Keith,
Please wuold you also be so kind to add us to the list for the login
details, as we at UWE also manually allocate support workers.
With many thanks,
Karen Garmston.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Wilson
Sent: 10 July 2007 12:03
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Scheduling of support staff/NMH
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
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
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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
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