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Use Mobile Guidebook to Evaluate this Session . John Dickerson Mississippi State University Mary Kincannon Texas Christian University Holly Swart North Carolina State University. M2.8 How Do I Find That??: Improving Schedule of Classes Search Options. Texas Christian University.
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John Dickerson Mississippi State University Mary Kincannon Texas Christian University Holly Swart North Carolina State University M2.8 How Do I Find That??: Improving Schedule of Classes Search Options
Texas Christian University Background on TCU: • Fall 2013 enrollment: 9,925 (Undergrad & grad) • Nine colleges • 56 departments offering classes in 106 subjects • Just over 3900 class sections created this spring
Texas Christian University • TCU is a PeopleSoft school, and has been since May 1999. • Prior to PeopleSoft, we printed five (5) schedules each year: prior to advance registration (fall & spring), at the start of the semester (fall & spring), and an Orientation fall edition in June. • Since the printed schedule was out of date by the time it arrived on campus, our IT folks developed Class Search to provide up-to-date class information to the campus.
Texas Christian University • Class Search was a ‘hit’ with students and instructors, and so, during the 1998-1999 year when we implemented PeopleSoft, we stopped printing any schedule books, and everyone relied on Class Search. • After implementation, since the campus was used to using Class Search, we never printed a Schedule of Classes again. • We substituted Class Search as the lookup option within PeopleSoft.
Class Search Setup • Enrollment numbers update dynamically. • New classes or day/time/instructor changes requires a ‘refresh.’ • I can run a job to refresh Class Search at any time. • Mostly, the refresh is setup on the process scheduler, set to run at specific times of the day. • I control all of the values in the search boxes. I do not have to involve our IT department.
Purple Schedule Builder • We added the Purple Schedule Builder during the summer 2013, with a soft roll-out. We didn’t tell students it was there. • We wanted our entering freshmen to develop schedule-building skills during orientation. • Our current students had no trouble finding it.
Mississippi State University Fall 2013 Enrollment – 20,161 • 16,399 undergraduate • 3,762 graduate and professional Eight Colleges & 45 Departments Just over 4,100 course sections this spring
Mississippi State University Banner School since 1998 – Ellucian Banner Ad Astra Client – Astra Scheduling Software
Mississippi State University Pre-scheduling freshmen for orientation Manual process currently – moving toward an automated process Scheduling Policy Development Beginning Use of Platinum Analytics
NC State University Enrollment 30,000+ 9 Colleges 11,000-12,000 class sections scheduled each Fall & Spring Peoplesoft SIS since 2009 Custom Enrollment Wizard since 2012
Choosing Classes: From Planner There are several ways to add courses to your shopping cart. Adding courses directly from your planner is a great way to make sure you’re staying on track! Save yourself time and frustration by searching only for open classes that fit your schedule! This icon indicates that a prerequisite for the course has not been met. Get a quick look at available sections that meet your search requirements. Just click the links to see a listing of sections!
