And it's great to see the students back. Lots of activity across campus, including the activity fairs to get the new students into all of the societies - the place is really buzzing. Even nine o'clock lectures have been busy this week.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
The students are back
And it's great to see the students back. Lots of activity across campus, including the activity fairs to get the new students into all of the societies - the place is really buzzing. Even nine o'clock lectures have been busy this week.
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surely all you need to know is if there are any free PCs at a particular place - you see which ones are free when you get there
With large learning spaces such as the Information Commons actually knowing where the free PCs are is crucial for students. The example shown of level 2 doesn't represent the complexity of layout of some of the floors for finding a PC
Rob's right, 550 PCs spread out over 6 floors with 90% occupancy can make finding a free PC really difficult.
There are often times when only 1/2 PCs are free on any of the levels in the IC, and they don't always have someone sat at the desk, (they're off finding books or printing etc.) so it will be useful for the students to be able to see exactly where the free PCs are.
Also, these plans are tied into data from our PC booking system, so not only will we be able to show which PCs are free, but which are free for over 30 mins, or over 2 hours.
ah - a sledgehammer to crack a nut...
I really like this idea, having detailed floor plans to find your way to a particular PC would be a huge benefit.
How did your students respond to it?
I like the idea of showing individual PCs that are free - even if it is just a cool way of highlighting this situation, it's a good one. Plus, if they are like me, they always go for the same floor and even same PC - we are creatures of habit ;-)
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