Scheduling classes just got easier for Binghamton University students with the recent merge of BingBuilder.com and Schedulizer.com.

BingBuilder, a Web site that provided BU students with a place to create mock schedules that best fit their needs, has combined with Schedulizer Inc., a similar program utilized by various schools nationally, because of technical and resource-constraint issues.

“What’s great about this merger is not limited to BingBuilder’s users being able to use Schedulizer’s advanced features, but also that Schedulizer’s users will be able to use the successful features that, until now, have only been available to Binghamton students,” said Ricky Viscomi, founder of BingBuilder and a senior majoring in computer science.

The creators of Schedulizer, Jay Searson and Samuel Hoffstaetter, Cornell graduates who have been working for Schedulizer since June 2009, hope to combine the best aspects of Bingbuilder and Schedulizer into one program.

“By far the most valuable thing [about the merger] is the ideas: What BingBuilder thought was valuable to students, we can apply to all of our schools,” Searson said.

Schedulizer assists registration for more than 60 schools across the country.

Viscomi decided on the merger because he was worried about his ability to run the site as a graduate. He used his BUbrain log-in information to be able to access semester schedules and was not sure if he would still have access to this as a BU alumnus.

Even though he found two students that were capable of taking over the program, Viscomi thought the merger allowed the best features of both systems to be integrated.

“I’m very proud of what BingBuilder has become, but I think this merger exhibits all of its potential by plugging it into a very large national ecosystem of scheduling,” he said.

According to Viscomi, there were various feature differences between BingBuilder and Schedulizer.

Benefits of Schedulizer include its ability to combine several possible mock schedules, allow users to have unlimited saved schedules and connect to Facebook. BingBuilder had real-time enrollment information, general education searches and a “fix this” button for conflicts.

Breanna Lamont, a sophomore engineering major, likes the new site and thinks it is more organized than BingBuilder.

“It’s easier to compare different schedules because you can see all the possible schedules you make on one page, and then you can choose which ones you want to save out of those,” she said.

BingBuilder was created by Viscomi in the beginning of his sophomore year and was made publicly accessible in spring 2008. Since its creation, features such as printable color-coded schedules, iCal exporting and BingBuilder Mobile were added to the site.

“The whole idea was that nobody else offered students the flexibility to take their schedules wherever they went, literally,” Viscomi said.

According to Searson, students with any questions or ideas about what they would like to see in the new program should contact Schedulizer at contact@schedulizer.com.