1.5.6. Feature Comparison Matrix

Features:
Scheduling Studio

MyEdu

ASC TimeTables

Mimosa Software

EMS Campus

CyberMatrix

Scheduling

    Calendar

        View classes inside a calendar. yes yes yes yes yes yes

        View classes by day and by room inside calendar. yes no ¹ yes yes yes yes

        Edit classes inside calendar. yes yes ² yes ³ yes yes yes

        Drag and drop classes inside calendar. yes no no no yes yes

        Allow student users to compare multiple schedules. yes ⁴ yes yes no no yes

    Tabular

        Report/table view of available classes. yes no no yes yes yes ⁵

        Each column in table is sortable. no no no no ^no no

        Edit classes inside table view. no no no yes no no

Schedule Construction

    Sophisticated algorithm to automatically generate schedules based on admin data. no no yes yes yes no

    Allow users to create custom constraints used in scheduling algorithm. no no yes yes yes no

    Allow professors to rank the classes they'd like to teach. no no no no no no

    Allow professors to rank the times they'd like to teach at. no no no no no no

    Roll existing schedules forward. yes ⁶ no no no no no

Editing

    Disallow edits if users violate constraints. no no yes yes yes ⁷ no ⁸

    Edit schedules that have been rolled forward from previous quarter. yes no no no no no

File Operations

    Exporting

        Export schedule reports to excel. yes no yes yes yes yes

        Export schedule reports to .csv. yes no yes yes yes yes

        Export schedule reports to .pdf. yes yes no no yes no

Saving

    Save work in-progress. yes yes no yes yes yes

    Save copies of work to namable file. yes no no yes no no

Room Database

    Reporting on classroom usage. yes no yes yes yes no

    Room capacity comparison tools. yes no yes no yes no

Custom Features

    Out of the box integration with PeopleSoft, developer API. no no no no yes ⁹ no

    Cross-platform. no ¹⁰ yes no no ¹⁰ no ¹¹ no ¹⁰

    Wide Variety of Options. yes yes ¹² yes yes ¹² yes no

    Good help. yes yes yes yes yes yes

UI Characteristics:

    Multiple Windows Well Supported. yes yes ¹³ yes no yes ¹⁴ no ¹⁵

    Good use of color. yes yes no no yes no ¹⁶

Footnotes:

¹ Breakdowns are by day, but not by room.

² Can make these edits only from the student end-user perspective. This product is focused on that perspective rather than the faculty perspective.

³ Can undo/redo the last 100 operations inside the calendar view.

⁴ People with the Lantiv Scheduling Studio can view schedules for each student; however, students are unable to view the different schedules until the final schedules are exported.

⁵ These are only available through user-generated custom reports. They aren't viewable in a browser.

⁶ Allows you to open previously existing schedules as starting points when creating schedules for future terms.

⁷ It's implied that the EMS software contains this feature on their website, but we were not able to actually demo this product to test it. At the very least, the user is given access to the EMS SQL database, so the user could create a database trigger that accomplishes this.

⁸ The software does have an approval system, where a chosen administrator must approve the final schedule set by others.

⁹ In addition to its PeopleSoft API, has a user-queryable webservice so that other systems can easily grab its data.

¹⁰ Windows only.

¹¹ Has several windows-only features, such as Outlook integration. The web client is cross platform.

¹² Although this program is quite feature-rich, most of these features are not important to us.

¹³ Supports multiple windows in the sense that the user can open multiple browser windows.

¹⁴ There is a desktop client which supports multiple windows in addition to the web-based client.

¹⁵ The app is very basic with screen to screen transitions, with a simple action taking up your whole screen.

¹⁶ The app appears to use default Microsoft color schemes, which are rather gray and drab.

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Features:	Scheduling Studio	MyEdu	ASC TimeTables	Mimosa Software	EMS Campus	CyberMatrix
Scheduling
Calendar
View classes inside a calendar.	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
View classes by day and by room inside calendar.	yes	no ¹	yes	yes	yes	yes
Edit classes inside calendar.	yes	yes ²	yes ³	yes	yes	yes
Drag and drop classes inside calendar.	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes
Allow student users to compare multiple schedules.	yes ⁴	yes	yes	no	no	yes
Tabular
Report/table view of available classes.	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes ⁵
Each column in table is sortable.	no	no	no	no	^no	no
Edit classes inside table view.	no	no	no	yes	no	no
Schedule Construction
Sophisticated algorithm to automatically generate schedules based on admin data.	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no
Allow users to create custom constraints used in scheduling algorithm.	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no
Allow professors to rank the classes they'd like to teach.	no	no	no	no	no	no
Allow professors to rank the times they'd like to teach at.	no	no	no	no	no	no
Roll existing schedules forward.	yes ⁶	no	no	no	no	no
Editing
Disallow edits if users violate constraints.	no	no	yes	yes	yes ⁷	no ⁸
Edit schedules that have been rolled forward from previous quarter.	yes	no	no	no	no	no
File Operations
Exporting
Export schedule reports to excel.	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Export schedule reports to .csv.	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Export schedule reports to .pdf.	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no
Saving
Save work in-progress.	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Save copies of work to namable file.	yes	no	no	yes	no	no
Room Database
Reporting on classroom usage.	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no
Room capacity comparison tools.	yes	no	yes	no	yes	no
Custom Features
Out of the box integration with PeopleSoft, developer API.	no	no	no	no	yes ⁹	no
Cross-platform.	no ¹⁰	yes	no	no ¹⁰	no ¹¹	no ¹⁰
Wide Variety of Options.	yes	yes ¹²	yes	yes ¹²	yes	no
Good help.	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
UI Characteristics:
Multiple Windows Well Supported.	yes	yes ¹³	yes	no	yes ¹⁴	no ¹⁵
Good use of color.	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no ¹⁶