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Office of the Registrar

Dartmouth College
Office of the Registrar
6014 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-3541


Phone: (603) 646-2246
Fax: (603) 646-2247
Email: registrar@Dartmouth.EDU

Projects

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

Last Updated: 7/18/18