In addition to the on-going administration/integration of Carleton’s core administrative systems that touch all students, faculty and staff; the Applications Development team have played leadership roles in a number of successful initiatives over the past year.
Tools / Systems Delivery
Within the Registrar’s Office and Student Support Services domains (undergraduate and graduate levels) we have collaborated on the delivery of a variety of tools/systems that directly or indirectly enhance the experience of our students.
Some of the highlights include:
- the interactive degree audit;
- personalized exam schedules;
- registration enhancements (incl. wait-listing);
- Emergency Notification System;
- UPass and UHIP administration;
- display of student photos on class rosters;
- advising and tutorial service improvements; and
- a new system that supports the administration needs of Carleton’s Teaching Assistant’s.
Fundamental System Upgrades
The AD group is often called upon to execute a major upgrade to one or more of our foundational systems, and this past year was no exception.
In November 2010 the Oracle database that supports the Banner system was successfully upgraded to the latest version (11G).
2010 also saw the technical infrastructure put in place for the new Banner Document Management System. This infrastructure will provide us with the foundation that many future projects will rely on.
Campus-Wide Initiative Support
The Finance and HR/Payroll teams played key roles in support of campus-wide initiatives such as the Identity and Access Management/BEIS project, as well as Finance & Administration projects touching diverse areas such as Learning & Development, A/P Direct Deposits, PCards and the implementation of new collective agreements into payroll.