Promoting Transferology 2015 Transfer Specialist Conference Concurrent Session 2 Room: Paul Bunyan 1 2:15-3:15

What does the UMD campus do to promote Transferology to students, faculty and staff?

Promoting to Students

Handouts We created a marketing piece that we can hand out to prospective students and families when they attend our on-campus visit programs.

Handouts Our UMD Transfer Admissions piece also refers to Transferology which is linked from our transfer website.transfer

Website Our One Stop Student Services website also directs students to Transferology (linked from our transfer page)

Requests for Information Students are encouraged to utilize Transferology and then send us a request for information that includes this information.

Requests for information We then follow up with the student based on their request.

Individual Meetings 1.Create a course bundle 2.Run through a program 3.Print/ them the report 4.Send “Maybe” courses for review a. OTR sends these courses to our faculty

Promoting to Staff/Faculty

Beta-Testing University of Minnesota Duluth was one of the institutions that beta-tested Transferology. This enabled us to 1)familiarize our campus with the differences between u.Select and Transferology 2)Explain Transferology to administration and staff who had not previously used u.Select

What Beta-Testing Taught Me Be a resource and expert for your campus Be able to provide training and support to staff, faculty, and student employees

Encouraging Account Creation Faculty and staff are encouraged to request the creation of a Transferology Lab account through a Google request form Google request form

Give Updates Transferology Lab users receive an update about each new release of Transferology, and an explanation of its new functions & features. This was done through ; we are switching over to a Google group.

Training Opportunities The Office of the Registrar provides training opportunities to: One Stop Student Services Staff Peer Advisors Faculty Advisors Other Staff

Faculty Yearly Department Head & Transfer Course Evaluator Meeting -training & account set up -transfer guides

Key Points (Student View) Account creation/conversion Will My Courses Transfer? Courses, Standardized Exams, Military Credit Find a Replacement Course Request Information Apply Courses to a Program

Key Points (Lab) Account Creation/Conversion Equivalencies Course Bundles Can do for prospective students, general scenarios (how popular courses from Institution X transfer) Program

Course Bundles

Resources UMD makes these resources available to faculty & staff to aide in the use of Transferology Lab. resources

Questions?

Sarah Hatfield Office of the Registrar Curriculum & Transfer Specialist

Heather Rondeau Office of Admissions Transfer Admissions Counselor