contains more than one type of activity, you can choose one from the legend — only activities of that type will remain fully visible.

Click the legend icon (see 1, below), then click an activity type.

Isolate an activity type (click the image to expand it)

See the timetable of just one of the selected items

If you have chosen to view the timetable of more than one item (for example, several modules), you can temporarily hide the activities of all but one item.

In the search bar, click the eye icon (see 1, below) beside an item. The timetable area will display only that item's activities. To return to the previous view, click the icon again.

Tip: To see a list of all the items that you have selected (so that you can click one from the list), click View selected (2). Open Timetables displays all the items you have selected, even if they do not match the current search criteria.

Show only one item's activities (click the image to expand it)

Show more activity detail on the timetable

To begin with, on the timetable, Open Timetables shows you a few key details of each activity. And, to keep each timetable cell compact in the Week view, it shows you only the first few activities that occur at each timetable slot. To show more details (see 1, below) and reveal all activities, click Expand (2).

Expand activities (click the image to expand it)

Next steps

Choose to see the timetable of particular weeks, days, and times

You can choose to see a timetable that contains only the selected items' activities that occur during particular weeks, on particular days, and between particular times. For example, you might want to see only next week's timetable. For more information, see Only show activities that occur on particular weeks, days, and times.

Export to Excel

You can export the timetable as an .xslx file. For example, so that you can analyse the information in Microsoft Excel.