AArdvark – Academic Advising Introduction – Prof Tony Dooley Prototype demonstration – Ms Outi Brennan [ITES * ] & Dr Geoff Whale [ITES, CSE ** ] Current Academic Statement AArdvark interim login page Program Summary – rich summary of overall progress in the student's current program Virtual Transcript – chronology with rule assignment Rule List – hierarchical representation of requirements What-If scenario – applies the rules for potential plan or program changes to a student's record Summary and questions * Information Technology Enterprise Systems, IT Services ** School of Computer Science and Engineering

AArdvark – Academic Advising Prototype Introduced enhanced progress indicators, virtual [online] transcript and what-if scenarios Validated assumptions about benefits of simplified program rules Established new cooperative ways of IT development Integration with myUNSW services Student service model can eventually embrace life-cycle from initial enrolment advice through to graduation signoff Enrolment Basket Assessment Results Graduation Enrolment Advice Plan Change

AArdvark – Academic Advising Next Steps Need further analysis and design of scenarios and rule-sets Need to design innovative ways for staff to enter, view and maintain rule sets in myUNSW Need to “mainstream” Aardvark project to extend rules coverage to all coursework programs Need to scale technology to “production quality” (to support large number of users in peak periods) Need to secure Faculty, School and Academic Admin involvement Aardvark – Other Academic Admin services Integration with Handbook and Academic Proposals Extension to enrolment advice (what-next scenarios) Progress tracking (eg INTNL students – minimum time) Plan changes and internal program transfers Timetabling (clash free course requirements)