MEMORANDUM

Date:	February 6, 2007

To:	Deans, Directors and Department Heads 

From:	Beth Acree, Sr. Associate Registrar

Re:	Introducing Webroster

The UA Registrar's Office is pleased to announce the unveiling of Webroster,
a new web-based system that will allow instructors to log in and view their
class rosters, administratively drop students and submit their final grades
at the end of the semester. Webroster was created specifically for The
University of Arizona to work with our current Student Information System
(SIS). 

Webroster was piloted over Winter Session with great success. There were 104
classes and 1,581 students in Winter Session this year, and all instructors
were successful in submitting their grades via the new system. Because of
the success of Winter Session, we are ready to convert our tedious pencil
and bubble sheet system to a more efficient electronic system.  

Why the change?

1. Webroster allows instructors immediate access to all the class rosters to
which they have been assigned as soon as registration begins. They no longer
need to know the actual course number and they don't need to type
information exactly as it appears in SIS to obtain a class roster. Just
point and click. 

2. During the opening weeks of the semester, instructors can electronically
drop students who have stopped attending or never attended, freeing up seats
immediately.

3. When grades are due at the end of the semester, an instructor won't need
to find their bubble sheets or a no. 2 pencil; just log in to Webroster from
on-campus or off-campus any time of day. Grades are posted overnight into
SIS and available for student viewing the next day.

Many departments are already using Webroster in Spring '07. In fact, over
250 administrative drops have been submitted using Webroster. In the coming
weeks the Registration Office will offer demonstrations and training
sessions to introduce this program to the rest of campus. By the end of
Spring '07 all academic departmental staff and instructors will have the
tools and the knowledge to submit their grades using Webroster. By Summer
'07 Webroster will be the exclusive tool for obtaining class rosters and
submitting final grades.

For more information on demonstration dates and a list of current Webroster
department contacts, visit http://webroster.arizona.edu .