Google Calendar - prevent staff from booking time slot that is already booked

[Renfield-64]

We use Google Calendar across the school, there are quite a few calendars that are shared. Some of these are calendars for laptop trolleys to be booked out. Any teacher can book a trolley out by adding an appointment/event to the relevant calendar.

The only problem is that sometimes another member of staff books the same trolley for the same time period without checking first.

I can't see an option to prevent booking a timeslot that is already booked. Does anyone know how to do this?

I am happy to use a different calendar type system instead of Google if it makes this possible.

Thanks

[DGardiner]

We use Google Calendar across the school, there are quite a few calendars that are shared. Some of these are calendars for laptop trolleys to be booked out. Any teacher can book a trolley out by adding an appointment/event to the relevant calendar.

The only problem is that sometimes another member of staff books the same trolley for the same time period without checking first.

I can't see an option to prevent booking a timeslot that is already booked. Does anyone know how to do this?

I am happy to use a different calendar type system instead of Google if it makes this possible.

Thanks

Use the resource/room booking system - Takes a little bit of work to setup, but that manages the availability stuff and is built into google calendar so its not another system to mess with.

 

https://apps.google.com/supportwidget/articlehome?hl=en&article_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.google.com%2Fa%2Fanswer%2F1686462%3Fhl%3Den&assistant_id=generic-unu&product_context=1686462&product_name=UnuFlow&trigger_context=a

Edited May 7, 2024 by DGardiner

[Renfield-64]

OK great, I wasn't aware of this, I'll give it a try,

 

thanks

[DGardiner]

OK great, I wasn't aware of this, I'll give it a try,

 

thanks

 

Pretty much just a case of:

 

Make a Building > Create rooms/Resources in said building then you will need to wait upto 24 hrs for it to populate for end users

[Renfield-64]

Ok, thanks for your help!