All about Appointments!!!Prepared by

Nick Armstr

ong

Benefits of Online Scheduling Online appointment scheduling is

becoming increasingly popular as people become more comfortable and knowledgeable using the Internet.

A recent Wall Street Journal survey showed that the majority of adults prefer making their appointments online opposed to traditional means.

Accudemia makes it easy, allowing students access to the appointment scheduling portion to create their own appointments!

A staff only option can be done as well due to the flexibility of Accudemia.

Why use Accudemia for Appointments?

Error Checking

Free Desk Space

Automated e-mail reminders

Easy to manage function of Accudemia

APPOINTMENT BOOK

Appointments Scheduled incorrectly and/or illegible

Stack of Appointment Slips to check and schedule.

Reminders by phone ore-mail if workflow allows

Cost of work hours spent on scheduling appointments

What it takes to start creating appointments?

Setting up Accudemia for Appointment Scheduling

(May already be done if new semester has started)

Appointment Book Setup

Semest

er

Setup

Off-

times

Setup

Staff

Schedule

s

Assign Staff

Subjects &

Services

Begin

Scheduling!

Setup Staff Schedules/Services Purpose: To edit Tutor's availability. Way to Access:

Center Attendance> Tutor Schedule To edit Tutor’s Availability:1. Choose Edit Mode drop-down list

1. Term mode – Edit the Staff’s normal work hours2. Exception Only – Edit the Staff’s days requested off3. Merged mode – To view both normal hours/time off

2. Use Tutor drop list to select the correct tutor.3. Use Center to choose the center tutor is

available.4. Drag over the time you want them to be

available and set subjects & services

Let’s Try

it Now

!

Schedule Appointments!!!

Five easy ways to schedule appointments:1. New by tutor (Allows you to choose tutor first)

2. New by date (Allows you to select date first)

3. View All (Allows you to see the overall schedule)

4. Wizard (Easy step-by-step way to create appointment)

5. Manual (Allows you to create appointment from one screen)

Let’s Try

it Now

!

References

Online appointment scheduling is becoming more popular.A survey from the Wall Street Journal (Wall Street Journal Online, www.wsj.com, Harris Interactive Poll, September 2012) reported that 75% of people want online appointment scheduling.