Thanks! These look great! They don't have exactly the functionality I need for the current project, but I'm already thinking of other ways I can use them. Thanks for sharing! Michele Costabile Doney, MSEd Director, Math & Science Resource Center Adjunct Instructor, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Recording Secretary, Higher Education Officers Council Secretary, Association for the Tutoring Profession NCLCA Certified Learning Center Professional – Level One John Jay College of Criminal Justice Room 01.94 NB 524 W 59 ST New York, NY 10019 T.646-557-4595 "Helping Under-prepared Students Prepare, Prepared Students Advance, and Advanced Students Excel" – The NADE Motto -----Original Message----- From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julia Dunn Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 6:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Collecting student schedule availabilities and preferences through an online form? Michele- You might try this online resource. I use the personal booking as well as WhenIsGood.Net. http://signupsheet.com/ Juli ** Julia L Dunn Associate Dean of Students Title IX Administrator Whitman College Memorial 330 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] 509.527.5158 (Work) 509.301.6824 (Cell) *"...We believe Whitman students have the ability to persist, succeed, and fully pursue their educational aspirations." * Advising <http://www.whitman.edu/academics/academic-support/academic-advising> • Academic Resources <http://www.whitman.edu/academics/academic-support/study-skills> • Title IX <http://whitman.edu/titleix> • Students of Concern <http://whitman.edu/assist> • Rights & Responsibilities <http://www.whitman.edu/academics/academic-support/handbooks/student-handbook/student-rights-and-responsibilities> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Michele Doney <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Hope your summer's going well! > > We're running a study group pilot in the fall that will require us to > form study groups based on schedule availability information gathered > from about > 250 students in a targeted intervention. I need to present students > with a total of about 42 possible time/day options during the week and > enable them to tell me which times they are available, and among those > times, which times they actually prefer so I can do my best to > accommodate their preferences. I do this with the tutor work schedule > pretty simply using a schedule grid in Excel that they fill out and > either print or email back to me (X=cannot work, O= prefer to work, > blank = could work it if you had to), but I don't want to try that > with 250 incoming freshmen who may not even have easy access to Excel at home. > > This seems to me like it's probably a pretty common problem for folks > who run learning centers with targeted interventions. I bet folks who > run mandatory SI programs face this a lot. Can anybody suggest a free > online tool or other solution? We've already considered and ruled out > Doodle (uses actual dates instead of just days), SurveyMonkey (the > question formats are limited in such a way that we'd literally have to > ask the same question 42 times), and Google Forms (same as > SurveyMonkey). However, if you know tricks that I don't and you're > using one of these successfully, I'm all ears! > > Thanks! > > Michele > > Michele Costabile Doney, MSEd > Director, Math & Science Resource Center Adjunct Instructor, > Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Recording Secretary, > Higher Education Officers Council Secretary, Association for the > Tutoring Profession NCLCA Certified Learning Center Professional - > Level One John Jay College of Criminal Justice > [1172 Math & Science Resource logo cropped] Room 01.94 NB > 524 W 59 ST > New York, NY 10019 > T.646-557-4595 > > "Helping Under-prepared Students Prepare, Prepared Students Advance, > and Advanced Students Excel" - The NADE Motto > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your > subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web > browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html > > To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]