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SClarke

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Hi All,

 

newbie here. We are currently using an antiquated pen-and-paper system, and I just want to ask and see if anyone would recommend an online room booking system for our school, that is:

 

a) Online

b) easy to use

c) Customisable

d) visual

e) can export statistics (room booking amount, etc.)

 

I have seen that wholeschool.tv do room booking software, and I am also interested in:

 

Room Booking System - Online Resource Scheduling Software for Schools

 

and maybe BOB from:

 

» Free online multi week timetable room booking system for schools & colleges

 

has anyone tried these, and are they any good?

 

All the best,

 

Simon

dgsmith

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I haven't turned back since using MRBS. I must admit, I didn't like the default theme as it was lacking some features, however I have heavily modified it over the years to suit our needs (only thing I haven't done yet is a mod for 2-week timetables).

 

I still hack bits now and then though, and there are areas of our's unfinished, but the main thing is it has alot of potential. Even then, the vanilla version still does the basic job (and will still be far improved than the paper system you have now).

 

Screenshots below are actually of MRBS, just with ALOT of modification! :) I added a completely new module so that you get an account section when you login, and an area where you can see all your bookings (overview).

mrbs_1.jpg

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HodgeHi

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I haven't turned back since using MRBS. I must admit, I didn't like the default theme as it was lacking some features, however I have heavily modified it over the years to suit our needs (only thing I haven't done yet is a mod for 2-week timetables).

 

I still hack bits now and then though, and there are areas of our's unfinished, but the main thing is it has alot of potential. Even then, the vanilla version still does the basic job (and will still be far improved than the paper system you have now).

 

Screenshots below are actually of MRBS, just with ALOT of modification! :) I added a completely new module so that you get an account section when you login, and an area where you can see all your bookings (overview).

 

How well do updates go after all the modification? Do source files over-write the changes or does it work quite well?

 

Also an australian company has written a plugin for MRBS that allows it to be used via iCal. Has anyone found the code or used this or even managed to do this themselves? If so how?

 

Thanks.

dgsmith

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How well do updates go after all the modification? Do source files over-write the changes or does it work quite well?

 

In the case of the screenshots above, this isn't a problem as they are custom php files which didn't have any original in MRBS, so they wont be overwritten.

 

However, I have also modified original MRBS php files (like to prevent viewing data so many weeks in advance, and to assign staff to their department, and for that department to have access to a particular week first). In this instances, the code would be deleted during an upgrade, so we still use the older version of MRBS!

mullet_man

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I haven't turned back since using MRBS. I must admit, I didn't like the default theme as it was lacking some features, however I have heavily modified it over the years to suit our needs (only thing I haven't done yet is a mod for 2-week timetables).

 

I still hack bits now and then though, and there are areas of our's unfinished, but the main thing is it has alot of potential. Even then, the vanilla version still does the basic job (and will still be far improved than the paper system you have now).

 

Screenshots below are actually of MRBS, just with ALOT of modification! :) I added a completely new module so that you get an account section when you login, and an area where you can see all your bookings (overview).

 

That looks great how willing would you be to releasing the modified files? I know many use MRBS here so am guessing many would be interested including me!

mossj

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I haven't turned back since using MRBS. I must admit, I didn't like the default theme as it was lacking some features, however I have heavily modified it over the years to suit our needs (only thing I haven't done yet is a mod for 2-week timetables).

 

I still hack bits now and then though, and there are areas of our's unfinished, but the main thing is it has alot of potential. Even then, the vanilla version still does the basic job (and will still be far improved than the paper system you have now).

 

Screenshots below are actually of MRBS, just with ALOT of modification! :) I added a completely new module so that you get an account section when you login, and an area where you can see all your bookings (overview).

 

Care to share?

 

p.s just make sure you don't pay for online booking, MRBS is the best out there as far as I can tell atm and is free.

dgsmith

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That looks great how willing would you be to releasing the modified files?

 

Care to share?

 

No problem, I have attached my bookings.php file (had to rename to .txt as it wont accept .php file type). This is only the code that will allow the overview booking so you would have to create your own account area if you wanted (the code in the attachment is the same pretty much as "the next 5" bookings in the account area.

 

Not sure about it showing next 50 though, it seems to show them all. By all means, if someone can improve upon what I have done and release their own modified version then i'm sure that would be appreciated too!

 

The one I have uploaded works on mrbs 1.4.1, however if you want it on mrbs 1.2, then you need to swap the commented lines over on 2 parts (you can see in the source where I have put a line for 1.2 and 1.4). Not tested fully on 1.4 (as we use 1.2) however on my test install it seems to work ok.

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plexer

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I use classroombookings version 1 and it's great perfect for schools especially with 2 week time tables.

 

Can't wait for version 2.

 

Ben

Silvor

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I haven't turned back since using MRBS. I must admit, I didn't like the default theme as it was lacking some features, however I have heavily modified it over the years to suit our needs (only thing I haven't done yet is a mod for 2-week timetables).

 

I still hack bits now and then though, and there are areas of our's unfinished, but the main thing is it has alot of potential. Even then, the vanilla version still does the basic job (and will still be far improved than the paper system you have now).

 

Screenshots below are actually of MRBS, just with ALOT of modification! :) I added a completely new module so that you get an account section when you login, and an area where you can see all your bookings (overview).

 

Very nice - we use MRBS, customized ours too - but I'm not too good with styles so ours is still a basic style with simple modifications. I like your style and script mods. :-)

 

Out of curiosity, what's Student Network Status?

 

Good work anyhow! :)

EduTech

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Yes Classroom Bookings!! :) havent used it as long as some users but i think its great perfect for schools..

 

and if you have any idea's i am sure if you throw them webman's way he would try and put them in the next version ;)

dgsmith

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Very nice - we use MRBS, customized ours too - but I'm not too good with styles so ours is still a basic style with simple modifications. I like your style and script mods. :-)

 

Out of curiosity, what's Student Network Status?

 

Good work anyhow! :)

 

I'm not brilliant on styling with html myself (it just serves a purpose really, no fancy css or anything)! The script itself as I uploaded is actually very basic, as was definately welcomed by staff as an easy way just to "check" if they have booked a room and forgot (to save trawling through all the rooms or the horrible report feature)!

I must confess that the theme is downloadable from oswd.org here, so I take no credit for that, only for integrating it (with some difficulty) with MRBS!

 

Student network status on the screen is nothing to do with MRBS - it's just a link there as I am using the user database from MRBS (we don't have AD authentication), given that we only wanted staff to see it - was easier using MRBS authentication!

 

It is going off the original query of the OP though to find a suitable system. Whilst MRBS is good (because it's free!), it isn't necessarily 100% suitable in it's vanilla state for everyone. webman's system, although never tried by myself, does seem to be orientated towards the school environment (especially the 2-week timetabling, which I desperately would like in mrbs)!

markcuk

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Have a look at this... Its a bit basic but does the job here very well.

 

Booking System Web Site.

 

Yep another vote for this :D great system no problems with it.My old school are still using it we put up a small lcd outside the ict rooms so people could also see what was available etc

 

mark

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JJimson

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We have been using BOB

 

» Free online multi week timetable room booking system for schools & colleges from online school tools » Free Online School Tools - Detentions, Praise Postcards & Room Booking. Free software for schools fo a while and it works really well and is free.

 

We have put a few suggestions to the site and they have made changes. `

 

There are also some other parts to the site that we have been using.

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laserblazer

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We have been using BOB

 

» Free online multi week timetable room booking system for schools & colleges from online school tools » Free Online School Tools - Detentions, Praise Postcards & Room Booking. Free software for schools fo a while and it works really well and is free.

 

We have put a few suggestions to the site and they have made changes. `

 

There are also some other parts to the site that we have been using.

 

Could anyone check to see if they can get onto http://www.onlineschooltools.co.uk please

cheesypete

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We currently use Room Booking Software Cyberforth Room Booking System Home

 

Personally i find it very fiddly when setting up timetabled rooms but this is down to the fact that we run a two week timetable at school and holidays influence which week we start back on (it doesnt carry on from what we ended on!!!) Because of this we have to (re)create the timetable structure every term

 

Obviously any room booking system would suffer because of this, but I have used the Devizes one at a previous and it is a darn sight easier to manage/administer IMHO

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