Registrar sets spring 2009 for online registration
After a several-year delay, administrators say WebAdvisor can finally end lines and paper shuffling
Mary Petrides
Issue date: 9/4/08 Section: News
McArthur, Maurer and Jeff Yost, manager of user services for ITS, have been discussing whether and how to train students and faculty to use the program.
Dean of Faculty Mark Kalthoff said few faculty members use WebAdvisor. He confirmed this by knocking on Associate Professor of History Thomas Conner's door and asking about the program.
"I know it's one of the things you can click on," Conner replied.
Maurer said that whatever form the training takes, most of it will be geared toward faculty.
"Coming in and looking at this from a student perspective, it's very easy to use," Maurer said.
The business and financial-aid offices are finding their way onto WebAdvisor as well.
Controller Pat Flannery expects that, beginning Dec. 1, tuition payments can be made online through Touchnet, a Datatel, Inc., program.
"It's a great piece of software," Flannery said. "We're very impressed with it."
Payments may be made by e-checks or most major credit cards. Paying by credit card will require an additional 2.75 percent service fee, and Visa will not be accepted because Visa does not allow the college to charge students the service fee.
Flannery hopes that by next fall, students will be able to pay fees online, and when the software is ready, students will be able to pay loans online.
Computer kiosks in the business office, expected to arrive this semester, will allow the business office to show students how to use the software.
Financial-aid awards are already listed on WebAdvisor.
Rich Moeggenberg, director of financial aid, said the office's next project is to put its filing process online. Because the college only accepts private funds, the scholarships available require diverse criteria. The financial-aid office hopes to have student profiles online and use the easily available information to award scholarships.
"WebAdvisor's cool," Moeggenberg said. "There're a myriad of things we can [do]….These were just pipe dreams a few years ago."
"This arena registration won't be in the same form ever again," Moeggenberg said.
Dean of Faculty Mark Kalthoff said few faculty members use WebAdvisor. He confirmed this by knocking on Associate Professor of History Thomas Conner's door and asking about the program.
"I know it's one of the things you can click on," Conner replied.
Maurer said that whatever form the training takes, most of it will be geared toward faculty.
"Coming in and looking at this from a student perspective, it's very easy to use," Maurer said.
The business and financial-aid offices are finding their way onto WebAdvisor as well.
Controller Pat Flannery expects that, beginning Dec. 1, tuition payments can be made online through Touchnet, a Datatel, Inc., program.
"It's a great piece of software," Flannery said. "We're very impressed with it."
Payments may be made by e-checks or most major credit cards. Paying by credit card will require an additional 2.75 percent service fee, and Visa will not be accepted because Visa does not allow the college to charge students the service fee.
Flannery hopes that by next fall, students will be able to pay fees online, and when the software is ready, students will be able to pay loans online.
Computer kiosks in the business office, expected to arrive this semester, will allow the business office to show students how to use the software.
Financial-aid awards are already listed on WebAdvisor.
Rich Moeggenberg, director of financial aid, said the office's next project is to put its filing process online. Because the college only accepts private funds, the scholarships available require diverse criteria. The financial-aid office hopes to have student profiles online and use the easily available information to award scholarships.
"WebAdvisor's cool," Moeggenberg said. "There're a myriad of things we can [do]….These were just pipe dreams a few years ago."
"This arena registration won't be in the same form ever again," Moeggenberg said.
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