Technology@Wooster

IT is very pleased to announce that Mary Schantz has been appointed Manager of User Services. Mary has served as Interim Manager of the department since May of this year. In her short time as Interim Manager, Mary oversaw the installation of over 300 computers on campus, the installation of four new computer labs, and the replacement of six others. She also launched an initiative to improve the effectiveness of the IT help desk. While ongoing, this initiative has already resulted in significant improvements in the quality of service. Also during her short time as Interim Manager, Mary hired three new User Support Specialists- -this represents three quarters of the department’s professional staff. Prior to being named Interim Manager, Mary served as User Support Specialist and as User Services Intern. Mary majored in Political Science at the College of Wooster and graduated in 2004.

Throughout her tenure in User Services Mary has provided excellent service to the Wooster community and, as Interim Manager, she has demonstrated that she is very well-equipped to lead that department. The Office of Information Technology is very grateful to Mary for accepting the responsibilities of this position on a permanent basis.

If you have not yet setup your voicemail box on the new voicemail system, please do so by following the directions below. You cannot receive messages until your voicemail box has been initalized.

Dial 3200 to access the new voicemail system.
When prompted, enter ” * “, then your telephone extension, and then ” * “. For example, if your extension is 2393 enter *2393*
When prompted for the passcode, enter 1234.
You will be prompted to record your name and voicemail greeting, and to establish a passcode.

If you have any questions please contact the Telecommunications Officer at x2393.

Beginning this semester faculty will submit course grades via ScotWeb. ScotWeb will begin accepting grades on Friday, December 8. Faculty will be able to access grading rosters, enter and modify grades until the grading deadline at noon on December 20. It will not be possible to submit grade changes via ScotWeb after the grading deadline. Changes after the deadline must be made in the Registrar’s Office. In preparation for this shift, the Registrar’s Office conducted a successful pilot of this functionality at the end of the Summer term. Instructions for grade entry have been distributed by the Registrar’s Office and are also available via ScotWeb.

Also beginning this semester, the College will no longer send grades to students via the Postal Service. Students will access their grades via ScotWeb. Grades for the current semester will be accessible beginning at 4:00 p.m. on December 22.

It will not be possible to access degree audit reports via ScotWeb during the grading period.

The implementation of ScotWeb is part of the ongoing OSCAR project.

IT is pleased to offer a short training course on Microsoft Excel 2003. The course will meet for two three hour sessions- -9:00 until noon on Monday, January 8 and Wednesday, January 10. All College employees are eligible to participate. Enrollment is limited to 18. To register contact Linda McNeil at x2252 or at lmcneil@wooster.edu.

Topics to be covered include:

It expects to offer this course again before the end of the academic year. An intermediate course of Excel is also planned. It will also consist of two three hour sessions. Dates will be posted on the blog as they become available.

Topics expected to be covered in the intermediate course include: