What it does

UniScheduler ® was developed to manage the changing human, space, and equipment resources of Columbia College Chicago's large and complex film school. This attractive Windows based software makes institutional organizing simple and graphic, no matter how large or small the operation. UniScheduler ® lets you lay out schedules, keep track of teachers and support staff, and know at a glance what they do and where they do it. Most importantly it tells you when conflicts exist. UniScheduler ® can be used at a single workstation, or consulted simultaneously by a number of remote users on a network.


Who uses it

UniScheduler ® is meant for managers or planning groups who must periodically assemble and update complicated schedules of people, spaces, and events. It simplifies listing and allotting resources, and quickly provides answers to such recurring questions as:

" Who's available to teach Image Design from 10:00 - 12:00 on Tuesdays? "

" Where can we hold a 25 seat conference on a Friday night and have video facilities?"

" When is a particular room free, and when is it occupied and by whom? "

" What does the Sound or History curriculum look like as a whole?"

" When and where are our six sections of Intermediate Production Design being held?"

" Will students in this class have time to get to a complementary course in another building?"

" Which classes is Professor A. teaching, where and when?"

" Which classes are taught by full-time, and which by part-time faculty?"

" Which instructor has taught Advanced Camera Seminar the most? "

" What times during the week could we call a meeting with Professors A, B, and C?"


How it works

Inside a week of use, the new UniScheduler ® user will become expert. Using the tried and true Microsoft Access as its basis, UniScheduler ® allows the user with only minimal practice to experimentally build databases and cross-relate any of the following on a timeline:


Personnel by job, rank, title, and status.

Events such as courses listed by title, teacher, meeting times, and course number (with provision for old and new designations).

Locations such as a classroom, lab or special application space with dimensions, seating capacity and location by building and floor.

Fees or budget sums associated with an event or class.

UniScheduler ® will easily print or export custom subsets of personnel and their contact information, for example, or teachers, their courses, and meeting times.


Security

For security there are two kinds of user, each designated in advance. Active users are authorized to make alterations while passive users may call up information but not change it. Personnel records or other sensitive information can be protected absolutely, or available only by using a password.


Archiving

UniScheduler ® lets you compactly archive outdated schedules, and these can be called up for examination or comparison at any time. Since new schedules are often variations on old ones, prior schedules can easily be modified to reflect new conditions. Not only schedules but work and other histories can be archived too.


Printouts, Import/Export

Because it is based in Microsoft Access, printing, import and export are easy using UniScheduler. ® A publishing feature allows schedules to be exported for internet display as a set of color graphics.