My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future www.socccd.edu/map Jan 2009 My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future www.socccd.edu/map Jim Gaston, Associate IT Director South Orange County Community College District Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future Overview Jan 2009 Background Project Goals and Process Architecture What’s Next? Demonstration Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future Background Jan 2009 About the SOCCCD Two college district in southern California Approximately 40,000 students Two Colleges, Three Campuses Saddleback College in Mission Viejo Irvine Valley College in Irvine Advanced Technology and Education Park (ATEP) in Tustin Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future MAP Project Goals Jan 2009 Create a system that provides: Self-service guide for students to develop academic plans 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 Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future Process Jan 2009 Design Team Creation Counselors Students Articulation Staff Iterative prototypes Timeline Discussions began in late 2004 Serious development began in Fall 2005 MAP went online on April 27, 2007 Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future A True Team Effort Jan 2009 Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future The Old Way… Jan 2009 Community College Futures Assembly

Architecture Overview My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future Architecture Overview Jan 2009 MAP Application Service Layer Curriculum DB Monthly ETL Student DB MAP DB Project ASSIST Community College Futures Assembly

Usage Statistics - Plans Created My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future Usage Statistics - Plans Created Jan 2009 Irvine Valley College Associates 2,646 Certificate 1,066 Transfer 11,173 Saddleback College 6,457 2,861 17,534 Total: 41,737 From: 4/27/07 to 4/15/09 Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future What’s Next? Jan 2009 Ideas Increased integration with registration Expanded help for undecided students Inclusion of private colleges/universities Possible expansion for use by other colleges State funded feasibility study Seeking pilot institutions now Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future Enough Talking… Jan 2009 MAP Demonstration Community College Futures Assembly

My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future Questions? Jan 2009 Please feel free to contact us: jgaston@socccd.edu For more information: www.socccd.edu/map Community College Futures Assembly