New Canvas course offers staff expanded DARS training
Academic advisors and staff now have access to a new tool designed to provide a foundational overview of the university’s degree audit application.
Academic advisors and staff now have access to a new tool designed to provide a foundational overview of the university’s degree audit application.
In October 2019, the Office of the Registrar embarked on a project after attending the Big Ten Academic Alliance Registrar meeting and seeing what University of Minnesota was doing to warehouse uAchieve (DARS) data for use in NCAA eligibility checks. Members of our office returned to Madison with the questions, “What if we could see …
The Office of the Registrar continues to foster and grow its relationships with campus partners through learning opportunities and trainings. Our team has found that these frequent touch points not only provide those we work with necessary information to complete their work effectively, but also build relationships and strengthen partnerships. The Office of the Registrar …
In March 2021, after extensive document review, policy analysis, emails and meetings of cross-campus stakeholders facilitated by Degree Audit Encoder Sharon Sumner of the RO and Academic Planner Karen Mittlestadt of APIR, Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Jocelyn Milner sent out a memo to Associate Deans, Capstone Certificate Coordinators and Academic Planners, to make campus …
Sharon Sumner, Degree Audit Encoder, Office of the Registrar collaborated with Kala Grove, Coordinator for New Advisor Training, Office of Undergraduate Advising and Emily Schmidt, Assistant Director, Cross-College Advising Service to provide a “DARS Overview” virtual training session on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Sharon Sumner, Degree Audit Encoder, Office of the Registrar collaborated with Kala …
In recent months the Degree Audit Updater Project, a plan to change the way DARS data is both warehoused and accessed, has begun at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During the Big Ten Academic Alliance meeting on November 2-3, 2020, Assistant Registrar Eric MacKay, learned that the University of Iowa was beginning work on projects using …
Historically, the Office of the Registrar’s (RO) Encoding Services Team has maintained documentation in many locations, including: JIRA, Box, Google Drive, and the RO’s Shared Drive. This led to inconsistencies in organizational practices and lacked searchability. To address this, the Encoding Services Team is in the process of implementing a new Documentation Retention Strategy that …
The Office of the Registrar’s Degree Audit team, with technical support from DoIT developers, have begun work on a DARS Audit Updater project. The Office of the Registrar’s Degree Audit team, with technical support from DoIT developers, have begun work on a DARS Audit Updater project.