Home Page for Dr. Warner Smidt

Office: 412 Pioneer Tower Office Phone: 342-1604 Office Hours for Spring 2008: M 9-11; T 1-2; W 9-11, R 1-2 Probably in office but call ahead: M 8, 1; T 1, 4; W 8, 4; R 1, 4; F 8-11, 1-4 In office most normal business hours when not in class or at lunch, so give me a phone call to confirm. By appointment

Table of Contents · Courses · Student Advising · Academic Computing · Other Links

Courses ñ

IS 1260 – Building Construction Drafting

IS 3220 – Construction Procedures

IS 3650 – Specialized Drafting

IS 3730 – 3-D CAD

IS 4530 – Residential Planning & Design

Terminology for Building Construction Management Professionals

Student Advising ñ

What to do when registering for classes

Go to this web page to sign up for an advising appointment.

BCM & Gen Ed Flowcharts—located at S:\Academic\Industrial_Studies\Smidt\Advising

Use UWPClasses (the Hasker program) to plan your class schedule. (directions)

List of courses which Gen Ed requirements

Advance Registration Schedule for Spring 2008

· Lists when you can use PeopleSoft with your PIN to actually register

· It is based on the number of credits that you have completed

Directions for Using PeopleSoft when registering for classes

UWP Catalog is available on line here, IS Dept., and IS course descriptions.

For info on academic loads, pass/fail, auditing classes, overloads

Degree Program Change form

• It is the student’s responsibility to make sure all transfer credits and other degree requirement substitutions are officially recorded.
• Use PeopleSoft to verify whether transfer credits and other degree changes are official.
• If degree programs changes need to be made, it is the student’s responsibility
• to fill in the Degree Program Change form
• to make sure that the form is filled out 100% correctly (no misspellings, grammar errors, etc.)
• to obtain all the required signatures
• to have this form filed in a timely manner to meet any intent to graduate deadlines

If you are planning to graduate in the next 12 months:

• You must file an Intent to Graduate form. More info is available here.
• Use PeopleSoft to print a copy of your degree audit and review with your advisor to make that you will meet all degree requirements for graduate.

Use the “Transfer Information System” to figure out which courses transfer between the various UW schools.

Student Scholarships ñ

How to apply for scholarships

1. Using the below links research which scholarships that you would be eligible for
2. Log on to your PeopleSoft account to fill in scholarship application forms
3. For Industrial Studies-related scholarships, write a cover letter.
1. The purpose of this letter is tell the people who decide who will or will not receive the respective scholarships

i. About who you are

ii. Why you should receive the scholarship

iii. What have you done in the past or are currently doing which demonstrates why you should be selected. Figure out what the scholarship sponsor is trying to promote and then explain why you would exemplify those ideals.

iv. Give the person or committee who makes the scholarship award a basis for making the decision.

2. This is to be included with the application materials that accompany application form.

Summary of Scholarship Opportunities for Students in Industrial Studies

Related info on UWP Office of Financial Aid web page

• Overview
• General Scholarships
• For BILSA students
• For Industrial Studies students

Academic Computing ñ

Laptop Initiative (also called One-on-One Computing Initiative) Home Page

Go to the Autodesk Student Community website

• To download free student editions of AutoCAD & Revit software
• Student edition software is fully functional
• It prints “AutoDesk Student Edition Software” around the perimeter when plotting.

Autodesk Collaboration Software

• Design Review (click for free download)
• DR is similar to Adobe Acrobat Reader but for viewing CAD files in DWF format.
• DR allows anybody to view CAD files without owning or knowing how to use AutoCAD, Revit, or whatever the CAD software was used to create the drawings.
• DR allows users to add comments, lines and other annotations for design review feedback. Eliminates the need to print and mail paper-based drawings.
• Autodesk DWF Writer (click for free download)
• This is a printer driver. It is similar to PrimoPDF, 995PDF, and other print drivers which can be used to create PDF files, but this creates a DWF file.
• After installing it, “Autodesk DWF Writer for 2D” will appear as one of the “printers” to which you can printer. Instead of producing a hardcopy, it creates a DWF file for viewing in Design Review.

UWP Computer Systems

• Password reset service: http://www.uwplatt.edu/go/password
• Configuring desktop email client: http://www.uwplatt.edu/go/email
• Check status of student printing allotment: http://www.uwplatt.edu/go/printbalance
• Virtual Office
• allows you to access Drive J & S via web browser off campus (without needing to use FTP)
• overview & basic directions for use
• logon to Virtual Office
• Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.uwplatt.edu/go/aup
• Illegally downloading copyrighted materials (music, videos, games, software)
• http://www.uwplatt.edu/oit/copyright.html
• http://reslife.saf.uwplatt.edu/resnet/index.php?id=copyright

Educational discounts for Gateway computers

• You need to create your own User Account by using the below account info
• Use the Account Name: wihed
• Use the Account Password: gateway
• Follow directions on the webpage to create your own User Account

Suggestions for troubleshooting computer problems

Other Links ñ

FAQ for Faculty relative to D2L & PeopleSoft

Document Editing Notations

PURF Guidelines

Academic Calendar: add/drop dates, final exam, etc.

Industrial Studies Department: official home page, announcements page, advising page

UWP Classes: an application which lists open classes and helps construct schedules for registration (by Rob Hasker).

Misc.: Plotters 001/003 Russell

Last updated: 22-May-08