Tag: SIS

Cutting edge page combines data

The Student Athletic Summary (SAS) Page project was started because the Athletic Certification process needed a tool to streamline the process and provide a central location for data and document storage. The Office of the Registrar needed to develop a tool that met the needs of the Academic Eligibility staff and worked within the technical …

Manual process no more! Redesigning student declaration in SIS

Fun fact: Oracle Student Admin doesn’t provide functionality to manage student degree program and major declaration. Oh, the information exists in the Student Program/Plan pages within SIS, but there is no option for allowing that information to be dynamically updated by the hundreds of individuals that work with students to declare their majors and certificates, …

Expanding inclusive language with the new EApp

“Allowing respondents to indicate their identities gives an organization a clearer picture of the people it serves and can be an indicator of an organization’s inclusivity of people across the sex, gender, and sexual orientation spectrums.” (Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, Recommendations: collecting information on sex, gender, and sexual orientation) “Allowing respondents to indicate their …

Registrar helps UW-Madison Libraries expand student services

This summer the Office of the Registrar and UW–Madison Libraries worked closely together to implement a way to identify undergraduate students who are in fully-online programs to ensure they receive the appropriate, remotely-delivered, resources from the university library. UW–Madison Libraries currently offer remote delivery to all faculty, graduate students, and staff, but this will now …

Up in the clouds at the Alliance conference

In March, Amy Landgren, Sarah Stilp, Priya Sachithanandam and Leslie Gardner attended Alliance 2022 in Seattle, WA. In March, Amy Landgren, Sarah Stilp, Priya Sachithanandam and Leslie Gardner attended Alliance 2022 in Seattle, WA.

Another round of PUM complete and on to the next

By the time you read this article, the Office of the Registrar will have just completed  bug/customization and workflow testing for PUM (Peoplesoft Update Manager) 22/23. By the time you read this article, the Office of the Registrar will have just completed  bug/customization and workflow testing for PUM (Peoplesoft Update Manager) 22/23.

That’s a wrap on RAP

It’s time to register for classes! Imagine you are a student, you go to the Course Search & Enroll app, you search for some courses and see the following prerequisites: So St. High school alg & geom. Not open to those who have had a 200-level Physics crse. Open to Fr?  No requisite is listed …

Zero Papercuts in the Workplace!

New Year’s Resolution: Zero Papercuts in the Workplace! Papercuts are not fun. They sting, they hurt, they are annoying. The Office of Student Financial Aid takes papercuts very seriously and has been busy automating business processes and removing our interaction with paper to ensure our team’s fingers are healthy and papercut free. GT eForms has …

SIS Steering Committee begins strategic planning

John Ford considers himself still relatively new to DEM (November 2019) and yet he continues to be impressed by the ability of his colleagues, coworkers and partners to address urgent needs of campus. This academic year has been unusually disruptive and many areas in DEM have needed to focus resources on immediate changes related to …

Life After the PeopleTools Upgrade

The recent upgrade to PeopleTools 858 felt a little like going to the dentist: you knew that it was necessary and that it probably was going to hurt a little. The recent upgrade to PeopleTools 858 felt a little like going to the dentist: you knew that it was necessary and that it probably was …