Testing is ongoing at the Northern Marianas College with the aim to offer its students an online registration service next spring semester.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re doing a pilot for the online self-service registration, which will allow students to\u2014once they meet all their prerequisites\u2014register themselves,\u201d said Manny Castro, NMC\u2019s director of admissions. <\/p>\n
He said the college is working hard to smooth out any kinks with the service, and that full implementation is planned for spring.<\/p>\n
\u201c[With the service], registration can happen [in students\u2019] living rooms, or at Java Joe\u2019s or here at campus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Castro said he is working closely with Jonathan Liwag, the college\u2019s director of information technology, and Dennis Marselo, its database administrator, in preparing the service as the prerequisites for classes that go into the system are provided through his office.<\/p>\n
He said that students would essentially have a virtual individualized degree plan that would help them calculate the credits they need and apply for the classes to earn them.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s say the students has to take ED 111, [the service] will show, \u2018Course taken this semester,\u2019 or if a course is in progress, it\u2019s going to show it\u2019s in progress, [as well as] how many of the core requirements are going to be met [with the class], so you can really track how far you are in the process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to Liwag, testing of the service is ongoing amongst different group and areas of the college, especially upper division students like juniors and seniors.<\/p>\n
He said training for the program was recently concluded last week for the college\u2019s faculty and administrators, and added that the current piloting of the program is very important as they look to deploy the service next spring.<\/p>\n
Castro described the service as a good transition for the college, as even though it will be new for NMC students, online registering is usually available to students in schools abroad. <\/p>\n
\u201c[The online service] will provide students with the information they need to plan their academic year successfully,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Riya Nathrani, a student who participated in testing the service, said she expects it will make registering more convenient for students<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s even better for students who have to work, or who have other responsibilities. They don\u2019t need to wait hours in line [to register],\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She described her experience with the service as \u201csmooth and effective.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was easy to see what class can go where in the schedule,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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