by
Jessica Railey
SABRE is back up and running for students,
faculty and staff, just in time for the beginning of registration
at Buffalo State College, but not without some problems.
The Computing and Technology Services office
is offering training sessions for students, as well as faculty
and staff. However, the first of the sessions, scheduled
for April 6 and 7, were cancelled because SABRE was still
down.
“There is hard copy material and documentation,
but we decided it was ideal to have exactly what people
would be using at registration time at the training sessions,”
said Kari D’Amico, head of faculty and staff SABRE
support at the Computing and Technology Services office
(sabresupport@buffalostate.edu,
or ext. 3434).
Judith Basinski, associate vice president
of Computing and Technology Services, explained why SABRE
was down.
“We were still making preparations for
registration,” Basinski said. “The Registrar’s
Office was still doing some analysis to the data that was
out there to make sure all the time slots were assigned
and all the sections were available the way they should
be.” SABRE was running again by April 8.
This is the first time training sessions have
been offered for students. The only training students had
beforehand was a test drive option on the SABRE Web site
(SABRE).
As of present, there is no trial run for students
to try out the new changes to SABRE.
“We’re still working on the details
for that, but it is in production right now and should be
ready by registration,” Basinski said.
The training sessions were offered in order
to show students, faculty and staff what the new features
are and how to work them, as well as for new students and
faculty who have not used the system yet.
“I think that people who are used to
working with Web applications don’t need to go to
the training sessions,” Basinski said. “Since
there were changes, we wanted to provide a chance for people
to ask questions.”
Two individuals attended the first faculty
session on Monday, April 11- Linda Gleckel from the FASE
dean’s office and Jennie Silverman, from the fine
arts department.
“This session was so helpful. I love
the new changes,” Gleckel said.
There were not many people registered for
the first two sessions, said Basinski, but they are being
rescheduled and there are more training sessions to come
within the next couple of weeks. The dates are:
• Tuesday, April 19, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
(for faculty and staff)
• Thursday, April 28, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
(for faculty and staff)
The training sessions are held in CyberQuad 318, in Butler
Library.
“We’re cooperating with the library
through TASK, Technology and Application Support Cooperative,”
Basinski said. “The library just opened an information
commons and are trying to coordinate more campus support
in that area, so this is one of the ways we are working
with them.
“The Computing and Technology Services
staff is working with the library staff and training them
on SABRE.”
SABRE support for faculty and staff is based
out of the Computing and Technology Services office, while
student support can be found at the Registrar’s Office.
“On the faculty side, we don’t
deal with complaints so much as problems and questions from
newer faculty navigating the system and how to find their
classes,” Basinski said.
Jessica Railey can be contacted at railjl11@buffalostate.edu
For more information: Changes
to SABRE
|
