Comments on: Scheduling 101: Using Doodle for Student Appointments

By: Scheduling 101: The Ideal Academic App

Scheduling 101: The Ideal Academic App — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:48:29 +0000

[...] Using Doodle to schedule appointments with students [...]

By: Scheduling 101: Using Jiffle to schedule appointments with students - ProfHacker.com

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:52:03 +0000

[...] yesterday’s post about scheduling appointments with students, I demonstrated how to use Doodle to avoid the drawbacks of a paper or whiteboard signup system. [...]

By: Meagan Rodgers

Meagan Rodgers — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:33:14 +0000

Very cool. Thanks!

By: Heather Whitney

Heather Whitney — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:36:33 +0000

I'd say if you're going for Google syncing in either case,

Use TimeBridge for arranging a meeting when you have to get input from several different people about the time.

By: Craig Wiegert

Craig Wiegert — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:35:59 +0000

I've used Genbook for a year now and it does the job well, although it doesn't sync with other calendars.

By: George H. Williams

George H. Williams — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:17:43 +0000

Okay, so it sounds like the collective wisdom emerging in these comments might be this:

Use Doodle for arranging a meeting when you have to get input from several different people about the time.

Use Jiffle for having students sign up for appointments using an online system

Right? Of course, if you don't care about sync'ing with Google Calendar, then perhaps Doodle is fine.

I'm already planning my Jiffle post...

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:11:21 +0000

I’m pretty sure I was the one who mentioned Jiffle. I love Doodle when I’m scheduling meetings among my colleagues.

By: Katie Manning

Katie Manning — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:09:41 +0000

Wow, this was incredibly helpful. I will definitely try Doodle out for future student conferences. Thanks!

By: George H. Williams

George H. Williams — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:06:35 +0000

@Heather and @Wendy, the ability to synchronize with my Google Calendar would be a big plus. Someone mentioned Jiffle in the comments to an earlier blog post about Doodle. I guess I better go check it out!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:03:33 +0000

Jiffle is easier! You can go here: http://www.jifflenow.com/cal/Wendy_Wagner and try signing up for an appointment on Friday (10/23). You can see how it works and what the student would receive.

The other benefit to Jiffle is that when I accept a meeting, it automatically syncs to my Google calendar.

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By: George H. Williams

George H. Williams — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:06:26 +0000

You should send them to my tutorial! :-p