Year: 2025

Primary reps: you’re awesome! But you could be awesomer…

Curricular reps are responsible for a wide variety of tasks and have unique access to making edits in SIS. Each subject should have a Primary curricular rep who manages the schedule of classes and at least one backup rep. Backup reps have the same access to making edits in SIS and can assist the Primary …

DARS update makes content easier to read, more accessible

An accessibility-focused update is improving users’ experiences with the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS).

Requesting Essential Room Characteristics

A wise man named Mick Jagger once said, “you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes…you get what you need!” Now that Initial Call is open for Spring 2026, be sure to only request GA room characteristics that are pedagogically essential and that align with the rooms available in the GA …

Managing Enrollment with Section-Level Requisites

Enrollment season is underway! One way to manage enrollment is by using section-level requisites. These requisites are placed at the section level on the Adjust Class Associations page in SIS, and can temporarily limit who is able to enroll based on things like academic standing, or declared major. For example, a subject may choose to …

New tool automates college transcript processing at UW–Madison

A new tool is helping the University of Wisconsin–Madison review and process students’ college transcripts more efficiently.

Take a (Spring) Break

Happy Spring Break! While Summer and Fall enrollment are both right around the corner, we are taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming and encourage you to do the same! Late March can be a chaotic time, so we want to remind you to take care of yourselves. Campus has a variety of wellness-related …

Zoom phishing email falsely claims to be from the Office of the Registrar

A recent email falsely claiming to be from the Office of the Registrar asking students to join a time-sensitive Zoom meeting was part of a growing trend of phishing scams.

Topics Course Display in CS&E

Topics courses appear slightly differently in Course Search & Enroll and this can lead to confusion when students are searching and enrolling for courses. Every topics course will have 1 row per scheduled section plus 1 additional row for the “umbrella” course catalog number. For example, in Summer 2025, Art 448 has 3 sections scheduled …

RO pilots program to connect campus curricular representatives

When you’re one of only a handful of people – or perhaps the only person – responsible for building and maintaining your department’s schedule of classes, it can be difficult not having a colleague to turn to for advice or collaboration. A new mentor-match program piloted by the Curricular Services team in the Office of …

Reports! But the fun kind

The Curricular Rep WorkCenter contains a bookmark to the Query Report Viewer where you can run reports as needed to assist you with your work and review data related to your scheduled course sections. This KB provides the report title and what it shows, so you can find what you need.  For additional reporting, you …