Classroom Management

Visual Timetables

 

There are many different layouts for making Visual Timetables. Here is a worksheet for making a week timetable in Communicate: In Print 2.

Final timetable

Making a Time table in Communicate: In Print 2

Open a new Document

1. Change the paper size to Landscape:

  • Click on the file menu
  • Click on Document set up
  • Click on Landscape, ok

2. Make your first content cell: frame button

  • Click on the constrained frame button . -->
  • Make a small cell by clicking and dragging in your document.
  • Right click on the cell to highlight - blue frame
  • Click on Frames and Pictures menu
  • Click on Appearance
  • Set as follows
  • Choose Border Colour Transparent
  • Click ok

setting cell properties

3. Making the cell into a table:

  • Select your cell
  • Click on Frames and Pictures menu
  • Click Make a table and set as follows then click ok.
    table properties

  • Drag and move the yellow framed table to size as required.


4. Removing the top left cell and creating the times of day row:

Adjust button Adjust | ungroup button ungroup | group button group

  • Click on the adjust botton
  • Click on the ungroup button
  • Click on the top left hand cell and click on scissors to delete
  • Click the group button , then click on all the cells in the top row.
  • Click the group button again until the yellow frame appears around the top row.
  • Click on yellow frame and make these cells smaller in depth.

New table layou


5. Filling the top row:

  • Click on the top row
  • Click on the Create button, then expand , then align centre, then align middle.

    Create -> expand -> centre -> middle
  • Click off the yellow frame.
  • Fill in the top row with times of the day, e.g. 9-00

Times


6. Filling in the days of the week:

  • Click on the adjust botton
  • Click the group button , then click on all the cells in the first column.
  • Click the group button again until the yellow frame appears around the column.
  • Click on yellow frame and make these cells wider.
  • Like before, click on the Create button, then expand , then align centre, then align middle.

    Create -> expand -> centre -> middle

  • Click off the yellow frame.
  • Fill in the column with the days of the week, Monday, Tuesday etc..

Days of the week

7. Filling in the remaining cells:

  • Drag a frame across remaining cells making sure all the cells are contained within the frame, then hold Ctrl G . This will put a yellow frame around these remaining cells.
  • Set the fint and graphic size e.g. 14 and 16
  • Click on align centre and middle.
    centre -> middle
  • Fill in the rest of the cells with activities for the week, etc literacy, numeracy etc.
  • To save on typing highlight text then copy and paste from toolbar for activities which are repeated throughout week.

Timetable filled in

8. Colour the cells:

  • Click on the days colum
  • Click on the Frames and Pictures menu
  • Click on Appearance
  • Click on Background colour
  • Choose a colour
  • Click ok
  • Repeat for the times row.

  • Then ungroup the main set of cells and colour code each subject

Final timetable

 

 

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