The Northern Marianas College has gotten \u201cpositive feedback\u201d on its new online registration, which was started for continuing students this spring semester, according to director of admissions Manny Castro.<\/p>\n
Students told Saipan Tribune that the online option was \u201csuper easy\u201d and was much \u201cbetter than waiting for two hours\u201d like in past semesters.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was so easy this semester. It was so awesome because if we didn\u2019t want a class, we could just change, drop the class and add a new class,\u201d said Cassy Deleon Guerrero, a junior pursuing business administration at the college.<\/p>\n
The website \u201cshows you the timing of the classes\u201d and \u201chas a feature where it shows you the days of the week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The best part of website, she said, is that it can tell you if classes a student wants are conflicting<\/p>\n
Her advice is for students to understand the registration process, and check with their adviser before registering online.<\/p>\n
Castro said registration was only open to ongoing students because \u201cmost of them have a set [individualized degree] plan\u201d and a \u201cpath laid out for them,\u201d versus new or returning students who may not have taken their placement tests in math or English yet, and are not informed of what classes are there.<\/p>\n
He said 465 students registered for classes online for this spring semester, from about 1,000 students at the college.<\/p>\n
He said the college\u2019s IT Department is looking to integrate financial aid, the Finance office, and testing information into the website in the future.<\/p>\n
Right now he said the online portal is \u201ckind of like shopping online.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said it helps advisers also because \u201cno longer do they need to pull out a file,\u201d as there is an advising tab that contains their student information.<\/p>\n
He said issues the college had in the past were \u201chuge bottlenecks\u201d in trying to get students the information they needed.<\/p>\n
He said the online registration gives advisers more time to work with what they have, and helps teachers gauge what classes they have are filling up before the semester starts.<\/p>\n
They are working to have online registration out \u201ctwo months ahead\u201d of school next time around , he said.<\/p>\n
He described the new online option as \u201cfull-360,\u201d with its scheduling, academic planning, and finance features, among others.<\/p>\n
According to Castro, they had the software for the program since 2001, but faced an infrastructure issue with the college\u2019s Internet capacity.<\/p>\n
He said the college now has the human capacity of a \u201ccomplete team\u201d at the college\u2019s IT Department, with network, database, system administrators, and a director who are all \u201cvery skilled in what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n
He described the launch of the online option as a \u201cgood team effort,\u201d pooling the college\u2019s Finance and Financial Aid offices, and its administration and faculty to together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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