OverviewThe UC Merced Connect project is collaborating with our campus communities to design a platform that is convenient, useful and fun for all our audiences. To that end, we're working to find out what our users want ahead of the initial platform launch in fall 2020 in a number of ways. Read on to learn more or click the links below to jump to a particular section.
Faculty Subject Matter Experts by Adademic School
Student Focus Groups
Thanks in large part to a Student Success Internship from the Center for Career & Professional Advancement and funded by the University of California Office of the President, the Connect project has held a number of small student focus groups this spring.
The student focus groups are designed to help us understand how students use the portal today and what features they'd like to see in the future. Over the course of the spring semester, our Student Success Intern will analyze all the feedback collected in those focus groups and make implementation recommendations to our project teams for Phase 2 and Phase 3 planning. See our Project TImeline for more information.
Faculty Volunteers
In Fall 2019 and Spring 2020, the project engaged a number of faculty volunteers to help the teams understand what faculty need most out of a new, streamlined portal. Those same faculty members will be platform testers for the platform's faculty experience.
Staff Testers
We're getting the word out about the project early to engage a number of staff members to act as platform testers so that we can deliver the most useful experience possible in the fall!
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