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i h8 alloc8!!!1111
bturville:
yes, but most of the time the timetables they 'alloc8' to you are shit, and so you change them. i don't really see the point of viewing, they might as well just open them straight up for editing.
i don't know how monash/other uni's timetable work. i'll presume their different and explain: basically you have to log on at midnight because the server gets so overloaded, and you change the lect/tute times around on this crappy timetable web page. clashes and classes becoming overfull very fast makes this easier said than done. sometimes alloc8 is even smart enough to make every class overfull, so you can't even switch between times. its a barrel of laughs, and i'm sure allocate+ is too.
cara.mel:
At monash:
Everyone gets about a month to enter preferences for each tute/lab/lecture when there is more than one lecture stream
After about a month, Allocate+ closes for preference entry
The sort is then run and the system tries to give everyone their first preference for everything in a non clashing timetable (but obviously this doesn't happen so people get 2nd prefs and such)
You can then manually change allocations after that on a first come, first serve basis, but generally you don't want to as the empty ones correspond to ones lower than the preference allocated to you, and is only useful to keep checking back if you *really* wanted something in case someone swaps out of it and a spot opens up.
So do they just give you a random timetable with no input from you and then you go to allocation adjustment mode on first come first serve?
bilgia:
--- Quote from: caramel on July 16, 2008, 08:06:18 pm ---At monash:
Everyone gets about a month to enter preferences for each tute/lab/lecture when there is more than one lecture stream
After about a month, Allocate+ closes for preference entry
The sort is then run and the system tries to give everyone their first preference for everything in a non clashing timetable (but obviously this doesn't happen so people get 2nd prefs and such)
You can then manually change allocations after that on a first come, first serve basis, but generally you don't want to as the empty ones correspond to ones lower than the preference allocated to you, and is only useful to keep checking back if you *really* wanted something in case someone swaps out of it and a spot opens up.
So do they just give you a random timetable with no input from you and then you go to allocation adjustment mode on first come first serve?
--- End quote ---
correct.
phagist_:
you edit to make your timetable convenient for yourself (that's only if your subject has more than one class)
cara.mel:
Ah ok. I like my system better :P I *know* I'll get most labs when I want them, and at worse, it'll only be slightly inconvenient.
Do you know the times available for everything yet? (eg you can view when the scheduled labs/lectures are, and thus plan what you are going to race into at 12am)
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