By popular request, we are pleased to release the first version of our Photo Roster tool. Available to course Instructors and organization Managers, this tool simply presents a roster of the students in your course along with basic contact information and a photograph supplied by the ID Card Center. The tool is available now by going into your course Control Panel and clicking on the Photo Roster link.
If a student as enabled privacy, or we don’t otherwise have a photo from the card center, a picture of Rocky the bull is used instead.
If you are wondering about the value of such a tool, please listen to this anecdote from a student
My undergraduate organic chemistry professor required all 100 students to submit to him a note-card after the first lecture. The note-card had to include a passport photo, name, hobbies and career interests. Amazingly, within two weeks he had memorized everything. When we raised our hands in class, he would address us by our first names. When we visited him during office hours, he would talk to us about our hobbies and if solicited, offer us career advice. This certainly made me feel very good that my professor actually CARES about me as a person!
Students
If you are concerned about having your photos available to the Instructor, Students have the right to have this suppressed. You can update your privacy settings in OASIS. The University Registrar provides an online tool for understanding and updating student privacy settings (https://www.registrar.usf.edu/privacy/).
USF considers photographic image to be “directory information” from a student privacy perspective.
For details, please see the USF Regulation USF2.0021 at:
http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/ogc%20web/currentregs/USF2-0021.htm
This is in compliance with state and federal privacy requirements.
Update Feb 18, 2009
A button was added to provide a Print View to the Photo Roster. Clicking the Print View button will open a new page that is formatted properly for easy printing.
Update Aug 12, 2009
I added two new print buttons to the Photo Roster. The first works much like the original print, showing the photo along with the name and email address of each student, just cleaned up a bit.
The second print button is a much more compact print with just the name and USFID of each student, no photos. This new print is more suitable for bringing to class and using to take attendance. Like always, the photo roster is an up-to-date listing of the students registered in your class.
I also added an image to help “brand” the tool. Enjoy
