Transcript Portal Transformation

Improving Information Technology
within Student Affairs
Mike Nielsen
Information Management Associate,
Division of Student Affairs
Agenda
 Day to day usage examples
 How to get it done
 On-line resources
 Conclusion
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mylasalle Portal
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Early Adoption
 How to get students to log on
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Going Paperless
 Housing Selection & Assignment
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Awareness & Promotions
 Student Groups
 Theme Months
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How To Get It Done
 Assess your equipment
• Hardware (Where are you in the pecking order)
 Beyond your desktop (PDA, Cell Phones, Card Scanners, etc)
• Software (Paint vs. Photoshop)
 Support Staff
• IT (Salaries you want, but it would be easier to learn Zulu)
• PR/Communications (Web guys, Graphic Design, etc)
• AV (no you wish you belonged to the AV Club)
• Learning Technologies (Library, Faculty Resources, etc)
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How To Get It Done . . . More
 Knowledge Holders
• Copyright & Fair Use (the Ying & Yang)
• Valid/Authoritative Web Sites (Wikipedia vs. ______________)
• HTML/CSS Skills (Coders & Cheaters)
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Graphic Design (Stealing from Microsoft Word & budding artists)
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On-line Resources & Organizations
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http://www.webstandards.org/ (Web Site Design Standards)
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http://www.highedweb.org (Conference for Web/Technology. Emerging Association)
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http://eduwebconference.com/ (Conference for Web Design)
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http://www.acuho-i-it.org/ (listserv & Conference)
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http://chronicle.com/infotech/ (Bit of everything)
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http://www.campustechnology.org/ (Bit of everything)
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www2.nea.org/he/techno.html (Bit of everything)
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http://www.educause.edu/ (But of everything & Conference)
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http://www.heitalliance.org/ (More policy oriented)
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http://www.internet2.edu/ (Are you in?)
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http://www.w3.org/WAI/ (Web Accessibility)
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http://www.ahead.org/ (Web Accessibility)
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http://www.athenpro.org/ (Web Accessibility)
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http://www.clhe.org/ (Law & Policy, cover more than technology)
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Conclusion
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