Interview with ITS & FOCUS GROUP Regarding Course Registration System

1. Interview with ITS & FOCUS GROUPRegarding Course Registration System Jiyoung Mun

2. The results of interview with ITS • Date of interview held: March 23rd, 2007 • Participants • Director of ITS • External Consultant • The purpose of the meeting • To gather requirements/ suggestions/ feedbacks

3. Overview of the interview with ITS • Indication of the possibility to override rules • How to manage priority in waiting lists • What happens to a student on the waiting list when the spots are available? • What is the maximum number of waiting lists a student can be listed? • Does a student want model schedule to guide his or her selection? • How can the system make the difference between courses taken and required courses?

4. Requirements/Suggestions • Possibly define and propose multiple course schedules to the students • Depending on • Major • Class standing • Time • Professor • Requirements • Create a waiting list • Participant would automatically get into the class he or she desires • Give priorities according to his or her major and the course required for class standings

5. Considerations/Requests • Considerations • Overrides • Administration • Faculty • ITS • Requests • A place to store override actions and possibly reversal of these action • Define the priority for waiting list placement, whether it be class standing, whether the course is required for the major or other criteria • What is the maximum depending on the number of courses still need to be scheduled?

6. Part Ⅱ. Interview with FOCUS GROUP

7. The Results from Focus Group • Date held: April 3rd, 2007 • Informed consent form • Purpose of the meeting • To share opinions and to assess requirements on creating online registration system • To figure out the way to trust the system • Compare and confirm the current AUP registration system to online registration system

8. Modification of Current system • Let students register and browse courses at the same time • Give indication of courses-full with the exact number • Give priority to certain percentage of students to register (e.g. by class standings or majors) Search Parameters of online registration system • Time • Professor • Major

9. Ideal System • If a course is required for a major, give priority to student in that major • Keep add/drop available all the time until it closes (※ this can be different from what ITS have said) • Notify that the class is automatically registered for you (Give feedback if necessary) • No limits on how many waiting lists he or she is on • Booklists to be posted when registering • Buy books on online • Other ideals? • Let student take courses with their friends • Phone registration system Out of prototype of our project

10. Any Questions?