The University’s Student Systems Project currently is conducting efforts to educate the University community about the Student Information System, which will soon replace the Integrated Student Information System as the University’s system of record and class enrollment.
These outreach efforts include online resources, the Project’s help center and an information session for students and faculty to be held March 16 in Newcomb Hall, said Carole Horwitz, the communications director of the Student Systems Project.
Horwitz said the help page for SIS directs students to resources, such as a list of the top 10 important facts for SIS use, a demo of the system, a student guide, a VISTAA advising reporting demo and a list of frequently asked questions.
“One of the things we’re doing is to try to get this information out and available to students,” Horwitz said, noting that one of the outreach methods has been to contact student groups about seeing demos of the system.
Chris Doran, the user services leader for the Student Systems Project, said several “focus groups” were created last fall for these demos. The groups included representatives from organizations such as Hoos for Open Access, peer advisors from the Office of African-American Affairs and ITC student consultants, Doran said. Student Council and other organizations also were contacted because they “expressed a desire to stay informed and involved,” Doran said.
Additionally, Project officials spoke directly to Education, Law and Nursing students, Doran said. He added, however, that information is “open to any student who’d like to come in and ask questions and see how it’s all going to work.”
Doran said interested students can meet SIS developers and administrations of the system at next week’s information session, providing those students and University community members the opportunity to ask and answer questions about the replacement for ISIS.
The idea for the SIS came about after a Student Systems Project assessment three years ago determined that ISIS would no longer be able to “meet the needs of the University as it goes forward,” Horwitz said. She noted that adviser information and enrollment times were transferred to SIS this week and the new system will completely replace ISIS by August.
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