Pennsylvania BANNER Users Group 2007 Admissions Checklist – Online!

General Announcements: Please turn off all cell phones/pagers/candy wrappers/small animals and children If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible Please avoid side conversations during the session Thank you for your cooperation

Lehigh Background Info 4700 Undergraduates, 2000 grads About 12,500 undergrad applications last year Exclusively Common App (grad schools still use Banner self-service application) 3 admissions deadlines – Early Decision (Nov 15) – Early Decision II (Feb 1) – Regular Decision (Jan 1)

What IT needed to do to make this happen… Create a way for all applicants to get PINs Create a view for admissions to extract PINs for letters Some customization of self-service form Grant access to GOATPAC to select staff

What admissions needed to do… Re-write acknowledgement letter Create webpage with instructions Lots of staff training – For the person creating the letters – For the support staff answering phone calls Rethink when we needed to send out missing item letters Create process to handle missing LIN/PINs or students locked themselves out Keep security considerations in mind

DEMO Letter Open Page

Open to the Floor Questions Comments Dana Stow, Pauline Chu

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