How to Reserve a Computer Lab
in the Language Media Center

 

If you would like to reserve a computer lab in the Language Media Center, you must be a registered user. You may request a username via the New User Registration Form. You will be sent a username and password.

Note that all reservations must be made in accordance with the Policies for Reservations and Requests.

Note especially that reservations must be made by midnight of the preceding day.

(The Language Media Center reserves the right to modify or cancel any reservations that do not comply with these policies.)
 

To change your password:

  1. Go to http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/sched/.
  2. Click on "For Registered Users."
  3. At the next screen, in the lower left-hand area of the screen, type in your username and current password.
  4. Click on "Lab Login." You should see a welcome message along with your name.
  5. Now in the lower left-hand area of the screen, click on "edit my profile."
  6. Type in a new password and click on "Update."

Note: If you forget your password, notify Lab Manager LaShanda Lemmon at polyglot@pitt.edu. Your password can be re-set easily.

To make a new reservation:

  1. Go to the Language Media Center website (http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu) in the normal way.
  2. Click on the Schedule button (or go directly to http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/sched/).
  3. Click on Registered User.
  4. Log in with your username and password.
  5. Click on Return to Lab Schedule.
  6. The current date should appear.
  7. Select the desired month from the calendar in the upper right-hand corner.
  8. Click on the desired date.
  9. If the desired time slot is available, click on "reserve"
  10. fill out the reservation form.
  11. Click on "Submit."
  12. When you see the reservation confirmation, click on "Return to Lab Schedule" and verif that your reservation is displayed correctly on the web page for that date.

To see all your reservations:

Below the "Log Me Out" button, click on "show my reservations" to see a list of all your reservations for the entire semester.

To change an existing reservation:

  1. Log in as a registered user.
  2. Go to the time slot that you wish to change.
  3. Click on "edit."
  4. On the next screen, change the desired items.
  5. Click on "Update" at the bottom of the screen.
  6. When you see the reservation confirmation, click on "Return to Lab Schedule" and verif that your reservation is displayed correctly on the web page for that date.

Alternate way to change an existing reservation:

  1. Log in as a registered user.
  2. Click on "show my reservations."
  3. On the next screen, change the desired items.
  4. Click on "Update" at the bottom of the screen.
  5. When you see the reservation confirmation, click on "Return to Lab Schedule" and verif that your reservation is displayed correctly on the web page for that date.

To cancel a reservation:

  1. Log in as a registered user.
  2. Go to the time slot that you wish to cancel.
  3. Click on "edit."
  4. At the bottom of the next screen, click on "delete."

Alternate way to cancel a reservation:

  1. Log in as a registered user.
  2. Click on "show my reservations."
  3. On the next screen, click on the date and time of the reservation to be canceled.
  4. At the bottom of the next screen, click on "delete."

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Robert Henderson Language Media Center
University of Pittsburgh
http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/sched/user_instruct.html
Last revised: March 23, 2005