This guide is for designated room/site approvers to manually schedule a room/event in Astra.

1. Log into Astra

• Type https://www.aaiscloud.com/ForsythTechCC/Default.aspx in the address bar of your web browser
• Click Sign In

• Log in with your TechID and password

Note: Astra only allows one attempt to log in.   If you mistype your TechID or password, then you will need to unlock your Tech ID account by going to http://forsythtech.edu/techid and clicking Unlock Account before attempting to log into Astra again.

2. Navigate to the Correct Date and Campus/Building/Room on the Scheduling Grid

• Click Calendars
• Click Scheduling Grids

Note: If you are using Google Chrome and the Scheduling Grid is completely blank, then delete cookies for Astra or switch to Mozilla Firefox.

• Click on the Magnifying Glass icon to filter the grid 

Note: Use Location Filters to narrow your grid view down to a specific campus, building, room, etc.

• Click Search after selecting your filter options
• Change the date as needed
• Click in the Scheduling Grid in the room row and start time column you need

Note: Create Event dialog box will pop up

• Fill out the Create Event form with your event details

• Click Save
• Review Scheduling Grid to confirm that event was added to the correct room on the correct day and is for the correct length of time

Note: If anything is incorrect with your event, then hover over the event in the Scheduling Grid and click on View Event Details to make changes as needed.                  

Results:            Event/room reservation has been added via the Scheduling Grid in Astra