Making a Reservation - Step by Step

Reservation are associated to a Project so first navigate to the Project page.  The easiest way to do this is clicking on the My Projects menu item on the right under My Member Tools. You should see a list of projects that looks like this.

If you are not a member of any Projects, that needs to be corrected before you will be able to reserve any equipment.  Under Member Tools you should see *CREATE A PROJECT. Click on it and fill out the form about your project. If you need information about filling out the form click here.

*If you do not see CREATE A PROJECT, please complete the Report a Problem form at the bottom of the site.

Once you are on your Project's page, you will see an additional menu of tools on the right under My Project Tools.

This menu will list the types of content you can create for this Project.  In addition to Reservations, many Projects allow Shows, Blogs, Events and Wikis.

Click Create Reservation to start the reservation process.

Enter the From date and To date for the Reservation

The next step is to click the Check the Availability button to check the availability of the equipment during that time period.  If the equipment is not available it will not show up in the drop-down lists.

Next, select the actual equipment you'd like to reserve.  These list are limited based on each users membership level and certifications.

Errors could be generated for a number of reasons including:

• An item can't be checked out as early as you want it because the checkout isn't open
• An item can't be returned as late as you want because the checkout is closed
• An item can't be checked as long as you'd like
• The item, or all of that type of item in the case of a Bucket, have been reserved

IF YOU DON NOT CLICK THE CHECK AVAILABILITY BUTTON FIRST AND YOU SELECT AN ITEM THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE YOU WILL SEE A GRID LIKE THIS:

Correct any errors in the reservation and check the availability again.  If the Reservation doesn't return any error, click submit.

It should look something like this:

That's it.  Your Reservation has been made.  If you'd like to update or cancel your Reservation, you'll find all your Reservations listed by clicking the My Reservations link under the My Member Tools menu.