This document describes how to reserve a Russell Labs conference room using Microsoft Outlook 365 or Microsoft Outlook Desktop, and lists the calendar names and email addresses for the Russell Labs conference rooms.
It also includes information on how to book recurring and biweekly meetings.
Audience
Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Forest & Wildlife faculty, students, and staff; Hub staff
Overview
You can reserve some Russell Labs conference rooms yourself using Microsoft Outlook 365 (Web version) or Microsoft Outlook for desktop.
Rules for the rooms vary; make sure you go to the room's detail page (linked from the table on the Hub site) and read the reservation rules before you make the booking in Outlook.
Important: Do NOT book the 584 Library room in Outlook - all reservations require the department chair's permission. Read
the room's detail page to learn how to request the chair's permission.
To reserve a room, you add the room as an invitee rather than choosing it as a room/location.
How to Reserve a Russell Labs Conference Room (Web version)
You may want to open these instructions in a separate window. That way you can put the instructions window next to the Outlook calendar screen. To do that, click the browser tab and drag it out and away into a separate window.
If you get stuck, reach out to Russell IT at help@russell.wisc.edu.
- Open Outlook.
- Click the calendar icon
on the upper left side.
- Click New Event (upper left corner). The New Event window opens:
- Complete the screen based on the information below, then click Save. You will receive an Accepted, Tentative, or Declined email back once the meeting has been processed.
Title
- Click Add Title. Enter a title for the meeting.
Special Case: Confidential Candidates
If the meeting is an interview, and the candidate asked that their application be kept confidential, consider entering the position title (or PVL number) and candidate number.
Example: Vector Biology/Ecology Interview Candidate #1.
Teams meeting (video conference)
- Click and drag the Teams meeting circle right.
Invite attendees
To reserve the conference room, do not use "Search for a room or location." Instead, invite the room to the meeting.
To see a full list of Russell Labs conference rooms you can reserve, and access links to more information about them, click the accordion panel below.
- Click Invite attendees.
- Type russell followed directly by the room number (no spaces).
- The full conference room name will popup.
- Click to select it.
Russell Labs Conference Room List - click to display or collapse
Notes:
Conference Room Names
| Calendar Name |
Calendar Email Address |
| Russell A120 Computer Lab |
russella120@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell A228 Classroom Lab |
russella228@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell A232 Conference Room |
russella232@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 210 Conference Room |
russell210@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 216 Conference Room |
russell216@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 243 Entomology Conference Room |
russell243entoconferenceroom@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 584a Conference |
russell584a@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 594 Conference |
russell594@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell Labs Lactation Room |
russell284-lactation@russell.wisc.edu |
Date/times
- Date - leave as-is, or click the date and choose a date from the popup calendar.
- Times - leave as-is, or choose a new time from the drop-down lists.
- Time zone - to set a different time zone, click the globe icon and choose the time zone from the drop-down lists that appear.
- Find a time - once you have invited the conference room, Find a time appears. This feature suggests days and times that all invitees are available.
- All day meeting - click and drag the All day circle right.
Recurring Meetings - click to display or collapse
To create a recurring meeting, click Make Recurring. The Repeat popup window appears:
Start Date
- To change start date - either select the date and change it, or click the date and choose a date from the popup calendar.
Frequency
Note: meeting frequency defaults to weekly, with the day of the week set to the date in the New Event screen.
Type of Meeting
| To Create This Type of Meeting |
Do This... |
| Daily |
Click week and choose day from the drop-down list. |
| Weekly |
Leave the default settings. |
| Biweekly |
Click 1 and choose 2 from the drop-down list. |
| Monthly |
Click week and choose month from the drop-down list. |
When you reset the frequency value (day/week/month/year), the options below it will change.
End Date
- Make sure to check this setting - "Occurs every [value varies] until"
- To change the end date, click it and choose a new date from the popup calendar.
- Click "Remove end date" to schedule the meeting indefinitely.
How to Reserve a Russell Labs Conference Room (desktop version)
- Open Microsoft Outlook on your computer.
- Click the calendar icon in the lower left of the screen:
- Click New Meeting:
- The New Meeting screen appears.
Special Case: Interviews
Some candidates ask that their application be kept confidential.
Instead of using the candidate’s name in the title, consider entering the position title (or PVL number) and candidate number. Example: Vector Biology/Ecology Interview Candidate #1.
- Click in the Required box.
- In the Required field, type or paste either the name of the conference room calendar or the email of the conference room calendar. Refer to the list of conference rooms in the accordion panel below.
- The conference room name appears in a popup - click to select it:
- Add any additional attendees.
- Complete the rest of the form.
- Click Send. You will receive an Accepted, Tentative, or Declined email back once the meeting has been processed.
Russell Labs Conference Room List - click to display or collapse
Notes:
Conference Room Names
| Calendar Name |
Calendar Email Address |
| Russell A120 Computer Lab |
russella120@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell A228 Classroom Lab |
russella228@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell A232 Conference Room |
russella232@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 210 Conference Room |
russell210@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 216 Conference Room |
russell216@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 243 Entomology Conference Room |
russell243entoconferenceroom@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 584a Conference |
russell584a@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell 594 Conference |
russell594@russell.wisc.edu |
| Russell Labs Lactation Room |
russell284-lactation@russell.wisc.edu |
Thank you Eric Dieckman for the screen grabs in the Outlook instructions.
Other Outlook KB Docs
Questions
- For questions on how to use Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook 365 to reserve conference rooms, please email help@russell.wisc.edu.
- For questions about the conference rooms and reservation rules/procedures, please contact the Hub Administrative Assistant.
