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My University has a class booking system that only works during the hours of 9am - 5pm; outside that, and you're not allowed to put bookings in. When you put a
by damncabbage 14y ago
My University has a class booking system that only works during the hours of 9am - 5pm; outside that, and you're not allowed to put bookings in. When you put a booking in, it sits "loading" for a few minutes (spinner GIF in a modal dialog).
(I have visions of people sitting behind desks ticking off bookings in real-time as they come in, like telephone operators from the 40s.)
- srl 14y agoMy U's class registration system is also only open during "working" hours (a bit of a broader range, but same idea and nothing on weekends), although it's rather faster and obviously all automated at this point. It's very old software though - I get the feeling that the restrictions were put there to avoid giving a registration advantage (for popular classes) to those who could afford then-new technology. In 1996, a good solution. Now...
- nabilt 14y agoMy school did this as well, but they claimed it was for maintenance reasons. Seemed like they were always tweaking it to withstand the load during course selection time. Maybe it's just easier to have regular down time than unpredictable down time.