Module Timetables

Access by students to module timetables - yes or no? Opinions vary but the little response I've had so far would indicate that access does more good than harm. This is especially so at the start of the academic year when timetables are being sorted out. At least students can see when the lecture is on. On the other hand, there are concerns that:

a) if students know when other tutorials are on, perhaps at a more convenient time, they will ask for a timetable change and this will overwhelm the timetablers, and in any case will usually be impossible.

b) students will be able to simply attend a more convenient tutorial without making a formal request to change and this will disrupt classes, especially if staff arnt quite sure who should be in the tutorial and who should not.

At present, I've adopted a rather weasly compromise - they are available in FOLD but not in the public StudentsOnline. This doesn't help anyone trying to figure out what to do from home of course. The main problem s that it doesnt provide a point at which to intervene with advice on our policy on tutorial changes. I'm planning to add the links to StudentsOnline but would welcome comments.

Earlier this year I started work on a wiki to address the general probloem of transparancy i.e who can see what data where. I'd like to resume this work.