Year: 2024

Cancel vs. Delete

It’s our last Pro Tip for the Fall term, and we’ll be picking back up after the winter break. In keeping with the theme of final exams, here’s a pop quiz! During the build, you’ve discovered that you do not need one of your class sections that has been scheduled already in SIS. It’s currently …

Update to MyUW Course Schedule app adds functionality, simplifies access to key information

MyUW’s new Course Schedule app has received a significant update that adds new functionality and improves the overall user experience.

Term Update Switch Reminders

The term update switch controls what edits can be made in SIS for a given term. As a reminder, these are the only edits that may be made when the switch is flipped off: When the term update switch is off, please do not contact Curricular Services to make edits that were not completed during …

Warner elected to AACRAO Board of Directors

Interim University Registrar Beth Warner has been elected to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers' (AACRAO) Board of Directors.

Managing your Wait List

Happy Peak Enrollment Season! If your subject(s) have courses that utilize a wait list, be sure to review your own procedures for allowing student enrollment. Here are some additional considerations: For Curric/Enroll Reps managing a wait list:  For students who are enrolling: 

Scheduling Evening Midterm Exams

Per faculty policy, two evening examination periods have been established for daytime classes that require exams outside of their regularly scheduled class hours. Evening midterms may not spill into the transition time of 7:15 to 7:30 PM. Curricular representatives should make students aware of evening midterms via a class note. Instructors should also note the …

New DARS request app adds additional features for advisors and staff

A modernized degree audit application for academic advisors and staff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has launched just in time for spring enrollment.

Accurate Instructor Assignments

It’s important to review instructor assignments and accurately assign the correct people to classes in SIS. Every section of a course must have a principal instructor; some sections need a supervisory instructor; and auxiliary instructors may be assigned as needed. A decision tree provides detailed guidance.  Regardless of role, all instructors must hold an instructional …

Canceled Sections & Issuing Late Permissions

As part of the DIR tasks and reporting accurate instruction on campus the Office of the Registrar runs an administrative process to cancel class sections with no enrollment. This occurs during Week 5* of the Fall and Spring term, and includes IND sections. These canceled sections will remain visible in Curricular & Enroll Rep WorkCenter …

25Live Reminders & Tips

This week’s Pro Tip is actually several tips & reminders regarding our room reservation system 25Live. Many folx are continuing to adjust classrooms ahead of the Spring 2025 (1254) Final Call deadline on October 2, as well as submit special event requests for the Fall 2024 term, so we have some reminders about utilizing the …