A web-based scheduling system with a graphical user interface was created at Texas A&M University in the department of Computing & Information Services which allowed student workers to request when they wanted to work, when they were willing to work, and when they were unable to work. Additional tools were created allowing students to view individual student worker schedules, view daily schedules, and trade hours. In addition to the ease of scheduling via the web, day-to-day supervision has

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... simplified. Benefits for the lab supervisors include immediate email notification of schedule changes from trading of hours, an up-to-date daily schedule showing where potential problems may occur, and when to expect students to arrive at work. This paper will describe the evolution of the web-based scheduling system from a simple method of gathering students' schedule information to a complex application for trading hours between labs. With student worker input this process of evolution has become a team effort.