A miniature workshop tries to fit school lessons, gears and a long break into a timetable.
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FROM THE ALEKSANDRA EDTECH WORKSHOP

School Timetable.

Everything fits.
Almost.

Five days. Dozens of lessons. And one teacher who still has not mastered being in two places at once.

One real school scheduling puzzle.
And my response: “Wait. Perhaps I could build something for this.”

No account · No installation · Fictional data

“Just one more lesson
to fit in…”

LESSONS×ROOMS×CONSTRAINTS≠A SIMPLE TABLE

HOW I ENDED UP BUILDING ANOTHER TOOL

I had not planned
to build a timetable.

I was not responsible for the school timetable. Nobody asked me to build a program. I simply wondered whether all the combinations — teachers, classes, rooms and endless “but what if” constraints — could be turned into a tool.

And of course, I had to try.

What began as a self-imposed challenge became a tool for arranging, checking and exploring possible schedules.

The tool was not adopted for daily use at the school. It remained an experiment — and a chance to explore how a genuine organizational challenge could be broken down into rules, constraints and possible solutions.

Here you can explore its public demonstration using fictional data.

I wanted to know whether I could. Along the way, I learned far more than a timetable could ever show.

A SMALL TEST OF A BIG PUZZLE

Everything is in the right place.
Except the teacher.

One teacher, two classes, same time slot. Move one lesson and see what happens.

WEDNESDAY / PLAN ACLASHING LESSONS
CLASS III-1LogicSame teacher · lesson 2
CLASS III-2LogicSame teacher · lesson 2

For now, the teacher would need to clone themselves.

WHAT CAME OUT OF IT

A little less chaos.
A clearer overview.

From data and rules to alternative timetables — with room to inspect, rearrange and save them.

01 / ARRANGE

Explore the combinations.

Generate alternatives using the data and constraints you enter.

02 / CHECK

Find the “but what if”.

Constraints, availability, workloads and potential clashes — in one place.

03 / VIEW

Change perspective.

Views organised by class, teacher and school resources.

04 / MOVE

What if I swap these two?

Make manual changes, swap lessons and explore alternative solutions.

05 / SAVE

No need to start over.

Save your work locally and reopen saved projects.

06 / TAKE AWAY

The timetable leaves the workshop.

Export and print once the pieces finally fit.

ENOUGH TALK. OPEN THE DRAWER.

Here it is.
The actual program.

Explore the public demo with fictional data. A separate tab gives you more room, especially on a smaller screen.

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The original timetable program and its downloadable guide are in Serbian. This demonstration preserves the full original tool and uses fictional data.

SCHOOL TIMETABLE / PUBLIC DEMOWORKSHOP DRAWER № 01

Peek inside. Move things. Experiment.

A timetable to experiment with, using fictional data.

Open in a new tab ↗

The demo can save changes locally in your browser.

TAKE SOMETHING FROM THE WORKSHOP

Like it?
Take the demo with you.

The ZIP contains a standalone HTML program and a short guide. Extract it, double-click the HTML file and explore at your own pace.

Download the demo ZIP ↓

“If it could be a little simpler,
why not?”

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