Thing 16 Doodle

What is Doodle? Doodle is a great way to schedule any event which includes several people – whether it’s a work meeting or a personal social engagement. You don’t need to register to use Doodle and it’s simple to use.

Discovery Exercise:
Step-by-step instructions
1. Just go to http://www.doodle.com/.
2. Click on the Schedule Event button.
3. Follow instructions for Steps 1-4 each time clicking ‘next’ to get to the next page. Decide on the dates that you are free and the time slots within each date that you are free and add them in the chart.
4. At Step 4 you need to decide whether you want to send an email to your colleagues yourself or whether you want Doodle to do this. I normally select to send it myself but it’s up to you!
5. When you’ve completed your poll you should see something like this (click to enlarge):

6. If you have chosen to send the poll out yourself then check your emails from Doodle and follow the clear instructions in them.
7. Send the link out and wait for responses.

8. And, of course, blog about Thing 16.

Optional extras
1. Explore some other ways of scheduling meetings
Meet-o-matic
Tungle.me
or check out other free online meeting schedulers at I love free software

2. Add Doodle to other Web 2.0 tools
Add Doodle to your iGoogle page, or to Facebook or you might like to try and connect Doodle to your Google or MS outlook calendar

3. Doodle or other scheduling devices are really all about helping with time management. If you’re feeling really keen have a look at JISC’s infokit on time management.