Using WebCheckout:
A very important note:
In webcheckout, you can’t use the
browser’s back or forward buttons. You must only use the icons in
webcheckout.
Getting Started:
1.
Open an internet browser.
If Webcheckout is not the home page, go to
http://beachcomber.uri.edu.
2.
Enter your ID and password in
the log-in box and hit return.
Your ID will be
your URI ID. Your password will be given to you by Inaki.
3.
The following screen will
open:
Click “Log In”
and wait for the new page to load. You are now able to use Webcheckout.
Making a
reservation
1.
Click on 
and
wait for the new page to load.
2.
Enter the person’s last name
in the box labeled Person and hit the enter key. A new
window will open; double-click on the person’s full name. If there are
two people with IDENTICAL names, choose the top one. It is important
that you choose the right person because we track equipment use by
network ID #. The person’s name will now appear in the Person
box and his/her ID# to the right side of the Person box.
3.
Click on one of the four
categories in the left column under Pick Resources. In
the next column, a list of equipment sub-categories will appear. Click
on the arrow next to the equipment type you need to check out, and then
double click on the specific equipment. This equipment will now appear
in the Selected Resources column, as shown below:
4.
Enter the necessary
information in the Pickup and Return time fields. Again,
always press return in all four fields.
5.
After you have entered the
time and date, click Commit.
6.
When the next page comes up,
if the person reserved the equipment for more than 1 day, click on
Make Repeating. Add the necessary dates, click on Add
this date. Repeat this process until you have all the
reservations made. Then click Done.
7.
When the next page comes up,
in the Add Comment box enter the room # for the
reservation.
8.
If finished click on
Confirm.
9.
When the next page comes on,
click on Send Email.
Reminder: emails for recurring reservations are only sent for the
first day! Send an email from the CMA Indy Account in Outlook Express
to the faculty member stating that the reservation has been made for all
dates requested.
Picking up equipment
1.
Click on 
and
wait for the new page to load.
2.
If the person had a
reservation click on Reservations in the Allocation
State, then click the Find Allocations button at
the bottom.
3.
A list of user IDs will
appear on the right side of the screen. Double click on the user ID of
the person picking up equipment. When the next page is displayed select
Pick Up.
4.
NOTE: If the person did
not have a reservation, see the directions for picking up without a
reservation below.
5.
One page will print. Have the faculty
member sign the bottom part of the form. Post this copy on the bulletin
board.
Pick up without a
reservation
1.
Click on 
.
Wait for the new page to load.
2.
Enter the person’s last name
in the box labeled Person and hit the enter key. A new
window will open; double-click the person’s full name. It is important
that you choose the right person because every professor has a unique
network ID . If there are two people with IDENTICAL names, choose the
top one. The person’s name will now appear in the Person
box and his/her ID# to the right side of the Person box.
3.
Click on one of the four
categories in the left column under Pick Resources. In
the next column, a list of equipment sub-categories will appear. Click
on the arrow next to the equipment type you need to check out, and then
double click on the specific equipment. This equipment will now appear
in the Selected Resources column, as shown below:
4.
Enter the necessary
information in the Pickup and Return time fields. Again,
always press return in all four fields.
5.
After you have entered the
time and date, click Commit.
6.
When the next page has
finished loading, put the room # where the equipment will be used in the
Add Comment box and click “add.”
7.
This will let us know where to
retrieve the equipment if necessary.
8.
Click on Confirm.
9.
A new screen will appear
allowing you to Print the agreement. (See the directions
in Picking Up Equipment above.)
Returning equipment
1.
Click on 
and
wait for the new page to load. The page may look similar to this one:
2.
To complete the return, click
on the Reservation ID number in the first column on the
right half of the page.
3.
A new page will open with the
Return All option.
4.
NOTE: It is important that you
always indicate equipment is returned so that someone else can check it
out.
5.
A new page will open. There
are no actions necessary on this page.
How to find a person/Look up a
person’s information
1.
Click on 
and
wait for the new page to load.
2.
Type the name in the
Name field, and then press return. Unless you select Match
full name only (one of the three search options below the
fields), you can search with a person’s partial name.
Hit return or
click Find People. A list of names will appear on the
right-hand side of the screen.
3.
Click on the person’s
User ID, and a new page will open with that person’s webcheckout
user information.
How to create a person
1.
Click on and
wait for the new page to load.
2.
Go to the bottom of the screen
and click on Add a person.
3.
When the next screen comes up,
type in the person’s identifying information.
4.
Fill in the person’s
information. The Person ID = URI ID.
5.
Click Next to move to the next
screens and add all the information.
6.
When all the info is entered,
click Confirm to complete adding the new person.
To print a schedule
1.
Click on and
wait for the new page to load.
2.
In the Allocation state click
on Checkout.
3.
Enter the appropriate dates
and times in their fields (normally, 7:30 am of the following day as
starting time and date, and 10:00 pm of the following date as the ending
time and date).
4.
Click on Find allocations.
5.
Add the Delivery Allocation
and Notes columns
6.
Once the records are
displayed, click on Printable HTML.
7.
In the browser’s View
pull-down menu, choose Text Zoom. A sub-menu will appear, choose
120%. Do this twice to increase the text size on the print-out of
the schedule.
8.
The schedule will print on the HP LaserJet. The schedule should be printed during the
evening shift and posted for the next day.
