Auburn students are able to use the Tiger Scheduler for the first time this fall to help with class registration.
The registration tool is available through Tiger-i and gives a “black and white view” of when the classes a student wants to take are available, according to Walker Byrd, SGA president.
Once students choose the classes they are interested in, the program will generate a mock schedule and provide the CRN numbers for registration.
Sarah Randolph-Bonones, junior in biomedical sciences, is an Honors College peer instructor, specifically assisting a freshman exploration class where she got to work with Tiger Scheduler.
“Freshman exploration … is designed to help freshmen learn about how to utilize all the great things Auburn has to offer them,” Randolph-Bonones said. “I was asked to play around with Tiger Scheduler so that I could introduce it to the students in my class.”
Randolph-Bonones said she loved using the new registration tool.
“In previous years, I would take hours planning out all my classes on an Excel spreadsheet,” Randolph-Bonones said. “With Tiger Scheduler, I was done in about five minutes … I saved the schedule I wanted, and as my registration time got closer, it was easy to check how many seats were left in all of the classes I wanted.”
Caitlyn Kilianski, sophomore in industrial and systems engineering, said she also used alternative tools to help when she was planning for class registration before using Tiger Scheduler.
“I used to use a separate website that was similar to visually see my schedule, but because it was not affiliated with Auburn, it was not as simple and easy to use,” Kilianski said. “Now that Auburn has made the Tiger Scheduler, scheduling classes is much easier.”
Ashley Schnurr, junior in hotel and restaurant management, said she enjoys the change because she also drew out her schedules before using Tiger Scheduler.
“I wish they had something like this from the beginning,” Schnurr said. “I like that you can block out a time or make sure you don’t have classes on Friday. For me, registering the first time was very stressful, but if I had a resource like Tiger Scheduler, it would have been much easier. I would definitely recommend using it, especially for freshmen.”
Tiger Scheduler had already changed students’ attitudes about registration, according to Randolph-Bonones.
“As an officer for the Honors Congress, I also took the opportunity to present it at one of our meetings earlier this month,” Randolph-Bonones said. “Tiger Scheduler received overwhelmingly positive feedback from all of the upperclassmen who had endured the headaches of registration before.”
Schnurr agrees that the tool is helpful.
“I really like it … by giving different options, it can really feel more customized,” Schnurr said.
Randolph-Bonones said that in the future she hopes Tiger Scheduler can add a feature that lists course prerequisites and descriptions, but she would still use it again.
“I have already recommended it to tons of people and will definitely use it again,” Randolph-Bonones said.
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