25Live update

25Live has officially replaced Astra as our room scheduling software!

• Training for 25Live is available for departmental room managers and is required to maintain and/or gain access to 25Live. 
• Astra has become view-only.
• Help guides can be found on the 25Live website, under Training and Support.

We are hosting drop-in Zoom sessions for departmental room managers to connect with OCM and other room managers to address questions you may have or learn from questions asked by your peers.

These sessions are conducted over Zoom on Tuesday morning from 10-11 a.m., and Thursday afternoons from 1-2 p.m., and are scheduled through July 17. If nobody shows up within the first 15 minutes of any drop-in session, we will cancel that session.

Like our CCS workshops, you can find the drop-in sessions on our scheduling calendar. To attend simply add the class schedule production calendar to your Google Calendar:

• Add to U of M Google calendar
• Add to general Google calendar

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ocmsched@umn.edu.

Room Scheduling RFP

Academic Support Resources (ASR) and Office of Classroom Management (OCM) have an active Request for Proposals (RFP) for the University’s academic room scheduling system to ensure that the tools we use meet the evolving needs of the institution and comply with University policy. Astra is the University’s current academic room scheduling system vendor.

At this point, we have received vendor responses and conducted demos and usability with two finalists, and we have made reference calls to determine a fit with the University's needs. ASR is working with Purchasing, the Office of the General Counsel, and University Information Security to negotiate a contract with our top finalist. More information will be available, including a project timeline, when a contract is signed.