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Maintaining Good Communication with Students. Ed Baker, cornell university Chris errington, niagara university Kevin smith, canisius college Gregory withrow, suny plattsburgh . myCornell. …a single point of entry for all internal Cornell services, information and communications…. Agenda.
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Maintaining Good Communication with Students Ed Baker, cornell university Chris errington, niagara university Kevin smith, canisius college Gregory withrow, suny plattsburgh
myCornell …a single point of entry for all internal Cornell services, information and communications….
Agenda • Goals for today • What is myCornell? • What are some features and benefits of myCornell?
What is myCornell? myCORNELL
myCornell is personal myCornell uses your NetID to present you with content designed specifically for you.
Personalized for students Students get this tab… and student-oriented content
Personalized for you • Using Active Directory, myCornell is aware of your various relationships to Cornell. It is able to deliver content to any group in Active Directory.
myCornell is customizable • Everyone can add their own content to reflect • Personal interests • Academic needs • Business needs
Communications Student-only announcement RSS feed available to all
What are some benefits? • Single destination: Users need only one url, my.cornell.edu, to access all their links and services. • Web site visibility: myCornell provides another way to direct audiences to existing web sites; it doesn’t replace web sites. • Less redundancy: myCornell provides links to commonly used work and academic tools, Kronos and COLTS for example. Can stop linking elsewhere.
Potential benefit • myCornell provides an opportunity to streamline everyday academic and business tasks with easy-to-use apps (portlets). Via myCornell you could… • Read and approve documents (Cynergy activity) • Record time away from work (Kronos activity) • Look up grades (Student Center activity)
Student Communications • Created a Deposited Student Portal • Orientation/Welcome Weekend • Satellite site at service fair • Information session with students and parents • Student Accounts Business Card • Parent Weekly E-mail Newsletter • E-mail (official communication) • Text opt-in • Current Student Portal Messages
Web Communication www.niagra.edu Portal Front page information Special office section Interaction with EPR system Communication
QUESTIONS? Ed Baker, cornell university Chris errington, niagara university Kevin smith, canisius college Gregory withrow, suny plattsburgh