Collaborative Scheduling
Collaborative Scheduling is a coordinated approach to course and section scheduling at Texas Tech University. The process brings academic departments and the Office of the Registrar's Section Inventory team together to manage course offerings, classroom assignments and enrollment needs while making effective use of academic facilities.
How Collaborative Scheduling Works
Section Inventory works with associate deans and academic departments participating in collaborative scheduling to understand their instructional needs, enrollment goals and classroom requirements.
The goal is to improve classroom utilization and scheduling efficiency while supporting the academic needs of each college. Academic requirements take priority, with building occupancy needs and faculty preferences considered whenever feasible.
Participating academic units work directly with Section Inventory to maintain section information in Banner and coordinate classroom assignments through Ad Astra.
Collaborative Banner User Role
The Collaborative Banner User Role allows designated departmental schedulers to update certain section information and manage enrollment while maintaining appropriate controls over course section creation.
Users with this role can make authorized changes to existing section data. However, they cannot create new course sections independently.
Creating a new section? New section requests must be coordinated with the assigned Collaborative Unit Coordinator in the Office of the Registrar's Section Inventory team.
This coordinated approach helps maintain accurate section records and reduces errors affecting state reporting, student billing and academic records.
How to Obtain Access
Staff members requesting the Collaborative Banner User Role must complete the required scheduler training before access can be granted.
Complete the following training modules in SumTotal under Office of the Registrar:
- FERPA Online Training
- Record Management Access for Beginners
- Collaborative Banner User Role
- Banner Supplemental Forms
After completing your training: An automated email will be sent to Section Inventory notifying the team that you have completed the required modules. Access to the Collaborative Banner User Role will then be granted.
Office of the Registrar
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Address
PO Box 45015, West Hall, Academic Records, Room 103, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-5015 -
Phone
806.742.3661 | Fax: 806.742.0355 -
Email
registrar@ttu.edu