Keith, we would also be very grateful, here at Greenwich, for the login
details of your scheduling package. This is a constant problem for us and
anything that will make this task easier would be great.
Many thanks,
Jane Wilson
Quoting "Owen K (StuServ)" <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Keith
>
> I would be very grateful if you could forward the login details of your
> scheduling package as we currently are manually allocating the support
> workers!
>
> Cheers
> Kelly
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bleasdale, Jo
> Sent: 25 January 2007 10:44
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Scheduling of support staff/NMH
>
> Dear Keith
>
> Could you forward me the details as we currently are manually allocating
> the support workers!
>
> Thanks
>
> Jo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bowman-Burns, Lynn
> Sent: 25 January 2007 10:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Scheduling of support staff/NMH
>
>
> Dear Keith
>
> Your package sounds excellent and I would be very interested in looking
> at how it works and trying it out. Please could you sent me the login
> details ([log in to unmask]). Is it able to factor in subject
> specialisms of notetakers too?
>
> Lynn
>
> Lynn Bowman-Burns
> Disability Adviser
> Student Support Office
> University of Essex
> Tel: (01206) 873444
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Bremer
> Sent: 24 January 2007 22:21
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Scheduling of support staff/NMH
>
>
> Sheenagh, Pauline,
>
> I must admit that I was surprised when I discovered that most people did
> this by hand - it's the kind of job for which a computer is ideal. So
> I've written a package designed to provide basic student information
> along with its more important function of assisting with note taker
> allocation. I'm interested in whether people are willing to try it out.
>
> Once set up with University details (faculties, departments, courses,
> etc) and the details of note takers' availabilty and students'
> timetables, the system tries to match note taker availability with
> student timetable needs. It presents you with a graphical representation
> of the timetable & availability and you can either allocate individual
> sessions, all matched sessions or even allow the system to allocate
> semi-automatically. I've attached a screenshot of the critical part -
> you just click on the coloured timetable/availability rectangles to
> allocate/edit/etc....
>
> A major feature is that matching is done on a best-fit basis, so the top
> selections for allocation are those that match most timetable slots for
> any given student. The system also provides for printing out allocation
> schedules for both the student and the note taker.
>
> The software will be free - using the GPL (General Public License - see
> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).
>
> I'm still working on documentation and online help, but if you feel
> brave you can try out a demo that I have running on my wife's website at
> http://www.educadus.co.uk/nta/index.php. If you want to try it out email
> me and I'll send you the login details (I'm reluctant to publish them
> here in case some rascal tries to kill the server with a DOS attack).
>
> Best Regards,
> Keith Bremer.
>
Jane Wilson
Disability Adviser and Team Administrator
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