{"id":546,"date":"2024-11-19T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/information-technology\/?p=546"},"modified":"2024-11-19T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:37:51","slug":"unlocking-potential-through-tech-reflections-on-myballstate-stellic-and-the-fab-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/information-technology\/2024\/11\/19\/unlocking-potential-through-tech-reflections-on-myballstate-stellic-and-the-fab-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking Potential Through Tech: Reflections on MyBallState, Stellic, and the Fab Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The IT Student Advisory Council met on October 21 to provide updates from Information Technology, beginning the session with a discussion about MyBallState, during which student attendees expressed their thoughts on what they liked and disliked, as well as how often and in what ways they use the platform. Council members provided valuable feedback on new features for the platform.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Next, students received an introduction to Stellic. This new platform helps students with course planning and degree tracking. Alissa Goldsworthy presented Stellic, and attendees reviewed its layout, information presentation, and the key features. One of the platform\u2019s strengths was its readability, which made it easy to navigate, and many attendees expressed excitement about the possibility of viewing and planning courses within a single platform.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Following the Stellic presentation, Andrew Arthur introduced the new Fabrication Lab. He explained the Digital Corps&#8217; plans to make it accessible to the public. The lab will offer students at Ball State a chance to explore digital fabrication, and Arthur provided several examples of how departments could encourage students to use the space. He introduced the \u201cadjacent possible\u201d\u2014the idea that people often don\u2019t consider new possibilities until they\u2019re exposed to them in a welcoming, accessible way. 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