Faculty Help Available from OCM Rapid Response Team

As the semester begins, remember to contact the Classroom Support
Hotline at 612-625-1086 if you need any assistance with your general
purpose classroom.



As an additional service, for the first few days of the semester, OCM
technicians will be pre-positioned throughout the Twin Cities campus to
provide rapid assistance should any issues arise.

ECS Period 1 Closing January 15

ECS Period 1 will be closing on January 15 and will be closed to schedulers during ECS Period 2. All updates to course information (delete, add, change) must be made by Friday, January 15. Room priority agreements will be honored through this time.

Please refer to the class schedule production instructions to make sure all required steps in ECS Period 1 are complete.

A Request for Approval of Non-Standard Meeting Time/Day Pattern form is required for non-exempt classes meeting at a non-standard time/day pattern. The form should be completed and turned in to the Office of Classroom Management no later than January 15. For questions regarding non-standard exemptions please review the Scheduling Improvement Resources or the Scheduling Policy summary.

If you have any questions, please e-mail classrm@umn.edu.

New Lighting for Carlson School of Management

The twenty-one general purpose classrooms in Carlson School
of Management (CSOM) have received a new lighting system. OCM partnered with
Energy Management and Facilities Management in order to have the new lighting
system installed. The benefits of the lighting system include:

• $3,600 annual electric savings
• $12,000 annual maintenance savings
• 32.5 tons of annual CO₂ emissions avoided
• Creating a better learning environment for faculty and students

OCM is committed to improving energy efficiency in general purpose classrooms and continually works with Facilities Management and Energy Management to review areas of improvement for classrooms. For more information about OCM lighting projects check out OCM's project page.

New Furniture Provides Options for Students

In an effort to increase accessible seating in classrooms, OCM has added a height adjustable table to classrooms with tablet arm seating. The initiative was accomplished in coordination with Disability Services. The new furniture is included as part of the classroom's capacity and is available to any student if the table is not needed by a disabled student.

If a Disability Services registered student needs to have the table adjusted please contact Disability Services at ds@umn.edu.

If you have any questions about the new height adjustable tables, please e-mail classrm@umn.edu.

OCM Faculty Survey

The Office of Classroom Management (OCM) e-mailed survey invitations on December 8 to faculty and staff who taught in a general purpose classroom during fall semester. If you received an invitation please complete the survey by December 28. The survey helps OCM understand faculty satisfaction with classrooms and allows OCM to plan for classrooms of the future. If you have any questions about the survey please call the Classroom Support Hotline at 612-625-1086 or e-mail ocmhelp@umn.edu.

Science Teaching and Student Services Building Update

A lot of work has been accomplished despite all of the weather challenges.

McGough has completed installation of the precast brick panels
with the exception of the section for the temporary elevator. 144 of the 300
glass panels for the curtain wall are installed and all of the panels will be installed by the end
of the month. The mechanical penthouse on the roof is close to completion.



The building contractors are building interior walls, installing stairs, and
running pipes, ducts, and wires.



All of the hard work on the building is paying off. Thank you for your patience
with traffic jams are the building site during this time.

Nightly Online Class Schedule Update Failed

The nightly update to the online class schedule failed last night, November 16. This means that changes you may have made yesterday to courses in electronic course scheduling (ECS) are not appearing in the online class schedule today.

The updates will appear in  the online class schedule tomorrow. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.