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<p class=MsoNormal>Last week I attended the DegreeWorks Symposium 2009 in
Seattle. One of the sessions was titled the <b>DegreeWorks Roadmap</b>
and discussed the tentative release and upgrade schedule for the next couple of
years. All dates and planned releases are of course subject to change,
especially so far in the future, but this is what the SunGard/DegreeWorks folks
are <b><i>planning</i></b>, nonetheless:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The following info comes
directly from the PDF (see reference below), with my notes in dark red:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:blue'>DegreeWorks
Product Roadmap and Calendar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>• For the seven product
enhancement Patch releases targeted through May 2012, a naming nomenclature has
been adopted based on the Greek alphabet.<span style='color:#C00000'> [Don’t
ask me why; I personally find it a bit confusing. Aside from this presentation
and the PDF document, I’m not sure they will be referencing the Greek letters
that often, but in case they do…you’ve been informed. FYI: The
September patch to DW 4.0.4 was actually called Sigma.]</span>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>L<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>LAMBDA ServicePack March
19, 2010 <span style='color:#C00000'>[could possibly be February 2010]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>D<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:blue'>DELTA Minor
Release DW4.1.0 August
27, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l8 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Q<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>THETA ServicePack December
17, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Y<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>PSI ServicePack May
27, 2011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l6 level1 lfo10;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Z<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>ZETA ServicePack October
28, 2011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo12;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>W<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='color:blue'>OMEGA Minor
Release DW4.2.0 May
31, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>• Future functionality
releases are always targeted, but the further out on the horizon, the less
likely the target will be met.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:blue'>DegreeWorks
Features – What’s Up Ahead<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>• A few Highlights:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Enhanced
Student Planner THETA
<span style='color:#C00000'>[will eventually drop the split screen look that
advisors see; overhaul templates]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Pre-Requisite
Checking with Banner Registration LAMBDA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Generalized
Data Bridge LAMBDA/OMEGA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—PC
Interfaces moved to Web LAMBDA/DELTA/OMEGA<span
style='color:#C00000'> [all 3 PC Tools—Scribe, SureCode, &
Transit—will eventually be Web-based, using Adobe Flex]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
style='color:#C00000'>[<b>Note about PC Tools on the Web:</b> At this time, the
use of Adobe Flex (which utilizes Flash) requires the Tomcat server (which they
claim many DW users have but don’t necessarily use). However, the
DW folks plan to make it available for users on Oracle. By the end of
2010, they hope to have ALL three PC Tools available in the Web-based
environment. One benefit of the Web-based PC Tools is that we would no
longer need to install them individually on a user’s computer, which is
currently the case for those who access them in Student Records and EAG.]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—STENO
Replacement DELTA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Introduction
of 64-bit version DELTA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Adoption
of UTF-8 character support (Unicode) DELTA<span
style='color:#C00000'> [this will be good since Banner 8 is now UTF-8
compatible]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Support
for Jasig-CAS Secure Authentication LAMBDA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Support
for Open-Source Database PSI<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Athletic
Eligibility Audits OMEGA
<span style='color:#C00000'>[the possibility of specialized audits for
compliance use is great; plus CPA reports from that data will helpful]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—GoalChaser PSI
<span style='color:#C00000'>[this sounds really helpful; see the PDF for more
detail]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'>—Integration
with ODS/EDW PSI<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For more info on the items listed above, see the PDF of the
presentation labeled <b>DegreeWorks Roadmap</b>, available at either of the
following W: drive locations (depending on which folder you have access
to). There are 16 PDFs in all:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:blue'>W:\Workgroups\DegreeWorks\Conference
Docs\DegreeWorks Symposium 2009 (PDFs only)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>or<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:blue'>W:\Academic\DegreeWorks\Conference
Docs\DegreeWorks Symposium 2009 (PDFs only)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Some of the others sessions dealt more specifically
w/Exceptions, Course Equivalencies, the Student Educational Planner, Graduate
Studies, the Curriculum Planning Assistant (reporting tool), Athletic
Eligibility Audits, etc. There was also a good session on desired product
enhancements—kind of like your Amazon.com Wish List—but there was
no PDF to accompany that. Some requested items mentioned included:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>the ability to ‘freeze’ an audit
once a student has been cleared for graduation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>more search functionality (such as the ability
to search on students w/a grad application on file, for those that use the Banner
Grad App feature)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>concentrations tied to a major in the What-If
fields (currently they are not)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>recently viewed students in a drop down list<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>major GPA in the GPA calculator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo14'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>for the SGHE DegreeWorks listserv, a possible
‘blog’ and/or message board format<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So, maybe we’ll see some of these items in a future
release/service pack. We can also submit RPEs (Request for Product
Enhancements) ourselves, so if anyone has an idea for something, let me know,
and I can pass it along.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Some other notes from the symposium:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo15'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Last year, there were approximately 60 DW
sites. This year, 167 and counting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo15'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Purdue University is working w/SGHE on Signals,
a new early intervention system to help find students who are at risk in a
class or program. The latest e-mail from Banner referenced this as well in
their newsletter: <a
href="http://www.sungardhe.com/Micro/Newsletter/page04.html">http://www.sungardhe.com/Micro/Newsletter/page04.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo15'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Tied in with this and other DW features, instant
messaging might be possible in the near future. One screen shot showed a
sample IM-type conversation between a student and advisor, w/ the advisor
having the chance to quickly view the student’s academic stats and audit.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Other new features planned for a future release: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo16'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Degree Source in the Find Screen (apparently
this will be helpful when tracking students coming from recruiting or
admissions data)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo16'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Enhanced and configurable CourseLink (formerly
called AdviceLink)—the Course Information pop-up screen when you click on
a course in an audit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo16'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>CourseLink enhancement should allow a list of
courses to be pulled when clicking on an <b><i>attribute</i></b> in the audit
(currently, this is not the case)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo16'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Athletic Eligibility Audits – May be able
to customize them for the compliance officer and athletic director—different
from the one for the main academic advisor and student; an advisory group is
currently consulting w/SGHE on what’s needed. But nothing will be in
place until probably December 2010, so we’ll have to work w/what we have
for now.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have single-sided original printouts (B&W) of all the
PDFs, so if you’d like a single or double-sided copy of your own, let me
know and I can make a copy for you from the original. You can print your
own, of course, but it might save a bit of paper if used my original.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The symposium had three plenary sessions, but about 15
individual sessions, many of which ran simultaneously, so I couldn’t
attend all. Please check out the PDFs if you want to see what else was
going on. You can even look at the PDFs from last year’s DW
Symposium and see what was planned (Product Roadmap) and compare it to what
actually has happened.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>FYI: References to WebTreQ don’t apply to us.
This is a separate feature within DegreeWorks that requires a separate license
fee. We didn’t buy it and don’t plan to. From what I
can tell, it provides more detailed audit assistance regarding transfer work.
Some of the features in the revised CourseLink will only apply to WebTreQ Users
(one screen showed the course needed, but then listed the local community
colleges that offered an equivalent course), but since we won’t be using
that, just disregard those particular references.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>That’s all I can remember right now. Let me know
if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Jane<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jane
Leask</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant
Registrar (Certifications, Publications, and Programming)</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office
of Student Records</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Samford
University</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>800
Lakeshore Drive</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Birmingham,
AL 35229</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(205)
726-2912</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jeleask@samford.edu"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>jeleask@samford.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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