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===== Scheduler - Manage office hours =====

{{ :de:moodle:planer:plugin_planer.png?60|}}The Moodle activity "**Scheduler**" can be used to organize student office hours (until now only the activity [[en:moodle:activities:choice:start|Choice]] was available, which is less suitable for this purpose).

Course owners specify time slots for meetings, participants then choose one (or more) of them. Course owners can enter results of a meeting in the scheduler (e.g. assessment of a test in lab experiments).

Group scheduling is supported. One possibility is to create the scheduler for **booking in groups** (one person books for his/her group). Another possibility is to create time slots and set the **maximum number of participants per time slot**.

It is possible to arrange appointments for:
  *Consultation hours 
  *Exam inspections 
  *Lab registrations (if necessary with evaluation)
  *Appointment registrations in general 

==== Add scheduler to course room ====
  -Turn on "**Edit mode**".  
  -"**Add an activity or resource**". 
  -Click on "**Scheduler**".
  -Enter your data (the name is mandatory) and save it.

Tip: Click on the question mark icons to get help for the respective options. Next, the appointments are set up. You can create a series of appointments or individual appointments.

==== Set up appointment series ====

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For a series of appointments, select "**Add slots**" and then "**Add repeated slots**".

  -Select "**Add slots**" and then "**Add repeated slots**".
  -Select the date range in which you want the appointments to be located.
  -Select the time range for the appointments.
  -Set the option "**Force when overlap**" to "**No**" to avoid appointment conflicts with any existing appointments.
  -You can specify a "**Location**" for the appointment.
  -If there are several "**Teachers**" in the course room, you can select a contact person for the appointment.
You can also reject booked appointments later. The corresponding time slot will then be free again.

==== Set up single appointments ====
For a single appointment, select "**Add single slot**". The settings are similar to those for "**Add repeated slots**" (see above, "Set up appointment series").

==== More documentation on the Moodle scheduler ====
Documentation at moodle.org: [[https://docs.moodle.org/en/Scheduler_module|Scheduler]]