Systems Labs manages a number of classrooms within
our Macintosh-based computer labs. Although we welcome UK faculty
and staff members who wish to reserve classrooms for special visits,
they are often in use by regularly scheduled classes or students
doing projects outside
of class
time. For this reason, we have created a reservation policy to
ensure that visiting groups do not conflict with other
scheduled uses and that visiting faculty and staff can be appropriately
placed and assisted based on their hardware and software needs.
Classrooms may be reserved by UK faculty and staff
for classes or other functions, as long as they are intended
for the benefit of UK student groups or organizations. Reservations
that do not meet these requirements must be specially approved by
Systems Labs before the reservation will be confirmed.
Use our comparison
chart to identify the classroom that is
most suited to your needs before filling out the request form.
See our available
software page for a list of current installed applications
and an explaination of the difference between basic and specialty
software. Use of
specialty software may be limited due to licensing restrictions.
Additional software may be requested in accordance with
our software
installation policy.
To schedule a class, complete the reservation form. The
form must be received by Systems Labs no later than one week before
the date requested for the reservation. Once
the form is processed, you will be contacted regarding the status
of your request and, if approved, your reservation will be added
to the calendars posted outside the classroom doors and on our website. Reservations
are accepted on a first come, first serve basis, although efforts
will
be made
to
accommodate
all
requests. Classrooms
cannot be reserved outside of normal lab hours and should end at
least 15 minutes before the lab's closing time to allow staff to
complete closing procedures.
Each person using a Systems Labs computer must have
an individual Macintosh account. Sharing of accounts or passwords
is a violation of UK Computing Policy. Please see our account
creation page for information about creating these accounts. Note that special
temporary accounts for visiting (non-UK) participants or instructors must
be requested one
week in advance.
By making a classroom reservation, the UK faculty
or staff member(s) agrees to the following:
-
The faculty member accepts responsibility
for ensuring that s/he and the students have Systems Labs Macintosh
accounts.
Users who do not have
Macintosh accounts will be unable to use the hardware and software
installed in the classrooms.
-
Faculty members have the right to determine
whether persons not associated with their group will be allowed
to remain
in the
classroom during the time
of the instruction, as long as the group arrives within 20 minutes of
the scheduled time.
-
Classrooms not occupied 20 minutes into the
scheduled time shall be made available for student use and students
or other groups who begin
to use the space shall not be removed if the class arrives late.
Exceptions can be made with notice.
-
The faculty member must relinquish the classroom at the designated
time.
-
Under no circumstances is any equipment to
be removed from classrooms, nor moved about within the classroom.
Peripherals may
not be moved between computers. Special arrangements for peripherals
may be possible if the request is made with the classroom reservation.
- Cancellations should be made within 24 hours of the start time
of the class whenever possible. While leeway always is given,
persons or groups who repeatedly reserve classrooms and cancel
without
notice
will
not
be allowed
to reserve space again in the future.
These requirements and all other lab
policies must be followed
without exception, or the faculty member will forfeit
use of the classroom.
