Introduction of the Online Equipment Booking System in the

Production Centre

• A new online equipment booking system is ready for all students & staff to book the production equipment through Internet.
• Student can enter the on-line booking system from the web page of Production Centre http://sweb.cityu.edu.hk/prodc/
• Students are required to login the on-line system using their student ID as User ID and their Date of birth (YYYY/MM/DD) will be served as their initial password. Students should change their password after initial login.
• Students will have their own personal account in the system. Those students who have enrolled in the production courses will normally be divided into different production groups. Each production group will also have their production account in the system.
• Electronic money (e-money) will be credited into the personal & production group account based on the courses that the students have been enrolled. The initial credit amount will be based on the information provided by the teaching staff of individual course. Therefore, students should have enough e-money to loan the equipment for their assignments and projects.
• E-money will be automatically deducted from the login account at the time of booking
• Students should have good planning on spending their e-money
• Two weeks advance booking is allowed in the online booking system, but students are required to confirm their booking within three working days after they have submitted their advance booking. If students did not confirm their booking within three working days, all the booked equipment will be returned to the central pool.
• Different equipment will be allocated to different courses / production groups based on the recommendation of the teaching staff concerned. Please refer to the attached equipment allocation summary table for details.

Revision of Penalty Clauses in the Production Centre

·        Penalty for late return of equipment without prior approval

The penalty for late return of equipment is deduction of e-money from the student account or production group account. The amount is based on the following formula:

Total deduction  = 2 x total e-money required for equipment rental e-money amount x total number of working day late

    For example if the total e-money required for the rental of production equipment is 300 and the equipment have been returned late for two working days then the penalty will be 1200 (300 x 2 x 2) e-money deducted from the student account or the production group account

·        Penalty for late sign in / out of venue booking without prior approval

The penalty for late sign in or sign out of venue booking without prior approval is a deduction of 500 e-money from the student account or the production group account.

·        Penalty for equipment damage

    The penalty for equipment damage is a deduction of 1000 e-money from the student account or the production group account. Also the student concerned has to pay for the equipment repair cost and any related service charges.

·        Penalty for loss of equipment

The penalty for loss of equipment is a deduction of 3000 e-money from the student account or the production group account. Also the student concerned has to pay for the replacement cost

    Note: Students will not be allowed to borrow any equipment from the Production Center if they do not have adequate e-money in their personal or production group account.