2.2.2 Venues

FineTime defines a venue as any place where a lesson may take place. Examples of venues might be Room 42, Field 3, or Chemistry Lab 1.

Choose School - Venues from the menu bar to invoke the Venues dialog. You can add, modify and delete items from the list of venues as explained in section 2.1.

Figure 2.3: This New Venue dialog shows a chemistry lab with a capacity of 35 students. The lab is not available on Friday mornings, and has limited availability on Thursday mornings.

The New Venue dialog, shown in Figure 2.3, has fields in which you can enter the name and capacity of the venue. The venue capacity determines the maximum number of students who can attend a lesson at the venue. In addition, the venue may be identified as being of a particular type by checking the relevant boxes under Venue type(s), and its availability may be limited to certain periods by modifying the Availability table (See section 2.3.) The type of the venue determines which courses may be taught there.

After you have confirmed or applied the Venues dialog, you see that the timetable display changes to reflect your additions or modifications to the list of venues. Each venue is represented by its own row of boxes in the timetable window.