Comments on: online appointment-setter thingy?

Question: online appointment-setter thingy?

craniac — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:01:58 -0800

I'd like to set up an online calendar for my students so they could schedule appointments with me during hours I've marked as "available." but I would rather not set up 65+ google accounts. Is there a php script or a free web app that would work for this?

Setting up conference appointments in class is taking too much time. Thank you all.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:31:34 -0800

MRBS is surely overkill, but it would do the job. It's a meeting room scheduler; you just have only one room.

By: grumpy

grumpy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:37:10 -0800

Try ikordo.com

It might be overkill for what you want, but it's easier than setting up/hosting something yourself and it's loaded with Web2.0 goodness.

By: grumpy

grumpy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:40:37 -0800

Here's a link. Ikordo

Just to follow up, I'm not affiliated with their site, but I did try it for a couple of days when they were offering free iTunes downloads to new members. I don't have that many appointments so, it was way overkill for anything I needed, but like I said, it was pretty slick and flexible.

By: Dec One

Dec One — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:09:02 -0800

This sounds like a job for PBWiki.

By: danb1

danb1 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:10:54 -0800

Why do you have to set up the Google accounts? I believe you can add your students as collaborators by sending invites to their existing email accounts. They would then set up their own Google accounts if they need to.

By: devilsbrigade

devilsbrigade — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:14:51 -0800

I think you're underestimating how many of your students have google accounts already.

By: dcbarker

dcbarker — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:28:14 -0800

Are you against setting up individual Google accounts? How about Google Apps for you Domain? You just enter in a first name, surname and username for each user (and perhaps set a common default password). Sure it'll cost you for the domain but its a super cheap was of doing this.

I use this method quite a lot for individual projects.

By: dmd

dmd — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:09:34 -0800

I had this exact problem, and solved it.

You need one of these.

If you email ben at eschew dot org, he'll set up an instance for you. Tell him I sent you.

By: craniac

craniac — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:18:57 -0800

1. Ikordo seems to be aimed at inviting multiple people to a single meeting, the inverse of having a person select from multiple meetings.

2. Google calendar would probably work. It is not so much that I have to create 65 accounts as that I have to get *them* to create the account. I am pretty attuned to how many of them have gmail. About 20 percent. A lot of yahoo and hotmail out there. I usually *make* the hotmail users sign up for gmail. Or strongly encourage.

3. That ben@eschew.* thing looks great. Working through an intermediary would be klunky and unfair to "ben."

4. I will explore google apps for a domain that I have.

It looks like google calendar will work if they invite me to an appointment. I just needed to have the obvious pointed out to me. Thanks!

By: perpetualstroll

perpetualstroll — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:48:49 -0800

Not free, but I recently purchased this for a client who was looking for a good scheduling script. It has worked out quite well and the support is quick:

http://www.schedule-organizer.de/en/

By: craniac

craniac — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:08:56 -0800

p-stroll: I will check this out, thank you.

By: hipersons

hipersons — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:24:56 -0800

I'm looking for something very similar. Have you figured out what works best for you yet?

By: hipersons

hipersons — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:35:46 -0800

Ohh, here's one I just found:
http://www.mysignup.com/