We use the same facility at Bournemouth as Kim. However, there is no need for students to self-enrol as all our students and staff are automatically enrolled on the Academic Services Community which, I presume, is our version of Kim's SAO. This is of great benefit as it means everyone in the uni has access to all the electronic & downloadable study support resources regardless of whether they want individual or workshop support (or not).Staff and/or PAL Leaders can integrate the resources with their sessions if they choose, especially those lecturers running compulsory academic skills units across first year frameworks.
I manage all the one to one bookings myself via email & my diary....call me old fashioned but it works efficiently as I'm the only one involved; could be difficult if you're lucky enough to have a team
Best
Alison
Alison Green
Study Support Tutor
Fellow of Learning & Teaching
Student & Academic Services
Room D172, Dorset House
Talbot Campus
Bournemouth University
Ext: 65286
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From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kim Shahabudin
Sent: 02 June 2009 10:21
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Subject: Re: Workshop bookings
I've started using the 'Sign-up' facility on our VLE (Blackboard) for exactly this purpose. Students seem to find it straightforward to use, once they've managed to self-enrol on the Study Advice Organisation, and you can limit numbers and include a reserve list. I haven't tried setting it up to send automated information yet.
What I'd be interested in is whether anyone is using a facility that allows students to self-book one-to-one sessions, as we are looking for ways to reduce the amount of admin hours spent on this.
Best wishes,
Kim
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From: learning development in higher education network on behalf of Kathleen Barnett
Sent: Tue 02/06/2009 09:48
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Subject: Workshop bookings
Does anyone have an electronic solution for study skills workshop bookings? We are finding managing bookings and cancellations manually (using email) is becoming non-sustainable and inefficient. For example, we advertised a critical thinking workshop earlier this year with limited places and had over 400 applications. We would like students to be able to make their own bookings and receive automated confirmation.
Any ideas anyone?
Katy
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