Calendaring Results
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UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey Survey Results UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey Respondent Breakdown Count of respondents who use calendaring Other 2% No Responses Alumnus 1% Administrator No Responses 0% 12% Emeritus 0% NO Faculty Number of Response(s) 16% YES Staff 69% 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey Programs Used by Respondents Would Use Calendaring Other No Responses 6% NO 3% 30Boxes 9% Yahoo Calendar 0% 5% iCal Sunbird 9% GroupReady 2% 0% Webevent MeetingMaker 2% 38% Google Calendar 20% YES MS 88% Exchange/Outlook 18% UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey Survey Results UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey Breakdown of Mobile Device Use Willingness to Change Calendar to Save Univ $ if Meets Other Basic Need 12% HP iPAQ 500 4% Blackberry 26% 400 300 Palm 15% 200 100 0 iPhone 43% YES NO No Responses Type of Training Desired Large group Best time of year for transition trainings (30+) in Other Wood Center, 2% Shaible, etc No Responses 6% Other no preference Web‐based tutorials Small group Anytime as long as both calendars are … 22% trainings (15‐20) in Camtasia/flash Classroom, lab, Start of Calendar Year (January) video conference room, etc 5% Individual 17% Start of Semester (August) Department trainings Start of Fiscal Year (July) 14% Handouts, brochures, how‐to's eLive Training 0 50 100 150 200 250 19% 15% UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey Survey Results Willingness to Pay No Responses 13% Other 11% $31‐$40 5% nothing‐it $21‐$30 should be a 3% core service $11‐$20 62% 4% $1‐$10 2% UAF/SW Calendar Software Consolidation Survey Feature Set Preferences Ability to schedule Repeating events Easy to use and understand Is accessible from multiple locations/methods Calendar Sharing Event reminders and change notifications can be accessed through a web browser Ability to post and update events online Ability to share with other groups within U of A Ability to share with other individuals within U of A Ability to have group calendars Block scheduling‐view days and weeks in hourly blocks of time Ability to reserve rooms and resources Must be platform independent (work on Mac, PC, Linux, etc) Flexible event entries‐timed and un‐timed events Multiple calendar views and formats Is compatible wihith other caldilendaring programs Flexible calendar views‐combine two or more calendars Color coding of events Users can subscribe to be notified of events within a calendar Not Necessary Web based calendar integration with personal calendar Calendar is searchable‐search for event by keyword or participant Prefer to Have Drag and drop meetings eMail integration Customizable event categories Ability to work in calendar offline and sync again when online Event export Ability to share within all of U of A Wireless support for mobile devices Double‐booking prevention Multiple print views Support for Task/To‐Do lists iCalendar support Ability to share with individuals outside of U of A Ability to share on the WWW SMS/Text message support Ability to share with the general public multi‐Language Support 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Feature Not Necessary Prefer to Have MeetingMaker Outlook/Exchange Google Calendar Ability to schedule Repeating events 1% 90% YYY Easy to use and understand 1% 88% YYY Is accessible from multiple locations/methods 1% 86% YYY Event reminders and change notifications 4% 79% YYY can be accessed through a web browser 6% 78% Y Y Y Ability to post and update events online 6% 75% YYY Ability to share with other groups within U of A 12% 74% YYY Ability to share with other individuals within U of A 8% 71% YYY Ability to have group calendars 6% 71% N? Y Y Block scheduling-view days and weeks in hourly blocks of time 7% 68% Y YY Ability to reserve rooms and resources 13% 67% YYY Must be pp(,,,)platform independent (work on Mac, PC, Linux, etc) 17% 66% Y YY Flexible event entries-timed and un-timed events 8% 66% YYY Multiple calendar views and formats 8% 65% YYY Is compatible with other calendaring programs 13% 64% YNY Flexible calendar views-combine two or more calendars 10% 64% YYY Color coding of events 10% 64% Y?Y Users can subscribe to be notified of events within a calendar 8% 62% N ?Y WWeb b bbased d calendar l d integration i t ti with ith personal l calenda l d r 13% 57% YYNYN Y Calendar is searchable-search for event by keyword or participant 10% 56% Y YY Drag and drop meetings 9% 56% YYY eMail integration 17% 56% YYY Customizable event categories 13% 56% ??? Ability to work in calendar offline and sync again when online 17% 54% Y YY Event export 20% 51% YYY AbilityAbility to share within all of U of A 2929%% 4949%% NYYN Y Y Wireless support for mobile devices 27% 49% YYY Double-booking prevention 27% 48% YYY Multiple print views 19% 47% YYY Support for Task/To-Do lists 21% 43% YYY iCalendar support 39% 33% Y?Y Ability to share with individuals outside of U of A 40% 28% NNY Ability to share on the WWW 54% 22% YNY SMS/Text message support 43% 21% Y?Y Ability to share with the general public 64% 15% YNY multi-Language Support 67% 10% ??Y.