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Posted By Allan Chen 01-28-2025 09:15:25 AM
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We use Coursedog. We're very decentralized considering our size - our schools (all one institution, but the school or art/dance/etc. has a lot of autonomy) - so spaces are controlled by different people. We have .5 FTE spread across two people in our Service Center, in Facilities, that do scheduling, ...
Posted By Allan Chen 01-27-2025 01:16:18 PM
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Hi everyone, I wanted to post a friendly reminder that EDUCAUSE is accepting nominations and applications to serve on the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors. Serving on the EDUCAUSE Board is an excellent opportunity to represent the community on all kinds of matters affecting the organization and, by ...
Posted By Allan Chen 01-27-2025 01:16:18 PM
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Hi everyone, I wanted to post a friendly reminder that EDUCAUSE is accepting nominations and applications to serve on the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors. Serving on the EDUCAUSE Board is an excellent opportunity to represent the community on all kinds of matters affecting the organization and, by ...
Posted By Allan Chen 01-17-2025 09:50:09 AM
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I will +1 Beth's post. I have gone to SIGUCCS for over 15 straight years because it's a great conference that has always yielded meaningful results. I connect with highly engaged attendees, see excellent presentations, and meet with vendors that are relevant to my needs. The conference and program are ...
Posted By Allan Chen 12-17-2024 11:31:21 AM
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Chad,Why did the employees/staff grumble? I'm a bit unclear. Thanks,Allan Allan Chenhe/him/his Vice President for Institute Technology/CTO | Information Technology Vista Village 104 achen@calarts.edu661-253-7732 calarts.edu | 24700 McBean Parkway | Valencia, CA 91355The CalArts main campus sits on ...
Posted By Allan Chen 10-28-2024 03:19:55 PM
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Thanks for sharing this, Gerard. Any idea if they'll record it? I can't make it for the live event. Sounds like an amazing topic, though. Allan -- Allan Chen he/him/his Vice President for IT/CTO | Information Technology achen@calarts.edu | (661) 253-7732 calarts.edu | 24700 McBean Parkway | Valencia, ...
Posted By Allan Chen 10-18-2024 09:24:18 AM
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Len,Are you looking specifically and literally for research? EDUCAUSE has had webinars from companies such as Apporto that talk about this. They are not research-based, though, as far as I know. I think Labstats has done such talks, too, but not sure if they were through EDUCAUSE. Allan -- Allan Chen ...
Posted By Allan Chen 08-29-2024 09:19:37 AM
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Yes, we got all 4 parts of Coursedog at once, so putting up with a few quirks has been acceptable. But if we needed only a space booking solution, we might have gone a different route. Allan -- Allan Chen he/him/his Vice President for IT/CTO | Information Technology achen@calarts.edu | (661) 253-7732 ...
Posted By Allan Chen 08-28-2024 11:28:25 AM
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We're on Coursedog now, after looking at Ad Astra and 25Live from CollegeNET. Coursedog has a really rich workflow process, but doesn't easily allow for booking a room repeatedly for the same purpose (e.g. a weekly team meeting). You can add a room multiple times to a single request, or even ask for ...
Posted By Allan Chen 08-20-2024 01:39:19 PM
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FWIW it's happening to one of our users, too. We haven't done much troubleshooting on it yet - ticket just came in this morning. But that's what they are experiencing. Allan -- Allan Chen he/him/his Vice President for IT/CTO | Information Technology achen@calarts.edu | (661) 253-7732 calarts.edu ...
Posted By Allan Chen 07-18-2024 08:57:37 AM
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We use Cadence here as well, for SMS only, in our Admissions division. We are looking at adding it for other, general student success initiatives. I can put you in touch with various teams if you'd like. Allan -- Allan Chen he/him/his Vice President for IT/CTO | Information Technology achen@calarts.edu ...
Posted By Allan Chen 07-02-2024 11:30:28 AM
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Hi allWe are a bit behind the curve on data governance and strategic planning at CalArts. We have a DG committee that is making a lot of headway and therefore my question is more about the strategic planning - the building of a long-term vision for what data will look like at your institution. We are ...
Posted By Allan Chen 07-02-2024 11:25:00 AM
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Hi all, I (and a couple of my CalArts colleagues) have just signed up for this CG. I've read through a number of threads from the past but find myself once again asking some rather basic questions of a very knowledgeable and advanced group. I appreciate your patience. We are a bit behind the curve ...
Posted By Allan Chen 05-16-2024 01:19:00 PM
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Hi all,We are migrating from the Affinaquest "version" (overlay? I forget what they call it) of Salesforce to the "plain" Education Cloud option. We've had a lot of transitions in staff in this process, and the current project leaders are hoping to get some insight from other colleges of similar size. ...
Posted By Allan Chen 05-15-2024 12:41:00 PM
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Isn't that what Tambellini's Peertelligent (is that what it's still called?) catalog is? I contributed to it when it first launched so it's been a while, but I thought the goal was to have a repository of "reviews" from institutions using various products. Maybe that's what you meant when you said you ...
Posted By Allan Chen 05-10-2024 10:59:00 AM
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Lots of terrific input on this question. Another thing that some vendors do that bothers me is referencing other customers that have nothing to do with us. I get that saying that "noteworthy institution X" is a current customer lends some credibility, but often that institution isn't even remotely similar ...
Posted By Allan Chen 04-26-2024 10:38:00 AM
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I think the obvious counter argument to this is user experience. We have Ellucian Colleague as our ERP, and use their Self-Service as the end-user "portal" for stuff like financial aid, grades, registration, etc. It's a pretty brutal experience in my opinion, by today's standards. We have done a lot ...
Posted By Allan Chen 03-21-2024 12:42:00 PM
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Hi all,Here at CalArts, we are beginning to get questions about IT's policy on the adoption and use of Gen AI. This is not about GAI use in classrooms. But, for example, under what circumstances IT would or would not enable something like Google Gemini within our Workspace tenant. Or when/under what ...
Posted By Allan Chen 03-05-2024 10:35:00 AM
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Gerard,We have an all-day event that day here at CalArts. I'd love to submit and hear the response to a question - any chance you can record the discussion? Allan -- Allan Chen he/him/his Vice President for IT/CTO | Information Technology achen@calarts.edu | (661) 253-7732 calarts.edu | 24700 ...
Posted By Allan Chen 02-27-2024 02:09:00 PM
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Hey Trisha,We're using Symplicity Advocate. If it's on your radar, I can put you in touch with the folks that manage it. Allan -- Allan Chen he/him/his Vice President for IT/CTO | Information Technology achen@calarts.edu | (661) 253-7732 calarts.edu | 24700 McBean Parkway | Valencia, CA ...