mohyeddin abdulaziz: arizona law tim divito: rutgers school of law – camden phil bohl: pepperdine...
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Why is there Hot Pizza in my classroom?
Room and Course Scheduling
Mohyeddin Abdulaziz: Arizona LawTim DiVito: Rutgers School of Law – Camden
Phil Bohl: Pepperdine School of Law
Welcome
What brings you here?
Course Scheduling
Room Scheduling
Curiosity about potential presence of food?
What are you in for?
Nuts and Bolts of Scheduling
Some Selected Tools available for Scheduling
But First …
Course Scheduling Defined *
• It is NOT assigning courses to rooms
• Rather it is selecting the BEST fit weighing many factors
Everything else is Room Scheduling
*For the purposes of this presentation
Nuts & Bolts
Who are your customers?
Who are your users?
What are your constraints?
What Tools can you use?
Customers
• Students• Faculty• Administrators• Event planners/Guests
Users• Dean• Dept Staff or Administrative Assistant• Technology Liaison• Faculty• Students• University Programs & Events office• Others?
Constraints• The Obvious
–Facility–Faculty–Academic Policies
• Not as Obvious–Subtleties of “The Scheduler”–Time–Random acts of “kindness”
Tools*
• EMS Campus by Dean Evans & Associates, Inc.
• ScheduleWhiz Academic by Thoughtimus • University of Arizona Law – in house
system• Paper/Whiteboard method with any room
scheduler package
*By no means an exhaustive list
EMS Campus
EMS
EMS
ScheduleWhiz
Course Groupings
ScheduleWhiz
ScheduleWhiz
ScheduleWhiz
University of Arizona Law
• Customized application suite• Built up over 10 years• Completely integrated• Course Management System• Course Scheduling/Room Reservations• And MUCH more
Scheduling
• Course Scheduling
EMS Campushttp://www.dea.com
ScheduleWhizhttp://www.thoughtimus.com
University of Arizona Law [email protected]
Scheduling
• Room Scheduling
Resource Schedulerhttp://www.peoplecube.com
Outlook/Exchangehttp://www.microsoft.com
google “room scheduler” or “resource scheduler”
Making A Decision
• No single “right” way to meet this area• Consider your variables, your constraints• Build vs. Buy analysis• Shrink-wrapped vs. open source vs. implemented• TALK to people who have done what you’re
considering – not just sales people
