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Exam Scheduling

Intelligent, Automated, and Exceptionally Flexible Exam Scheduling

Celcat AI revolutionises exam scheduling with advanced AI-driven automation, ensuring every organisational and individual constraint is seamlessly managed. This intelligent solution delivers deep flexibility and a modern user experience, empowering institutions to manage even the most complex exam periods with confidence and ease while efficiently balancing fairness, efficiency, and user experience.

Unified Scheduling and Timetabling

  • Fully integrated with Celcat AI’s core scheduling engine, combining exam and timetable data for holistic insights and a superior student experience.
  • Real-time data synchronisation ensures accuracy across all scheduling activities.

AI-Driven Automation and Multi-Level Access

  • Exam schedulers and authorised users can input parameters directly, with AI optimising for accuracy and efficiency.
  • Supports decentralised workflows, empowering departments while maintaining central oversight.

Effortless Data Import and Management

  • Streamlined import from Excel/CSV files reduces manual entry and errors.
  • Bulk editing and copying of exams between periods saves significant administrative time.

Advanced Constraint Handling

  • Visual constraint editor displays relationships and dependencies between resources and exams.
  • Supports over 70 constraint types, with flexible hard and soft constraint settings for maximum scheduling effectiveness.
  • AI algorithms dynamically resolve conflicts and optimise for institutional and individual needs.

Powerful Scheduling Algorithms

  • Leverages Celcat AI’s state-of-the-art scheduling engine for optimal performance.
  • Flexibly schedules exams either front-loaded or evenly distributed, based on institutional policy.

Optimisation and Evaluation Tools

  • Maximises room utilisation, minimises candidate exam gaps, and ensures even distribution of exams.
  • Preview and analyse scheduling results, including candidate allocation and resource usage, before finalising.

Interactive, Real-Time Adjustments

  • The dynamic timetable grid enables real-time adjustments, with color-coded clash detection and instant warnings.
  • Facilitates rapid response to last-minute changes or emerging requirements.

Comprehensive Reporting and Rollover

  • Generates detailed room and exam lists, supporting data-driven decision-making and enhancing the student experience.
  • Automates exam rollover, allowing reuse of exams and constraints for future years with full customisation.

“Exam Scheduling has helped us to maximise efficiency, make amendments quickly and publish finished timetables directly into our students’ Outlook calendars.”

Paul Beaven Assistant Manager (Exams and FSF) University of Suffolk

By this time next term...

… you could be fully up and running with our easy-to-use timetabling software.

To get in touch, please contact us via this form, or call us on +44 (0)24 7646 9930. If we are not available immediately, a member of our team should be able to get back to you within a few hours.

You can read more about typical migration times here.

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