Student Services THE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM: The Student Services Team has responsibility for implementing and managing all student related systems. This includes working with the UM central administration offices and schools to support the following systems: - Student Information Management System (SIMS):
SIMS is the first enterprise-wide Client/Server application serving the needs of the UM students, schools' administrative staff and several central campus departments. The system encompasses the full range of student services including:
- Recruitment
- Admissions
- Registration
- Financial Aid
- Student Billing
- Grading
- Transcripts
- Graduation
- Records Management
- Required statistical reporting to various State and certification agencies
For more information regarding the SIMS project, please visit the SIMS web page at: http://www.umaryland.edu/sims/
- AdEAS:
The AdEAS web-based application permits UM school administrators to perform student-related administrative functions such as displaying a student's transcript, entering admissions decisions, changing a student's demographic information, and adding/dropping student classes. An administrator may also submit student demographic information changes to the Office of Records and Registration (ORR). AdEAS permits access by administrators authorized by ORR. More
- SURFS:
SURFS (Student UseR Friendly System) is the web companion to SIMS. The SURFS web pages provide students with on-line, real-time information about their student records while here at UM. Students can review their personal, registration, grades, academic record, Accounts Receivable and Financial Aid information using the new SURFS web page. They can apply for admission to some schools via SURFS, register for classes, select Financial Aid packages, pay tuition bills and update selected personal information.
- Blackboard Academic Suite:
Blackboard’s (Bb) Academic Suite is the campus online course management system. This system provides an environment in which any student, faculty and staff can view instructional content, collaborate with educators, evaluate academic performance, and access learning resources anytime from anywhere in order to achieve their educational and organizational objectives. Integrated with the Student Information Management Systems (SIMS), students registered for on-line courses are automatically registered in the corresponding Bb course. More
An additional feature of the Bb Academic Suite is the Community Module. This module allows the schools to brand their Blackboard web pages to uniquely identify with their students by adding school logos and other school-based information. The Community Module also directly supports the campus ONECARD system, administered by Auxiliary Services, by providing a link between students, faculty and staff to Blackboard’s Transaction system to purchase goods and services on and off campus.
- Questionmark Perception:
The Questionmark Perception assessment management system enables educators and trainers to author, schedule, deliver, and report on surveys, quizzes, tests and exams for their courses. Perception is a companion product used in conjunction with the Blackboard Learning system to seamlessly access course assessments directly from Blackboard. Utilizing a Questionmark connector, course assessments are seamlessly linked and accessible to students and faculty at pre-determined dates and times in a secure on-line environment.
Most course assessments are graded immediately upon the completion of the assessment and made available to students after they complete the assessment. Grades are recorded in the Blackboard faculty grade book for submission to the SIMS system at the end of each semester. About Questionmark
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