How to use MUTTS

Overview

The Monash University Timetable System (MUTTS) allows you to view the scheduled times for all units offered by Monash, and:

• includes all unit activities - lectures, tutorials, labs, classes, etc.
• is published before enrolment for first-year students
• is published to coincide with re-enrolment
• allows you to create a draft timetable.

How to use MUTTS to create a draft timetable

Tthe main steps in using MUTTS are:

1. login to MUTTS
2. select the year
3. filter units by teaching period and campus
4. enter or select unit codes
5. generate a timetable
6. remove any activities that clash and save your draft timetable.

Tips

Before you start:

• use the course and unit Handbook to find unit codes
• understand the codes and abbreviations used in timetables.

When first using MUTTS:

• avoid working with more than four units at once
• be patient with search and unit loading times
• see the instructions below if you are having trouble.

Instructions	Further details	Sample screen (pop-ups)
Login to MUTTS	Use your authcate username and password	MUTTS home and login
Select a year from the menu on the left		Select year
Click View by unit		View by unit
Consider how to use the filters to reduce the number of search returns	If you leave the tick boxes blank, the search returns units for all: teaching periods campuses.	Selection screen
Select the teaching period	The Full Year: does not mean semesters one and two runs for the whole year is a teaching period relevant to honours and research students You can also filter to a semester later in this process	Select required filters
Select the campus	If the unit you want to study is more important than the location: Select a number of campus filters, eg Clayton and Caulfield, or Leave it blank to bring back all options
Enter the unit code	Entering a full unit code will return a single unit A partial code will return all units starting with the same sequence (eg. ABC) Leaving the units box empty will return a very long list of all units
Click Search	A single unit or a list of units matching your search criteria will appear in the box on the left. If no units are returned, try changing some of the filters	Search results display
Highlight a unit in the left box by clicking it		Highlight a unit
Click the top arrow to move the highlighted unit to the box on the right Repeat for each activity	To remove a unit, highlight the unit on the right and use the bottom arrow to move it back to the box on the left	Move unit to view box One unit moved
If required, select the Activity Type	Select activities that you must attend, eg. tutorials versus lectures, where you can attend at optional times	Set required options
If required, select the Time Frame
Leave Select Output Format as HTML	HTML displays timetable in your browser Excel downloads into an excel worksheet. You can do this later from the main timetable display screen
Click either: View Grid Timetable View Flat Timetable	View Grid Timetable shows your draft in a calendar view. View Flat Timetable shows your draft in a list view	Grid or calendar view Flat or list view
Timetable display screen
If required, use the timeline filter at the top of the screen. Click in a yellow box (indicating a week) to view activities and remove any unwanted activities.	If you have selected activities for semesters one and two, you can use the timeline to filter out activities running in the other semester. When a week is selected it becomes shaded. Mouse over a week to see the date. To unselect, click the box again	Timeline filter and pins
Select a session time for each activity by ticking next to the activity code	The flat/list view shows less detail than the calendar/grid view. In the calendar/grid view, mouse over the pin to see more detail, such as the class size	Select session times
Click the Rebuild with selection button at the bottom left of the screen. This removes unselected activities	Your draft timetable now displays only your preferred session times for activities. You can swap to grid or flat view anytime using the link at the top right of the screen	Rebuild with selection Selected activities display
If required, click Export to Excel to save your draft timetable	Alternatively, after enrolling you can view and print your timetable in Allocate+
More MUTTS features	For a more complex four-unit MUTTS timetable example, see screen shots. In the grid display, activities are colour-coded by activity type. Can you spot the problems in the rebuilt display in Chemistry and Biology?	Four units selected Colour-coded grid display Using the list display Rebuild can be redone