We first published this post a couple of years ago but we’ve a lot more subscribers now so worth a second posting. I’ve been using this application for all sorts of rotas and scheduling meetings and its saved loads of time so have a read through to see how it can take some of your admin load.
The first problem with organising a rota is to know who is available for each time slot. Once upon a time you would call each person one at a time and ask if they can or cannot do each slot. These days you send out some emails, and get a few less back. The next task is to arrange the replies into a table of who’s available when.
In this article we’ll see how you can get Google to do a lot of this work for you.
Everything described here is completely free.
You will need a Google Account. No-one else will need a Google Account. This does not mean that you need to switch to Google mail, nor even acquire a Google email address. You can use the UserID and Password of your Google Account to access your secure Google Documents, Google Calendar, Google Photos, Google Feed Reader, and more. However, we’ll just be using Google Documents.
So, step by step, here we go… Read More
