[CAUT] Scheduling software

[Fred Sturm]

	I took a look at Kent's Ad Astra. I agree, not a nice, easily read  
interface. With Groupwise, one has to be subscribed to view particular  
sets of rooms (and subscribed at a higher level to be able to do  
changes), but the interface is a calendar view, available as daily,  
weekly, monthly, so you can see what is blocked off at a glance - as  
opposed to having to read and decipher dates and times, and try to  
remember how they fit together. A lot more user friendly in that  
respect.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Jun 6, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Kent Swafford wrote:

> I so loathe this software. I call this software "Per Aspera", the  
> Kansas state motto being "Ad astra per aspera", to the stars through  
> difficulties; I only know the "through difficulties" part. Get a  
> taste, if it isn't down, which it is often, at:
>
> http://adastra.umkc.edu/astraweb/index.jsp?start_page=home.htm
>
> Choose Schedules, punch in date, time, Bldg., wait until the rooms  
> menu updates, then punch in the room, then punch in "Apply filter",
>
> Try the main concert hall schedule, which would be found in bldg.  
> PAC, room 00007.
>
> I'm sure that this is very fine software, but it works poorly for  
> the small bit that I need from it. Rehearsals are not included in  
> this listing(!)
>
>
> Kent
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Porritt, David  
> <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> wrote:
> Colleagues:
>
>
> Our university is on the verge of purchasing university wide  
> scheduling software.  This would organize class schedules, rooms and  
> equipment for classes, events, banquets, seminars etc.  I'm going to  
> attend a meeting on this next Thursday morning.  The software they  
> are contemplating is called Ad Astra.
>
>
> Do any of you work where Ad Astra is used?  If so I'd love to hear  
> your comments on how easy it is to use, its good points, its  
> shortcomings and it's frustrations.  This, of course, is a huge  
> purchase and everyone wants to get it right!
>
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
>
> dave
>
>
> _________________________
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
>
> Meadows School of the Arts
>
> Southern Methodist University
>
> Dallas, TX 75275
>
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
>
>

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