U of M ESP : Student 2000 Project : What's New

What's New

The Student 2000 Project is charged with redesigning the student services system - both the current information systems and the way the services are provided - for all U of M campuses.

Recent E-mails to the Student 2000 Project listserv by date:

3/27 : RAC minutes from 3/6
3/24 : Student Plan Advisor reports available on line.
3/16 : Student Records PeopleSoft Training for April
3/15 : Procedures Update for Student Records users
2/25 : Performance Update
2/14 : Performance Team working through "Top Ten Problems" list.
2/8 : Issues surrounding implementation of PeopleSoft payroll module.
2/7 : PeopleSoft unavailable during upgrade, Feb 17-21.
2/3: Summary of report from Andersen Consulting on technical infrastructure and performance tuning.
1/28: Summary of discussion between PeopleSoft and Big Ten universities on January 18, 2000.
1/7: Financial aid applicants, PLEASE NOTE!
12/21: Update on PeopleSoft performance
12/17: From Sue Van Voorhis: Use of TC Student Data Base after Dec 30
12/17: 12/13 Enterprise Sponsor meeting focuses on system performance
12/13: Letter from Big 10 schools to PeopleSoft includes U of M
12/14: How to process grades
12/10: News from the TC Office of the Registrar and the Student Records (records conversion, grading process, transcripts, probation reports)
12/07: Tuition bill late fees waived for December 9 due date.
12/03: What to do if a student wants a UC seat.
11/19: Summary of discussions from Oct 25, Nov 8 ESP Sponsor meetings
11/16: Electronic copy of November Record Newsletter.
11/09: Clarification on financial aid for IDL courses

Access to PeopleSoft for off-campus locations. This week an Enterprise decision was made to use "Citrix" as the solution if units with off-campus locations require direct access.

Feb. 10 : Information on Registration/Class Permissions, Intersession Class Permissions and enrollment fees, IVR, data clean-up, 7.6 upgrade, conversion service indicators, transcripts, pre-Fall 99 grade verification (TC only), reporting, degree posting, training update, new training web site.

February's The Record newsletter. Issue includes information on: PeopleSoft and Web Registration systems unavailable Feb 17-21 for upgrade to PeopleSoft Version 7.6; why the Web crashed the first day of the semester; recent improvements to PeopleSoft and Web systems; new uses for data warehouse; update on Big 10 meeting with PeopleSoft CEO; results of Andersen Consulting report on infrastructure; more details on Fall Registration; update on financial aid, bursar, and student records implementations; refunds, and new route for Campus Connectors.

Downtime for PeopleSoft upgrade. Current plans call for PeopleSoft/Web systems to be unavailable from Thursday, February 17 at noon to Monday, February 21 at 6 am. During that time, the system will be upgraded to PeopleSoft 7.6.

News about Financial Aid, Student Financials, Student Records PeopleSoft Processes

PeopleSoft Performance Update, 2/1/00.

Students now able to add classes via Web after first week of term.

Web Registration system shows marked improvement in volume, response time. A major fix to the Web Registration system means the system is processing twice the number of transactions in about half the time. The next step is increasing the number of concurrent users--the number of students who can access and use the system at the same time.

Procedure Update from OTR. Deals with degree posting on non-converted records, historical record changes, conversion of historical records, transfer credit/cumulative statistics problems.

Poor performance of the Peoplesoft and Web Registration systems is a source of frustration to students and staff alike and Enterprise staff have made better performance a top priority.

The ESP Communication Survey results indicated that respondents were generally satisfied with the information they received about the project and wanted more information, especially about PeopleSoft "nuts and bolts". Respondents also said the new system made their jobs harder, mainly because of the system's poor performance. The ESP Communication Team's initial recommendations are in this summary, but the Team will spend more time with the findings and develop communications strategies and vehicles that address the needs of the respondents.

Q&A: Staff answers questions about Intersession registration and billing, special term deadlines, cancel/add fees, and late enrollment fee waivers. 11/13/99

Information about Spring Semester registration. Discusses registration system performance, registration for Spring and Intercession, problems to look for, delivery of magic numbers.

Clarifications on permissions, magic #s, commencement dates.

Q and A Project staff answer individual questions each week. Here are some of the Qs and As from the past few weeks.

How to access Fall Semester class lists This memo describes how to access, download, view, or use the class lists.

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