Hello UMAE!
We have several updates from the Aurora Modernization Project team and wanted to draw your attention to some upcoming changes.
New My Exams card on Aurora Launch Page
A new My Exams card is available for students from the Aurora launch page, showing students their personal exam schedule, which has now been published for the Winter 2025 term. Note that the My Exams functionality remains available for students and advisors in Aurora Classic until summer 2025.The project team will be exploring a replacement for advisors to view a student's exam schedule.
This is an example of what it will look like. Locations and alpha-splits will be added once they are confirmed after the VW deadline.
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New Tuition Fee Appeal Request form February 24, 2025
As of Monday February 24, 2025, students will see a new form when submitting requests for Tuition Fee Appeals. The existing card on the Aurora launch page will bring students to a form where they can indicate the reasons for an appeal and upload supporting documents. Once submitted, the request will initiate a workflow for review within the Registrar's Office. As a result, the PDF form is no longer needed so staff will no longer see the form on the website or in Aurora. Please see the Appealing Your Feeshttps://umanitoba.ca/registrar/tuition-fees/adjustments-refunds section of the website for more information.
T2202 Forms in New Aurora
2024 T2202 tax forms will be available to students in New Aurora, from a card on the Aurora launch page. Note that the forms will need to be downloaded, and the functionality to do so may differ depending on the browser the student is using. We will be communicating about the T2202 forms through various channels and they will be available to students at 10:00 AM on Friday February 28th.
Tuition & Fees Pop-up window in Registration Summary
We have received feedback from students that this information has caused confusion; the pop-up window only displays charges to the student account for the specific term, but it does not display payments or reflect opt-outs. As the full tuition account summary is available separately in Aurora with a comprehensive view of charges and payments, the decision has been made to deactivate this Tuition and Fees pop-up window in the Registration module. This decision was made in consultation with FLOW (Faculty Leads Operations Working Group).
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Changes to Registration Overrides
In SSB9 (New Aurora), Advisors will no longer be able to use self-service for registration overrides; all overrides will need to be entered in Banner admin pages. Registration overrides are currently still available in Aurora Classic, but we are looking at making the switch to use Banner admin pages in mid-March (prior to summer registration), removing it from Aurora Classic. This will allow staff to adjust to this change during the summer registration period to prepare for the fall/winter registration period.
Grading Survey - Department Focus
A survey has been prepared to gather inputs on Final Grade Entry, Grade Approvals, Change of Grades, Class lists, and other functions available to faculty and staff through Aurora. Please consider completing the survey if you have inputs on any of these topics. Respond to the survey herehttps://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=C92AT4wzTE6KFJBEaWL3uCU0dLYCsWREskBQFmTv3W1UREozNUE3MVRRUlNMMzRCUE9WSklOREhFMy4u!
Aurora Modernization Project Town Hall March 12th
This Town Hall on March 12th from 3:00 - 4:30 will focus on the topics covered in the Grading Survey mentioned above. Please register to attend if these topics are of interest to you. Register for the Town Hall here!https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=C92AT4wzTE6KFJBEaWL3uCU0dLYCsWREskBQFmTv3W1UNFRHSUE1SVpYVEROU01WT0tOMkFDWDdBSC4u
If you have any questions about any of these updates, please reach out to your assigned support contact or report any issues by referring to the Aurora Modernization Project SharePoint sitehttps://umanitoba.sharepoint.com/:u:/r/sites/um-intranet-aurora-modernization-project/SitePages/aurora-modernization-project.aspx?csf=1&web=1&e=8Dqvxl.
Thank you and take care,
Elfie Smith, BComm, MA (she/her) Associate Registrar & Director of Service and Records University of Manitoba https://umanitoba.ca/registrar Student Affairs - Leaders in cultivating exceptional student experiences The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Anisininew, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the National homeland of the Red River Métis. We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of Reconciliation and collaboration.
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