Scheduling Services
Who we are
Scheduling Services is responsible for higher education and TAFE timetable co-ordination, co-ordination of ad hoc bookings for teaching and meeting spaces, Access management for scheduling systems, on-campus, online and examination co-ordination.
What we do
Examinations
- Identifying courses that require an examination and coordination of collection of examination papers.
- Development and publication of examinations timetable for both normal and deferred supplementary examination periods.
- Printing and distribution of examination papers to all campuses and off campus centres.
- Booking venues for exams and ensuring they are appropriately setup.
- Sourcing exam centres for online students based on the student’s location.
- Recruitment, induction, rostering of examination supervisors.
- Recording student’s attendance.
- Ensuring data integrity for all examination systems.
- Examination system training and support.
- Access management for scheduling systems.
- Liaise with ITS and examination system vendor on relevant system development work.
Timetabling
- Development and publication of both timetabled and non-timetabled teaching activities.
- Collation and entry of program structure combinations to ensure a clash-free timetable.
- Scheduling of the academic timetable with the aim to utilise space effectively and where possible to maximise student choice and create a student clash free timetable.
- Validating timetable data when integrated in Student Management System.
- Ensuring data integrity for all timetabling systems.
- Provide advice and liaise with Schools and HQ to process timetable change requests after publication.
- Monitoring of enrolment numbers in classes nearly full or where numbers are low.
- Management of ad-hoc room bookings utilising the web room booking system.
- Access management for scheduling systems.
- Timetabling system training and support.
- Liaise with ITS and timetabling system vendor on relevant system development work.
About the team
- Manager, Scheduling Services - 2020 arrangements TBC
Examinations
- Team Leader, Examinations - Haylee Hartley
- Examination Officer - Deserea Emmerson
Timetabling
- Team Leader, Timetabling - Michelle Trethowan
- Timetabling Officers - Lee Bennett, Emily Eames, Sonya Sharman
Contact us
For further information on Examinations:
- Exams and Results web page or Email: examinations.he@federation.edu.au
For further information on Timetabling:
- Timetabling and Room Bookings web page or Email: timetabler@federation.edu.au
The Scheduling Services team is located at the Mt Helen Campus.