Room Self-Select Process
Nick Savereno
19 steps
3 minutes
1
Open [eLiving](https://www.absecom.psu.edu/eliving_student/student-pages/dashboard.cfm) and select "My Room" under the "My Info" submenu
2
Select the campus and contract period for which you are going to self-assign
3
The screen will display the start and end times for you to select your room. Students can still view available rooms before the start time, however they will not be able to select a room until the start date.
4
If you want to bring your friend into the room with you, you will need to add them by selecting the "plus sign". If you want to select the room without a friend, skip to step 8.
5
Enter your intended roommates PSU Access Account (XYZ1234) and click "Add"
6
If your intended roommate has NOT listed you in their contract preferences, you will see a pending message in the Status column. You will not be able to pull them into the room with you until this says Confirmed.
7
Once your roommate has listed you, you will see confirmed in the Status column. Please note that both students need to add roommates into their contract preferences for the self-select process to add two students into an available room together.
8
Next you can begin to look for available rooms through the room search function. You can look by hall (if your LLC has multiple halls), floor, and room description before the final room list is generated for review.
9
You can click on the hyperlink on the floor column and you will be redirected in another window to a PDF of the floor plan to view the room location.
10
Example of floor plan view
11
Next choose the room from the dropdown list that you would like to assign yourself to.
12
In this example, the student has selected the room before their start time, so there is no option to take the room. That option will appear at the bottom of the screen once it is past the start date/time.
13
Be aware that the system does not automatically refresh. If your start time is 4 pm but you log in at 3:59 pm, you will need to refresh your screen at 4 pm to get the selection button to appear. You can hit search again at this point.
14
Once you are ready to assign you (and your confirmed roommate), select the "Take This Room" button. Please be aware that the room is NOT being held for you until you click "Take This Room" and there is a chance that another student may be trying to take the room at the same time.
15
If you are successfully assigned to the space you will see the message in the green banner and you and your friend will be displayed in the Contract Information section.
16
You are able to change your room assignment up until April 1 at 12 p.m. noon. Changing your room assignment will not effect any of your roommates assignment. If you would like to move with your roommates, they will have to change their room assignment to your new room themselves.
17
To start the process of reassigning yourself, click the Change Room Assignment button
18
When changing rooms, you will be able to see the number of vacancies and who is already assigned to the space before you select it by clicking "Take This Room".
19
Just as before, if you are successfully assigned to the space you will see the message in the green banner and you and your friend will be displayed in the Contract Information section.
Room Self-Select Process
Nick Savereno
19 steps
3 minutes
1
Open [eLiving](https://www.absecom.psu.edu/eliving_student/student-pages/dashboard.cfm) and select "My Room" under the "My Info" submenu
2
Select the campus and contract period for which you are going to self-assign
3
The screen will display the start and end times for you to select your room. Students can still view available rooms before the start time, however they will not be able to select a room until the start date.
4
If you want to bring your friend into the room with you, you will need to add them by selecting the "plus sign". If you want to select the room without a friend, skip to step 8.
5
Enter your intended roommates PSU Access Account (XYZ1234) and click "Add"
6
If your intended roommate has NOT listed you in their contract preferences, you will see a pending message in the Status column. You will not be able to pull them into the room with you until this says Confirmed.
7
Once your roommate has listed you, you will see confirmed in the Status column. Please note that both students need to add roommates into their contract preferences for the self-select process to add two students into an available room together.
8
Next you can begin to look for available rooms through the room search function. You can look by hall (if your LLC has multiple halls), floor, and room description before the final room list is generated for review.
9
You can click on the hyperlink on the floor column and you will be redirected in another window to a PDF of the floor plan to view the room location.
10
Example of floor plan view
11
Next choose the room from the dropdown list that you would like to assign yourself to.
12
In this example, the student has selected the room before their start time, so there is no option to take the room. That option will appear at the bottom of the screen once it is past the start date/time.
13
Be aware that the system does not automatically refresh. If your start time is 4 pm but you log in at 3:59 pm, you will need to refresh your screen at 4 pm to get the selection button to appear. You can hit search again at this point.
14
Once you are ready to assign you (and your confirmed roommate), select the "Take This Room" button. Please be aware that the room is NOT being held for you until you click "Take This Room" and there is a chance that another student may be trying to take the room at the same time.
15
If you are successfully assigned to the space you will see the message in the green banner and you and your friend will be displayed in the Contract Information section.
16
You are able to change your room assignment up until April 1 at 12 p.m. noon. Changing your room assignment will not effect any of your roommates assignment. If you would like to move with your roommates, they will have to change their room assignment to your new room themselves.
17
To start the process of reassigning yourself, click the Change Room Assignment button
18
When changing rooms, you will be able to see the number of vacancies and who is already assigned to the space before you select it by clicking "Take This Room".
19
Just as before, if you are successfully assigned to the space you will see the message in the green banner and you and your friend will be displayed in the Contract Information section.
