SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Teaching Ad Astra Effectively Austin T. Walden Texas Tech University

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Over 50,000 students. Ad Astra Staff Members Ad Astra Academics & Events – Academics – Main Campus, Satellite Campus – Events – Main Campus

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Why this session? We are usually IT professionals, not educators. Can sometimes be both IT needs help explaining processes to students, faculty, staff.

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Who We Teach TTU allows Astra access to – All Students Including Student Organizations – All Faculty Including Part-Time/Full-Time – All Staff – Valid eRaider

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Teaching, not Training Not ‘Training’ because we want users to think critically Teaching them how to interpret problems – Ex. Faculty Members, Dept Chairs, Student Orgs

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Teaching, not Training Teach – – To know something – To guide the studies – To impart knowledge

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Teaching, not Training Train – – To form by instruction – To make prepared for a test of skill

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Different TTU In-Person Training Online Training User Guides Over the phone & IM – Lync Communicator

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Tab Method for Ad Astra Training By Tabs Show similarity within the Tabs – Filter, search options, etc

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Call & Response Teaching only effective if duplicated. – Can they remember this when they go back to office? – Anything else is useless. Help Reinforce any way you can.

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Contact Austin! Austin T. Walden, Section Coordinator – Phone number: – address: Steven Morales, Assistant Director ASFR – Phone number: – address:

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Rachel Erkkila, Registrar Heidi Heilskov, Assistant Registrar

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Who is DMACC? Comprehensive Community College FALL 2012 credits =200,689 FALL 2012 Students = 23,685 Ad Astra version – 7.5.1

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Session Overview

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Ankeny (24) WEST (1) Carroll (1) Newton (2)Boone (1) Urban (5)

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM DMACC Process Events: LIVE Spring 2012 Academics: LIVE Fall 2013 – Training for Core group – multiple trainings over time - – Prep for Implementation: Core Implementation Team – Registrar, Assistant Registrar and Dir. Institutional Effectiveness Steering Committee Joint Deans District Chairs Directors/Supervisors

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM DMACC Scheduling Space Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Conference Rooms Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Academic Space Newton Conference Ankeny Conference Center Ankeny Continuing Education Ankeny FFA Conference

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Administrative Assistants Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Conference Rooms Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Academic Space Newton Conference Ankeny Conference Center Ankeny Continuing Education Ankeny FFA Conference ScheduleRequest

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Campus Schedulers Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Conference Rooms Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Academic Space Newton Conference Ankeny Conference Center Ankeny Continuing Education Ankeny FFA Conference Schedule – Campus specific Request use Schedule – any campus

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM District Schedulers Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Conference Rooms Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Academic Space Newton Conference Ankeny Conference Center Ankeny Continuing Education Ankeny FFA Conference Back-up schedulers

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM DMACC Scheduling Space Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Conference Rooms Ankeny Boone Carroll Urban Newton West Academic Space Newton Conference Ankeny Conference Center Ankeny Continuing Education Ankeny FFA Conference Special Schedulers

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM DMACC Process EVENTS: LIVE Spring 2012 Prior to live- – Introductory overview – Ad Astra – Set up “play” site - DMACC – Quick video instruction - DMACC – Open lab time - DMACC – Remote access to individual PC - DMACC

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Who Was Trained? Admin Assistants – Conference rooms Campus Schedulers – Academic Space – Conference rooms District Schedulers – Conference rooms – Academic space Advanced – approvers – p.m. Basic training – a.m.

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Transitioning to Academics... Completing our go live prep Moving sections into standard meeting patterns and start and stop times Ad Astra Sandbox Fall 2013-schedule released January 2013 Distribute schedule for review Ready for registration April 2013

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Training Formula – Introductory overview – Quick video instruction – Open lab time – Remote access to individual PC

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Summary Lay the ground with buy in from above Introduce your material in smaller bits – Too much really is too much Repetition from multiple sources Hands on training Videos as a reference for on your own time learning

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Contact Information Rachel Erkkila, Registrar, Des Moines Area Community College – Phone number: – address: Heidi Heilskov, Assistant Registrar, Des Moines Area Community College – Phone number: – address:

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Ad Astra Training Opportunities In-House Training On-Site Training Customized Web-based Training Self-Paced Training Modules

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Training Enhancement Ideas Train-Your-Campus Packet Mastery Level Training Focused Online Training Seminars Training with Ad Astra Summits Other Ideas?

SCHEDULING | STUDENT SUCCESS | CAPACITY | EFFICIENCY | AAIS.COM Contact Information Kelly Hollowell, Manager of Education – Phone number: – address: Your account manager: – Bridget Shannon: – Jenny Hulsen: – Cindy Sullivan:

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