I believe one solution may be to place a greater responsibility on the
students to prepare for the advisement experience.  Our program sends a
memo to all pre-majors inviting the students to schedule an advisement
appointment.  We ask that they come to their appointment with a copy of
their RAP sheet (mailed to them by the Registration office) and a tentative
schedule.  This requires preparation on their part and the use of the
on-line timetable prior to their advisement session.  The advisor is then
responsible for assuring that the student has planned for the appropriate
courses, not the specific time schedule.  Thus, it is not necessary to have
multiple copies of the time table available in the department.  If needed,
the advisor can simply refer to the website on their own computer as they
meet with the student.  Our pre-majors know the expectation and, as a
whole, follow the process.  I believe one of the objectives of placing the
timetables on the website and on-line registration was to encourage
students to be more engaged in the planning of their coursework.  It does
not replace the need for the advisor for we should be diligent to assure
the students have planned for appropriate general education and
major-related requirements.  It creates a team approach, actively involving
both advisor and student in the process.  Both the website and the ASIS
program provide such valuable information about students.  I would
encourage anyone who has not received training in ASIS to do so.  We are in
the business of students at this university and this is a tool we can use
to assist them in their journey through their educational process.--Yvonne


At 09:41 AM 3/27/2003 -0500, Russell, James M wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:19:44 -0500
>Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Fall Registration
>
>The solution below is no solution at all. My departmental secretary has
>already printed out (using the departmental laser printer) the roster of
>courses for fall, 2003. What would be nice to have after registration
>starts is a daily tally of enrollment in courses (other than the history
>department's which we have always printed daily). We don't have money in our
>pathetic operating budget to keep doing that. It would cost too much in
>paper and toner. Granted, it does look better than the old greenbar
>computer paper tallies which registration provided in the past. But that
>was cheap to print. I am sure that it was also a lot quicker.
>
>Mike Russell
> >
> >
>
>Departments that choose to do so can pretty easily use the printer friendly
>version of the class schedule web page. It is a nicer listing than the
>computer
>tally printouts were and they can be updated quickly by someone in the
>department
>comfortable with doing it.  Separate listings of only open classes could
>easily
>be made.
>
>Department web sites can have a link to the class schedule thats displays
>only that department's courses for a term. Department webmasters, you can
>inquire from Dan Chase about how to do this.
>
>If anyone has suggestions for further improvements in the web class schedule,
>please let Dan Chase or myself know.
>
>Richard
>--
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>Information Technology Division, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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