For students frustrated with oZONE, the worst is over, according to OU Information Technology.
OU IT is working on improvements to the computer program, but the main changes will be modifications to the usability and appearance, said OU IT spokesman Nick Key.
“Phase 2 will address much of the feedback received from students, faculty and staff,” Key said.
For instance, Key said OU IT plans to implement a flexible registration module similar to enroll.ou.edu that will offer trial schedule capability back into the enrollment process.
“We will also improve the overall look, feel and usability of oZONE,” he said.
Key said OU IT also is working on a Web-hosting and file-storage service called Portfolio. This service will eventually replace the current Web hosting, he said.
OU’s online services could soon be available to those with smart phones.
OU IT also is working with the OU administration, the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth and colleges across campus to develop mobile content for iPhones, iPads and other mobile platforms, he said.
Students said they have found the changes to OU’s websites to be frustrating in certain sections and are glad the bugs are being worked out.
Long Nguyen, University College freshman, said the only problem he has with oZONE is the enrollment tab.
“I don’t want to have to click on 18 tabs to enroll in one class,” Nguyen said.
Nguyen said he enjoyed being able to use enroll.ou.edu, but likes that IT will implement the trial schedule capability into oZONE.
“It would make life a lot easier,” he said.
Compared to enroll.ou.edu, Nguyen said the money tab of oZONE makes tracking his bursar account much easier.
Allison Douglas, University College freshman, said she does not like the setup of oZONE.
“There’s too many links,” Douglas said. “It needs to be more streamlined.”
—Jessica Sheets contributed to this report
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sbender 2 years ago
@irish2213
Ozone does actually have that feature, but it's a little inconvenient to use. You need to highlight all of the the subjects on the first drop-down menue, and then select which gen-ed requirement you are looking (i.e. Western Civ, Social Science, etc) for under the 'attributes' menue.
irish2213 2 years ago
Thanks for letting me know! Ill check it out
Shanaynay 2 years ago
Irish- you can look for Gen Ed Classes on Ozone! At the bottom of the Look Up Classes page there is a box labelled "Session Attribute Type." Keep scrolling through the box to find the gen ed you want.
irish2213 2 years ago
Can they please have a search tool for gen-ed classes like there was on enroll.ou.edu? It is so hard to search for those classes and know they will fulfill the requirement. I am glad to see they are fixing the problems the students have raised. Ozone can be great with a few tweaks!
jssooner4 2 years ago
If OUIT wants to know what Ozone should look like (not that it ever will) they should check out Univ of Missouri's MyZou. Its the same thing but ENORMOUSlY easier to use.
terri 2 years ago
I notice that no one in IT is saying thanks to all the hard-working people in Buchanan Hall and elsewhere, and department and College advisors, who helped students, and continue to help them, deal with Ozone. Normally, an IT application runs and people occasionally have to work out a glitch. It has actually seemed, to me anyway, that there was a whole battery of people behind Ozone making it work because so often it didn't.
So since IT didn't say thanks to all those people, somebody should.