Student Information System (SIS) Report Presentation to the UTFAB October 23, 2018 Bob Engmark, Director, Information Systems Chris Seng, Director, Office of the Registrar
Faces in Team New Team Member - Tanner Rohnke Graduated from CSU in May 2018 B.S in Computer Science Started in July 2018 Recent student insights Student Employee - Colton Lawson Senior Computer Science Started in May 2017
SIS Project Background Collaboration with UTFAB began in 2004 Hardware, Software and Staffing for the SIS SIS = RAMweb, ARIESweb, FAMweb, RAM Mobile, Banner and more systems SIS Serves: Students: 33,877 Faculty, advisors, staff: 5,847 Applicants: 40,465 Undergraduate: 31,925 Graduate: 8,540 Alumni: 211,240 (since 1947)
SIS Ecosystem
Magnitude of the SIS – AY 17/18 Registrations per Academic Year ~75,000 Financial Aid - $330M (+6.5 %) RAMweb logins 4.1m Tuition and Fee Assessment - $564M (+5.2%) Transcripts Produced – 30,311 (+1.4%) Degree Audits run – 189,386 (+12.9%) Electronic Graduation Contracts – 5,831 College transcripts received and reviewed – 18,711 (+10.2%) Domestic: 17,468 International: 1,243 Grades collected – 303,514 (+7.7%) Course sections managed – 19,098 (+3.8%)
RAMweb Fall 2018 First Day of Term Login
RAMweb Fall 2018 First Day of Term Login (cont.) 218,053 RAMweb main page views Peak activity at 9am - 6,094 users
Banner 9 SIS Upgrade Why? Banner 8 de-supported Dec 2018 Architecture upgrade, enhancements All hands on deck, big effort Admissions, Fin Aid, Business Office, Grad School, Student Achievement, Int’l Programs, ACNS, I.S. Registrar, I.R, Online Project nearing completion on schedule Statement of Work (SOW) 36 custom CSU forms to convert UTFAB 1x support last year
Banner 9 Timeline Jul 2015 Self-service FGE (Faculty Grade Entry) May 2017 Self-service Registration Aug 2018 Administrative Pages (Admin Pages) go live for selected individuals Oct 2018 Admin Pages go live for everyone Nov 2018 Banner 8 retirement Dec 2018 SCAIT pages go live
What is Banner 9… Banner 9 is a wholesale shift from legacy to present-day technology Web-based interface Mobile-first design emphasis Streamlined menu & access flexibility Configurable branding & theming Dedicated SSO (Single Sign-On) components, etc… Administrative Pages
Banner 9 Upgrade – Admin Pages Web pages used by numerous administrative units on campus to maintain student information and history Effort began in August 2017 in this upgrade Over 1500 delivered Admin Pages, CSU actively uses over 800 19 IS staff engaged throughout project, 8 dedicated 22 Functional staff engaged across 10+ departments Over 4,000 IS hours directly expended on project Weekly project technical meetings Biweekly functional impact meetings Banner vendor Ellucian redeveloped 36 CSU custom Admin Pages
A Few More Items… Social media login FAMweb and RAMrecords Search in RAMweb 26K search by 9.3K students since the launch in end of May 2018 Top search term includes, “Email”, “Canvas”, “FAMweb”, “Meal Plan”, and “Work Study” Undergraduate Planned Leave Changes to support policy now allowing 2 semesters Local Address collection
Local Address Splash Page
What’s Next? Last tasks with Banner 9 Database upgrade Financial Aid annual compliance upgrade for 19/20 aid year Student Success and High Impact Practices Track new information in Banner Local Address Splash Page at Login
Sharing the Costs... FY19 Funding: $763,515 Any additional costs absorbed centrally University matches UTFAB support and more FY19 Total Budget: $1,878,250 (UTFAB + Univ match + I.S. support)
Projected SIS Budget
Thank You for the Partnership Collaboration with UTFAB began in 2004 We appreciate your support of the project SIS is critical core infrastructure Systems are performing exceptionally well Contact: christopher.seng@colostate.edu Office of the Registrar, Centennial Hall
EDX Data Exchange Transforming what we do for STUDENTS
Evaluation of Transfer Credit 17,468 transcripts in 2017-2018 academic year Approx. 1/5 from CO institutions Current process Manual keying of data Up to 30 business day turn around Transfer articulation rules (N = 290,978) Future: EDX data exchange 2 business day turn around when transcript received in EDX format Decreased errors
EDX – Electronic Data Exchange EDI and XML formats most common Exchange education records electronically between institutions Securely Efficiently We are choosing to skip OCR This is a STRETCH goal – not an easy lift
u.achieve Connector We’re asking for your help to purchase this connector. $13,750 one-time funding (full cost, year 1) Will request 50% of on-going support (year 2 and forward) Project timeline: 12 months, after winter/spring purchase Questions?
Certified Electronic Diplomas Seeking UTFAB feedback
In exploration mode… Common on the marketplace Official, secure, verifiable electronic diploma Graduates may provide CeCredential number and CSU URL on resume Download once, upload to devices, share as often as desired Allows students to post diplomas on LinkedIn Solves a problem for COB, CVMBS We could show concentrations on electronic diplomas Would meet students’ needs for working abroad Now currently requires notarization of diploma and a student’s visit to the Secretary of State office in Denver
Is there interest? Cost (as of SP18) Questions & feedback? Option 1 – Student Pricing $10.95 each at point of graduation $2K annual cost for validation service Option 2 – Purchase for all $3.90 each at point of graduation Estimate $28K total cost (7,196 graduates) Questions & feedback?