Arrangements by Educational Rooms and Registrations Unit for Summer Semester 2025

Engineer Mohammed Abduljawad, Director of the Educational Rooms and Registrations Unit at the Islamic University of Minnesota, outlined the preparations made by his unit in response to an inquiry from the News Department regarding the upcoming summer semester for the academic year 2025/1446.

Engineer Abduljawad confirmed that the unit's team worked on preparing the academic schedules using Google tools. Initial schedules were sent to department heads via Google Sheets, with a dedicated sheet for each college, allowing modifications only by department heads. Additionally, schedules were shared through Google Drive, with links prepared for review and approval, consolidating departments and stages into a single PDF file for easier review.

After the schedules were approved, the team set up Zoom links for each course, providing a continuous link for the entire summer semester. The schedules were then divided and sent to the academic secretaries for matching with the provided links, facilitating easy distribution to students in various formats such as images and PDFs.

Engineer Abduljawad revealed that the total number of weekly lectures reached 149, with 32 on Saturday, 25 on Sunday, 31 on Monday, 24 on Tuesday, 21 on Wednesday, and 16 on Thursday.

He also mentioned the establishment of a WhatsApp community to consolidate work groups related to the unit's functions, including requests for compensatory lectures and issues faced by secretaries.

Regarding the new portal, the engineer stated that all courses, along with their instructors and Zoom links, were added as soon as the portal was operational.

In terms of innovations, Abduljawad pointed out that they are testing the addition of video and audio for each lecture within the portal, emphasizing the unit's ongoing efforts to enhance and facilitate the educational process.

In conclusion, the Director of the Educational Rooms Unit stressed the team's commitment to being responsible and possessing the administrative and technical capability to resolve any issues affecting the educational process for all parties involved.