Portal Announcements Task Force

Commission and Goals
The Announcements task force should build recommendations for process, policy and guidelines related to publishing announcements directed toward students within the portal. For the prototype, the task force should also define specific announcement generation test groups, assuming that it will not be feasible to funnel all university announcements through the prototype.

The announcement submission process design should take the following into consideration:

• portal announcements will be just one electronic communication tool, working in concert with ememos, buff bulletin and individual emails;
• some announcements are “vital” and must be mandatory for students to read;
• some announcements are “optional” and students should be able to opt out of reading them;
• the publication of some announcements should be able to be delegated to specified departments;
• some announcements will require review by a central authority point;
• announcements should be able to be targeted to specific audiences (e.g., by class level, college/school, major)
• the announcement process must be able to fold into the technical framework recommended by the technical development team.

Timeframe

• Recommendations prepared for Core Team preliminary review at February 24, 2003 meeting.
• Recommendations coordinated with Technical Development Team by March 1, 2003.
• Final draft Recommendations prepared for Steering Team review at March 11, 2003 meeting.

Announcement Task Force
Jeff Buffington
Eric Gray
Malinda Miller-Huey
Gary Pollock
Bonnie Templeton
Barbara Todd
Paula Vaughan