Customizing “Workdays × Daytime” Time-Grid Range in the Instructor Time Preferences

[yunlong]

Hi Thomas,

I hope you’re doing well. I am currently using UniTime version 4.8.216, and I would like to customize the “Daytime” time-grid for workdays in the Instructor Time Preferences page. By default, the grid is set to 7:30 AM – 6:30 PM, but we need to change it to better match our institution’s teaching hours.

Here is the context, what we have tried, and specific questions:

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1. Background / Motivation

• In our institution, the “daytime” teaching window is 8:00 AM to 5:40 PM, so the default UniTime “Daytime” does not align with our real-world schedule.

• When instructors set their availability, they often use “Workdays × Daytime”. We want this grid to represent our actual teaching hours so that scheduling is more accurate and acceptable.

2. What We Have Done / Tried

• We went to Administration → Defaults → Configuration → Add Setting.

• We added a new Application Setting:

  • Name: unitime.timeGrid.times1

  • Value: Daytime|[slot_start]|[slot_end]|[increment]

• We know from the documentation that the format is name|firstSlot|lastSlot|increment, and that “all time slots are 5 minutes long” per the help page.

• We tried calculating the slot values for our desired hours, but after saving and (re)loading UniTime, the “Daytime” grid in the instructor preferences screen still shows the default 7:30–18:30.

[Tomáš Müller]

Hi Yunlong,

The unitime.timeGrid.* settings are for the Courses > Course Timetabling > Timetable Grid page.

For room sharing and instructor time preferences, the available days & times can be configured using the unitime.room.sharingMode<index> properties on the Application Configuration page. The format is name|first day|last day|first slot|last slot|increment (days start with zero for Monday, so Sunday is 6). The defaults are:

You can override the existing ones and/or add new ones with unitime.room.sharingMode6, unitime.room.sharingMode7, etc.

unitime.room.sharingMode1=Workdays × Daytime|0|4|90|222|6
unitime.room.sharingMode2=All Week × Daytime|0|6|90|222|6
unitime.room.sharingMode3=Workdays × Evening|0|4|222|288|6
unitime.room.sharingMode4=All Week × Evening|0|6|222|288|6
unitime.room.sharingMode5=All Week × All Times|0|6|0|288|6

Best regards,

Tomas Muller

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