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Obtain feedback and suggestions from ITS and focus group on improving course registration system. Insights on overriding rules, waiting lists, and student priorities. Suggestions include multiple schedules, waiting list priorities, and system criteria considerations.
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Interview with ITS & FOCUS GROUPRegarding Course Registration System Jiyoung Mun
The results of interview with ITS • Date of interview held: March 23rd, 2007 • Participants • Director of ITS • External Consultant • The purpose of the meeting • To gather requirements/ suggestions/ feedbacks
Overview of the interview with ITS • Indication of the possibility to override rules • How to manage priority in waiting lists • What happens to a student on the waiting list when the spots are available? • What is the maximum number of waiting lists a student can be listed? • Does a student want model schedule to guide his or her selection? • How can the system make the difference between courses taken and required courses?
Requirements/Suggestions • Possibly define and propose multiple course schedules to the students • Depending on • Major • Class standing • Time • Professor • Requirements • Create a waiting list • Participant would automatically get into the class he or she desires • Give priorities according to his or her major and the course required for class standings
Considerations/Requests • Considerations • Overrides • Administration • Faculty • ITS • Requests • A place to store override actions and possibly reversal of these action • Define the priority for waiting list placement, whether it be class standing, whether the course is required for the major or other criteria • What is the maximum depending on the number of courses still need to be scheduled?
The Results from Focus Group • Date held: April 3rd, 2007 • Informed consent form • Purpose of the meeting • To share opinions and to assess requirements on creating online registration system • To figure out the way to trust the system • Compare and confirm the current AUP registration system to online registration system
Modification of Current system • Let students register and browse courses at the same time • Give indication of courses-full with the exact number • Give priority to certain percentage of students to register (e.g. by class standings or majors) Search Parameters of online registration system • Time • Professor • Major
Ideal System • If a course is required for a major, give priority to student in that major • Keep add/drop available all the time until it closes (※ this can be different from what ITS have said) • Notify that the class is automatically registered for you (Give feedback if necessary) • No limits on how many waiting lists he or she is on • Booklists to be posted when registering • Buy books on online • Other ideals? • Let student take courses with their friends • Phone registration system Out of prototype of our project