<div dir="ltr">Dear Faculty,<div>I need one faculty graduate advisor that would be interested in testing the new GradSMS admissions module. Please let me know today as I need to inform Elisa asap. There will be an introductory meeting this Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Perla</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Elisa Gutierrez</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:elisa.gutierrez@ucr.edu">elisa.gutierrez@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM<br>Subject: Request for CHASS GradSMS UAT Testing Volunteers - Due Today, Sorry!<br>To: Perla Fabelo <<a href="mailto:perla.fabelo@ucr.edu">perla.fabelo@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Perla,</div><div><div><br></div><div>I am seeking a few GradSMS UAT (User Acceptance Training) volunteers from your college who are available to assist with the final user acceptance training of the GradSMS Admissions module. </div><div><br></div><div>I am including the roles and the current number of use cases that I need volunteers to test. Michelle and I are working with ITS to test all scenarios and review instructions to ensure that volunteers are only testing verified scenarios. However, we are still working with ITS to develop features and may be adding more testing scenarios, based on current development. I have not received confirmation of when testers must complete their testing, but I anticipate that it will be by early to mid-September.</div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Graduate Admissions Staff (79 Scenarios)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Graduate Admissions Advisor (33 Scenarios)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">College Admissions Staff (28 Scenarios)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">College Admissions Approver 14 Scenarios)</li></ul></div><div>Here are my thoughts for filling the positions based on the testing that Michelle and I have completed. </div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">If you want to split testing between two users, I support that, given the number assigned to the Graduate Admissions Staff role. </li><li style="margin-left:15px">I am not sure if a faculty member would be available to test, so if CHASS has a staff volunteer who works very closely with their advisor, we will happily use that knowledge to test this role. Michelle and I have worked closely with staff in CHASS, so we are using what we learned over the past two years, but I want to double-check.</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Would you be available to volunteer for both college roles? Alternatively, it would be great to have the current College Staff role (not sure if still Annie) in GradSIS assist with testing, or at a minimum, consult when you test. I am including the update to this role in GradSMS below. I am happy to meet and discuss this further.</li><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">In GradSMS, the College Staff role was expanded to allow edit access and included in the routing process, if required by the college (between the Advisor and College Approver). In GradSIS, they only created the college support columns that programs used to create the campus funding that programs added to their templates and charts. </li></ul></ul></div><div><i>ITS wants to have an introductory meeting with this group </i>on <i>Friday, </i><i>August 22, 20</i><i>25, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. </i><b>If possible, please let me know by the end of today</b>; that would be greatly appreciated! If you'd like to share names, I'd be happy to reach out to them, considering the short notice we're providing.</div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thank you,</font></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Elisa Gutierrez</font></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Director, Graduate Admissions</font></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">951-827-3977</font></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.graduate.ucr.edu/" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">www.graduate.ucr.edu</font></a></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Graduate Division is working a hybrid schedule, so I am in the office Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Feel free to <a href="https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/ElisaGutierrez@o365ucr.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">book an appointment</a> to meet in person or through Zoom. I’m also available on Teams.</font></span></div></div></div></div>
</div></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Perla Fabelo, Graduate
Student Services Lead</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Graduate Student Academic
Affairs Office </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">College of Humanities, Arts,
and Social Sciences</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1"><i>I am working a hybrid schedule and will respond to
messages as soon as possible</i>.</font></p></div></div></div>