My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future Jim Gaston Associate IT Director South Orange County Community College District

Overview Background Project Goals Process Architecture Demonstration

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Two College District in Orange County, CA Background Two College District in Orange County, CA Saddleback College, Mission Viejo Irvine Valley College, Irvine Approximately 35,000 students (21,000 FTES) Culture of innovation and direct student service in IT

Create a system that provides: Project Goals Create a system that provides: Self-service guide for students to set academic goals Tracking system for counselors and students to monitor progress toward those goals Automated assistance for students to select classes that help achieve the goals Use flexible architecture Enable future integration with registration

Discussions began in late 2004, serious development began in Fall 2005 Process Design Team Creation Counselors Students Articulation Staff Iterative prototypes Discussions began in late 2004, serious development began in Fall 2005

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Architecture Overview MAP Application Service Layer Curriculum DB Monthly ETL Student DB MAP DB Project ASSIST

Contact: jgaston@socccd.org Enough Talking… Demonstration Questions? Contact: jgaston@socccd.org