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May 16
Job Posting in STARS - 5/16
by  Dalinda HannaNo presence information 
Category: Jobs

 

Systems Analyst I – closes May 20th
 
Instructional Designer – Open until filled
 
User Interface Designer/Developer – Open until filled
 
Multimedia Specialist II – Open until filled
 
Senior Instructional Designer – Open until filled
 
Systems Analyst III-.NET/SQL Developer (2 positions) – Open until filled
 
Instructional Development Specialist (2 positions) – Open until filled

 

 

 

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May 15
Welcome Mehdi Daghrir
by  Dalinda HannaNo presence information 

 

Welcome Mehdi Daghrir, the new Systems Analyst II for Data Center Operations. Mehdi started May 13th.

 

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May 14
GRIP Updates
by  Angel GibbonsNo presence information 
Category: GRIP

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Wait Lists- This project expanded the use of electronic wait lists for students in Banner to all colleges and organized courses.  Phase I of the project, which set default wait list amounts to each course for Fall 2013 registration, will close with the beginning of the Fall 2013 semester. A survey will go out to students who used the wait list feature, and this will provide feedback as the project moves to Phase II. Phase II will take statistics from the Fall 2013 registration and determine if new business rules and reports are needed. Wait list will be carried into late registration in Phase II but will stop before the first day of class to avoid potential billing issues. During Phase II students will receive text notifications if courses for which they are wait listed become available for registration.

 

Early Alert System- The early alert system will be implemented to catch activities, or lack of activities, in a student’s academic progress and provide visibility to faculty, department chairs, and advisors in a timely fashion. For the purchase of the early alert system an RFP was sent out to interested vendors. The team has come to the end of the RFP process and scores from the evaluation team have determined a suggested vendor. Purchasing is working on a letter of best offer from the vendor and that may be sent early next week. The steering committee for Early Alert will meet to debrief and discuss next steps in the implementation of the software and a plan to encourage faculty buy-in.
 
Four Year Degree Plans- This project is an umbrella project that oversees the Degree Audit project and the MyEDU project. This project will utilize degree plan software so that students can chart their progress and explore alternative options before seeing an advisor. Currently, we are purchasing DegreeWorks from Ellucian. It is in the final stage in the purchasing department and a purchase order is being created. Tia Palsole has been tasked with gathering data about each degree plan so that templates may be created and housed in DegreeWorks. I presented briefly at the Department Chair Council Meeting May 8th to introduce Tia to the Chairs, and to emphasize that we may need to consult them for accurate information on degree requirements in their respective areas, specifically for the purposes of building the templates.

 

Global Advising System- The global advising system is going to create an improved advising infrastructure, implementing an advising platform for all advising activity at UTSA. Currently, processes are being streamlined by the different advising offices through another GRIP initiative. The global advising system will link all the advising centers and eliminate some challenges currently being faced by advisors. We are looking to implement a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool, configured to display information that advisors need to access consistently. Currently, we are developing pilot projects with Catapult Systems for Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce.com so that advisors can test function and ease of use of each product. We anticipate pilot testing will be available at the end of May.

 

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May 09
Job Postings in STARS: 5/9
by  Sarah SaatzerNo presence information 
Category: Jobs

​Instructional Designer – Open until filled

User Interface Designer/Developer – Open until filled

Multimedia Specialist II – Open until filled

Senior Instructional Designer – Open until filled

Systems Analyst III-.NET/SQL Developer (2 positions) – Open until filled

Instructional Development Specialist (2 positions) – Open until filled

 

 

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May 06
Mac Minute
by  Dalinda HannaNo presence information 
Category: Mac Minute



If you close a Finder window and want to reopen the Finder window you recently closed, try this.
 Click the Go menu and see what what pops up when you position your cursor over Recent Folders. If you don't see the Finder window you closed, chances are it appears elsewhere in the Go menu. 
 

 

Bonus tip: If you need to get into the Library folder (to find Preferences or Scripts, for example), hold down the option key while viewing the Go menu's contents. The Library folder will instantly appear in its alphabetically sorted position.
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May 03
ITA Meeting Recap (May 2)
by  Dalinda HannaNo presence information 
Category: Staff News




This month's ITA meeting covered the wireless update, Network Access Control, and possible new meeting times for ITA and ISA staff. Dan Bryd presented the status of the campus wireless with past statistics, current processes, and future goals for the university. Anthony Espinoza presented information about the upcomming Network Access Control (NAC) project and answered questions. To view the powerpoint slides, please check out the ITA sharepoint page here. To view photos from the event click here. ​

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May 03
Laptop Award Ceremony
by  Dalinda HannaNo presence information 
Category: News



The Thomas Rivera Center for Student Success along with The Office of Information Technology, held a Laptop Award Cermony May 3rd, in the Bioscience and Engineering Building on the main campus.

The two winners, Elena Briceno and Kyle Kratzenberg, each received a certificate, a Dell laptop, laptop bag, and a printer. Every Spring, the staff of the Thomas Rivera Center for Student Success selects two graduates of the Academic Development Program (ADP) who has demonstrated strong academic achievements as well as community involvement. Please click here to view photos from the event.

 

 

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May 02
Job Postings in STARS: 5/2
by  Dalinda HannaNo presence information 
Category: Jobs

 

Job Postings in STARS:

 

User Interface Designer/Developer – Open until filled

 
Multimedia Specialist II – Open until filled
 
Senior Instructional Designer – Open until filled
 
Systems Analyst III-.NET/SQL Developer (2 positions) – Open until filled
 
Instructional Development Specialist (2 positions) – Open until filled
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April 26
Collaborative Workstations Open Downtown
by  Sarah SaatzerNo presence information 
Category: News


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April 26
Job Postings in STARS: 4/26
by  Sarah SaatzerNo presence information 
Category: Jobs

​Job Postings in STARS:

User Interface Designer/Developer – Open until filled

Multimedia Specialist II – Open until filled

Senior Instructional Designer – Open until filled

Systems Analyst III-.NET/SQL Developer (2 positions) – Open until filled

Instructional Development Specialist (2 positions) – Open until filled

Geneva Garcia, Support Services, is leaving UTSA on May 3.

Melissa Padalecki, GRIP Instructional Designer, is leaving UTSA on May 3.

 

James Lee has accepted the Systems Analyst II position with Student Computing labs starting May 1. James has worked  with the University as an ITA with ITC  as well a Net Tech I with OIT Support Services supporting ITC and our DT campus customers computing needs. He will fill a much needed role in continued support of our student labs as well as looking around the corner for what services we can provide our students in the future.

 

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