Help me find a better appointment scheduler

February 14, 2008 6:37 AM

Help me find a way for my students to schedule appointments with me online!

I run a tutoring business. My students need to be able to schedule appointments with me. In previous years, I used Google Calendar to show when I was available. Students would email with the time they wanted to see me and I'd manually add them to the calendar. Things became busier and I started using AppointmentQuest. Although it works well, I'd prefer using an alternative that I could host on my own site (if such options exist). Basically, I'd need something where students could log in, see what times are available for tutoring and click on the time they'd like to meet. I'd prefer if it also supported recurring appointments (where the student has the ability to schedule a weekly appointment for Tuesdays at 3pm, for example).

posted by jplank to computers & internet (2 comments total)

online appointment-setter thingy? Maybe look at some of the suggestions in that question.
posted by smackfu at 7:32 AM on February 14, 2008

Moodle has a "scheduler" module that does all of these things. Of course, installing Moodle to use its scheduler is like buying a car to use its CD player, but if your tutoring business could benefit from some of Moodle's other features (forums, chats, wikis, etc.), it might be worth it. Moodle is free and runs on PHP/MySQL.
posted by lewistate at 9:13 AM on February 14, 2008