EMS - Booking Rooms/Resources

EMS - Booking Rooms/Resources

What is EMS?

EMS is scheduling and resource management software platform used to book spaces such as classrooms, meeting rooms, breakout rooms, and in some cases, venues.

EMS is used to manage space at RRU Colwood and a separate EMS is used to book space at RRU Langford (John Horgan Campus). To book space at either campus, you must log into the appropriate EMS.

Who can log in to book space through EMS?

RRU Colwood

People who work and study at the RRU Colwood campus:

  • Employees, including Faculty

  • Associate Faculty

  • Students in credit programs

RRU Langford (John Horgan Campus)

 

People who work and study at the RRU Langford campus:

  • Employees, including Faculty, from RRU, Camosun, UVic, SD62, and JIBC

  • Associate Faculty

  • Eligible students from RRU, Camosun, UVic, SD62, and JIBC

Special note on JHC EMS permissions

RRU employees whose primary location is JHC (that’s where their office is) are automatically assigned permissions to book rooms at JHC. Employees and contractors whose primary location is Colwood or Remote need to be given permissions to book rooms at JHC.

To get access to the JHC permission group, please have your supervisor Submit a Ticket.

EMS information, including permissions, is sync’d once a day at 3:35am. Once you have been provided access, you can start booking rooms the next morning.

Logging in and booking space

Where do you need to book space?

Eligible users can log in here:

Where do you need to book space?

Eligible users can log in here:

RRU Colwood Campus

Log in to book space in Colwood Campus EMS

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Use the EMS User Guide linked in the left navigation for help with bookings.

 

RRU Langford, John Horgan Campus

Log in to book space on John Horgan Campus EMS

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Use the EMS User Guide linked in the left navigation for help with bookings.

 

Bookable services Colwood Campus vs. John Horgan Campus

Item

Bookable at Colwood?

Bookable at JHC?

Item

Bookable at Colwood?

Bookable at JHC?

Food and Beverage

Yes

No

Production (room reconfiguring)

Yes

No

 

 

 

Where can you get help if you can’t log in to EMS?

 

Who can help:

 

Who can help:

Problems booking space on Colwood Campus?

Contact the Helpdesk

Problems booking space on RRU Langford, John Horgan Campus?

Contact the Helpdesk

 

 

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