Spring has sprung? Time was spent during spring break to prep rooms ahead of a very active summer. This involves removing furniture with OCM ID stickers and making site visits. These visits will determine where instructor and ADA furniture changes will be made on proposed student furniture replacements in Vincent, Ford, Hanson and in select rooms in Folwell, Akerman, Rapson, and Murphy.
Classroom Technical Services
Through the fall and winter, CTS had a busy schedule of departmental technology installations. A lot of the work has been focused around adding Zoom Room appliances to conference and classroom spaces. Some of our work even received press in The Minnesota Daily!
Additionally, CTS is nearing completion of the technology upgrades in the Regent’s Boardroom and West Committee room. These new installations will improve online meeting formats by utilizing the newer AV over IP distribution as a more streamlined solution.
Scheduling Team
Spring 2023 final exams have been scheduled into classrooms, and requests continue to come in past the initial deadline.
Classroom assignments for summer 2023 are also underway.
In an effort to ensure operational efficiencies in buildings across campus, OCM consolidated the class schedule into a smaller number of buildings.
For fall 2023, CCS (Collaborative Class Scheduling) is closed and central classroom scheduling is happening.
After much data cleanup, the Astra room optimization process ran successfully. There are still approximately 700 classes that require manual scheduling. Many classes are meeting in prime times (Monday-Thursday, 9:05 a.m.-2:30 p.m.), which makes finding appropriate classrooms more challenging. The team is also working through UAT scripts for the newest version of Astra in the hopes of being able to upgrade in the near future.
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