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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Operations & Strategic Initiatives

Operations
  • Annual review of our Williamson Hall building emergency plan and ASR’s Continuity of Operations plan is happening.
  • The annual space survey was completed last week. Each year departments are asked to look at the space they are responsible for and ensure that everything is accounted for accurately. 

Projects

  • Completed the New American Indian Scholars Program workflow in Jadu and it is ready for launch.
  • The Projects team is providing project management coaching for lead staff working on the FAFSA Simplification project through the launch in spring 2024.
  • We continue to partner with the ASR Application Development team to provide ongoing UX & Business Analysis to support their work intake and refinement.
  • The Projects team has taken on the OIT PI Planning coordination efforts for ASR. We have been meeting with all ASR-IT and business unit teams to ensure our collaborative efforts with OIT are submitted to the appropriate OIT agile team for prioritization in the coming quarter. 

Training

  • To coincide with the Coursedog launch, OSI Training created four new training courses that teach Coursedog authors and approvers across the University the basics of the new system.
  • OSI Training is beginning to create an updated online FERPA training.

UX & Content Strategy

  • The team has been supporting the FAFSA Simplification effort mandated by changes at the federal level. There are many changes related to terminology, so a thorough review of forms, emails, and web content is underway. The team is also helping ensure that students and families are aware of the changes and this year’s delayed availability of the FAFSA form. 
  • Following a redesign of the DORS website, an awareness campaign was kicked off so that the campus community is aware of the benefits of using DORS. This effort is based on feedback from users saying they wished more people knew about DORS. 
  • The 2022-2023 annual report process has kicked off. This is an update of a publication initiated for the previous academic year (linked on the ASR website homepage). An area of focus for this year’s project is documenting the sources of data we publish. 
  • We’re also starting a content review of the One Stop website. This annual process ensures that all the content is accurate and trustworthy.

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