Registration for classes is a crucial part of the academic experience for every University student. The Integrated Student Information System introduced online access to its services at the end of the last academic year but began allowing students to enroll or make class changes only over the summer.
The Registrar's Office and ITC funded the project, but other offices also contributed funding as they became involved.
This semester marks the first time students were able to enroll in classes at registration using ISIS online.
ISIS online works in conjunction with the ISIS phone system. All the options that can be accessed via the phone also are available online.
Now that registration is in full swing for spring 2000, the question remains whether students are using the opportunity to enroll online or if they prefer the traditional means of signing up for classes on the phone.
Some students said online registration is more convenient.
"It is easier to use ISIS online because you can see what classes you are enrolled in and you can print out a semester schedule," second-year College student Megan Webb said. "It is also more convenient because it shows what classes are still open."
Using ISIS online, all registration information can be printed and students can gain an overview of their semester schedule as well as other information such as GPA and SAT scores.
More features and expansions are planned for the future of ISIS online, ITC Interim Ads Director Don Reynard said.
Various groups within ITC and the Registrar's Office are working on expanding what is offered by the online version of ISIS.
But recent statistics suggest the new technology is not drawing as many students as thought.
Reynard said about 60 percent of undergraduate students used the phone last semester to adjust their schedules.
Only 40 percent of students used the Web.
But University Registrar Ann Antrobus said the percentage of students using ISIS online is slightly higher for graduate students.
Reynard said ITC expects the proportion of students using ISIS online to increase this semester.
ITC predicts that about 50 percent of students will register online, he said.
Antrobus said that as of Monday, 1,718 students used the traditional way of enrolling via telephone, while only 813 used the Web.
But, she said these numbers are expected to change when first-year students begin to enroll for classes.
In contrast to first-year students, upperclassmen are more likely to use the phone because ISIS online only was introduced recently and they are not yet convinced of the advantages of using the online services, she added.
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