How can I prevent events from starting too close to section end times?
Overview
If an event’s end time is too close to the start time for a section scheduled in the same room – or vice versa – that can be problematic.
A workaround to potentially prevent both scenarios would be to add setup and teardown times to rooms; those times would be factored into the overall booking, thereby preventing a room from being able to be selected for an event where times might overlap.
How To Do It
Add a default setup and/or teardown time to the room. Learn how here.
Mark on the Event Type to auto-add the setup and/or teardown times. This will create a conflict with the course and will prevent the room from being selected.
How can I mark an event as "all day"?
Overview
If you’d like to block off space/resources for an entire day even though the event doesn’t last the entire day, there’s an easy way to do that.
Example Use Case
You have a big event like a graduation that technically only lasts from 9am-12pm but where the space is needed for the entire day.
Solutions
Option 1
if there aren't limitations on start time/end time for the room or event type – and you don’t need to specify actual event times – you can select 12 AM and 12 AM the next day as start/end times.
Option 2
If you need to publish actual event times (as with the graduation example noted above), you still use the actual event start and end dates but then also add very long setup and teardown times.