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Registrar's Office Projects 2019-20

The Registrar’s Office ensures that our projects are in alignment with our principles. Each project displays one or more icons which show the connection(s) to each principle.

 

Chosen Name and Identity Project for Students    - M. Braz, A. Ager, project leads

• July 2017 - September 2019 (ongoing maintenance and adjustments due to feedback)
  
  • Institution-wide project to present student chosen names as the primary name in all key campus systems, as well as allow for gender identity and pronoun options

 

Veterans Certification Benefits  – M. Braz, J. Sinclair, E. Parsons, project leads

• July 2018 – July 2020
• Performed significant research to improve Veterans benefit support
• Successfully transferred responsibility for A&S graduate student veterans certification to the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Registrar
• Completed the changes required from an audit, working with Controller and Billing Office

 

Major Standings Online   - A. Ager, D. Marlatt, project leads

• April 2019 – June 2020
  
  • Development of online process for academic departments and programs to certify their majors and minors for graduation

 

D-Plan Application Update - A. Ager, D. Mauceli, project leads

• January 2020 - ongoing
  • In partnership with the Dali Lab and ITC, development of a new user interface for the student D-Plan selection tool in DartHub, including the ability to manage two sets of D-Plan regulations

 

COVID-19 Projects

Because of the global health crisis, the Registrar's Office partnered with ITC to roll out a significant number of projects and changes to accommodate remote learning and remote work.

• Add Grade Mode to Public Timetable (CT/NC; NR Eligible) - January-May 2020
• Special Registration Period for students whose Off-Campus Programs were canceled - March 2020
• D-Plan Tool modifications (multiple)
  • Spring and fall 2020 restrictions - March 2020
  • Summer term residency allowances - May 2020
  • Fall term 2020 restriction removal and new language describing an "R" term - July 2020
• Credit/No Credit (CT/NC) grading system set up for spring 2020 - April 2020
• Degree Audit changes to accommodate grade policy changes for spring 2020 and summer 2020 - April - July 2020
• Reduce Course Load application (online drop and withdrawal after the end of add/drop) - April 2020
• Remote Learning questions developed by Associate Deans added to Course Assessment - May 2020
• Registration period tool to control start time without ITC intervention - May 2020 - ongoing
• Class meeting time schedule changes to allow 20 minutes between classes - May-June 2020
• Adjustment to academic calendar to allow for remote delivery of final examinations - June 2020
• Shift of fall 2020 course election from spring term to summer term - June-July 2020
• Addition of course delivery mode to Timetable Editor and Timetable of Class Meetings - July 2020
• Implementation of student "on-campus" attributes and registration restrictions (in partnership with Student Affairs) to support priority on campus process- July 2020

 

Continuous Improvement Projects

“ON” grade/ONGR attribute project – Andrew Ager, Eric Parsons, Courtney Bedillion, Delia Mauceli

• April 2019 – February 2020
  
  • Review and update of courses that receive the temporary grade designation of “ON,” ongoing
    • Addition of ONGR attribute to the appropriate ongoing courses
    • Adjust grading system to only allow the use of “ON” grade on the proper courses and eliminate inappropriate use

Improved Incomplete Grade Process - Andrew Ager, Delia Mauceli

• September 2019 - ongoing
  
  • In partnership with Student Affairs, improve the information shared between the Registrar's Office and Student Affairs around incomplete grades
  • Record due dates and default grades in Banner; build shared reports so both offices can track progress