This article appeared in the last University of Lincoln staff magazine (September 2010, issue 5, p.5). I’m representing the Library on the group managing this JISC project.
Total ReCal will help students to keep track
A new Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) funded research project has been launched to merge calendars around the University.
Total ReCal, led by the staff from the Centre for Educational Research and Development, the Library, and ICT, will improve the student experience by collating data from systems across the support departments.
Joss Winn, Technology Officer, said: “All student calendars will comprise data from timetabling, Blackboard and the Libraryʼs Horizon system. One of the big motivations behind the project is that students have no easy way of finding out hand-in deadlines for assignments, being informed if the deadlines change, and seeing the deadlines marked on a calendar alongside academic timetables. This service will provide the solution.”
The combined data can also be used in a host of applications such as Google Calendars and Facebook. The software will be offered to the JISC community for use by other institutions when the project has been completed.
For further information visit http://totalrecal.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
