Anglia Ruskin University Creates LabStats Pages For Students To Find Open Computers

Online, October 18, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Alex Collins of Anglia Ruskin University has created a simple and effective way for students to view computer availability at the Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses thanks to LabStats. With the use of data reported by LabStats, Collins put together a mobile-friendly site per campus that details the amount of computers open so students can find a computer quickly and efficiently.

Collins has created QR codes for students to scan onto their smart phones that direct to a LabStats data display per campus. Students with QR code readers on their phones can simply put these codes on their display screens and be directed to the mobile-friendly web pages.

"Students who "know" have used [the codes] and think the idea is very cool!" said Collins. Students can then bookmark the page or save it to their favorites and refresh it to get current information on computer availability at any time of the day.

The Cambridge computer availability page can be accessed at http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/about/pc_cam_mobile.html, and Chelmsford page can be accessed at http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/about/pc_che_mobile.html.

Aside from helping students see how many computers are open and how many are occupied, LabStats data has the ability to inform students on whether computers available are a Mac or PC, whether they are on or off, whether they have any technical issues, and where each computer is located. For more information on LabStats, visit http://www.computerlabsolutions.com.