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Registrar's Office Major Projects 2017-18

 

Student Data Warehouse Reporting Dashboards - A. Hunt, A. Ager project leads

• June 2014 - ongoing
  • Added department/program major planning reports
  • Provided departments/program with minor non-transcripts
  • Built division-level minor reports for the Dean of Faculty

Department/Program Major Requirements in DegreeWorks - J. Cart, M. Braz, project leads

• October 2016 - ongoing
  • Addition of department/program major requirements in DegreeWorks to supplement the general education requirements students view currently. This allows students to have a more comprehensive view of their academic progress.
  • 38 majors currently supported
  • 7 departments/programs are in progress for summer '18

Names and Faces - M. Braz, A. Ager, project consultants

• January 2017 - August 2017
  • Supported the development of a faculty request for a visual course roster learning tool

Banner 9 Upgrade - A. Ager, J. Sinclair, project leads

• February 2017 - ongoing
  • Major student system upgrade encompassing all administrative functions
  • Entire office engaged in testing and verification

DartHub/Student Self-Service Upgrade - A. Hunt, E. Parsons, project leads

• February 2017 - April 2018
  • Complete redesign of the student self-service interface
  • Enhanced search abilities
  • Implemented student reminder calendar

DCARS Cross-list update - A. Hunt, project lead

• January 2018 - April 2018
  
  • Improved cross-listed course creation and approval processes in DCARS.
  • Updated administrative settings to allow more flexibility

ASCL/MES Reorganization - A. Hunt, J. Cart, project leads

• March 2018 - June 2018
  • Major restructure of AMELL and AMES into ASCL and MES in partnership with the department, program, and ITC
  • Renumbered and converted courses

New Degree Requirement Implementation - multiple project leads

• April 2018 - ongoing
  
  • Prepare a range of projects to support the implementation of new degree requirements as approved by the Faculty.
    • New Registration Interface - A. Ager
    • DCARS updates - A. Hunt
    • ORC Updates - E. Parsons
    • Data Upload tool for new attributes - A. Ager
    • Faculty Committee and department/program liaison - M. Braz

 

LOOKING AHEAD

The majority of our technical work for 2018-19 focuses on the implementation of the New Degree Requirements, however we will also work on three other major projects:

• Chosen Name and Gender Identity implementation
• Continued addition of department/program major/minor requirements into the DartWorks Audit
• Ongoing Banner 9 upgrades

Additional initiatives that may be considered by the Faculty in 2018-19:

• Partial Credit
• New Language Requirement
• New Major in Creative Writing
• Renumbering of Courses - Department of Anthropology

 

Other Technical Projects

We continue to serve as a resource, when possible, for other offices on campus that require our expertise. We also participate in campus-wide projects, and engage in several internal projects that do not involve outside entities. Some of these have included:

• System testing; A. Hunt
  
  • Annual Failover testing - December 2017
• Internal phone system upgrade - W. Banker, E. Parsons
  • February 2018 - ongoing
• Transfer Term Website update
• Sophomore Summer D-Plan update - D. Mauceli, A. Hunt
  • Prevents students from altering D-Plans approved by petition