Overview

This article will explain how an institution can handle students' request for accommodation and assign them to suitable rooms based on needs/requirements.

Note: This will require the Housing Extension Package and the RIO Ready: Housing Application Form.

(Check out our slides here, or try out our RIO Challenge here for a practical exercise.)

Use case

A student named Paul Baumer is requesting for accommodation on campus grounds.

The student is male, thus, he should be assigned with only male roommates (since there are no available single rooms left).

Paul will make a Housing application via the Student Portal (Community), where he will fill a form to provide his information as well as requirements and medical conditions (if any).

For example, the application form will ask the applicant's sleeping time preference. In Paul's case, he has specified that he prefers sleeping before midnight (meaning he should be paired with a roommate that does the same).

Once the request form has been submitted, a Housing application record will be automatically generated in the admin console.

Admin will then use the Room Allocation Wizard, to identify Paul by narrowing down the list of students based on the arrival date.

When searching for rooms, the admin can compare available rooms and suitable roommates that sleep before midnight, which will be a good match with Paul's preference.

See below on setting up records of facilities (i.e. rooms, dormitories) for student accommodation.

The admin can then allocate Paul to that room. It will now be fully allocated and reflected accordingly.

Here is a sample recording on how to use the Room Allocation Wizard.

Housing fees

When a student opts for accommodation, they will be billed according to their room type.

This will be linked to the student's Program Enrollment, where the Student Fee will contain a Fee Line for their Housing.

To setup and generate this, see here for a detailed guide.

Configuration

Housing Application form

To setup the form for the student to apply for Housing, see here.

Room Allocation Wizard and facilities

To find out more on configuring the Room Allocation Wizard and facilities for this feature, see here.