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The start of two years of successive widespread changes to UAConnect, the campus integrated
student information system, will officially kick off on January 11 with two primary
system enhancements. At 6 a.m. Monday, the UAConnect name will be retired and the
system will be known as UAConnect. In addition, the method by which students, faculty
and staff log in to UAConnect will change.
While planning for the long-term major upgrades currently scheduled over the next
two years, it was decided that the name UAConnect, or integrated student information
system, failed to reflect the growth and evolution of the 15-year-old system. It
was determined the new name, UAConnect, better reflects the system’s integral connection
to campus for students, faculty, staff and parents.
The second update being unveiled on Monday is a new method for logging in to the system
for faculty and staff users. Both groups are currently required to use a system-specific
password for both UAConnect and UAConnect Reporting. Starting Monday, all campus users
will log in to UAConnect using single sign-on through the UARK Central Login. This
change will allow students, faculty and staff to log in with the same uark credentials
they currently use for email and other campus databases. In addition, this will eliminate
the need for faculty and staff to have one or more extra passwords to contend with.
In order to make the first two enhancements available to campus, UAConnect and UAConnect
Reporting will be unavailable from 2 a.m. Saturday, January 9 until 6 a.m. on Monday,
January 11, when UAConnect will be unveiled.
A new name and method of logging in are just the beginning. Over the course of the next two years we will be announcing enhancements and updates to the appearance and usability of UAConnect.