1. Degree Works Update
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2. Agenda Ellucian Release Strategy 4.1.5 Upgrade DW Forum Update
Year in Review: Degree Works
SICAS Support Update
Degree Works Usage Survey
Transfer Finder
SUNY Dashboards Update
SICAS Summit

3. Ellucian Release Strategy

4. Ellucian Release Strategy Faster pace of releases (Targeting 2/year)
4.1.6 (Louie)
Q2 2016
New UI for Transfer Equivalency SS (DPG)
SEP performance enhancements (DPG)
CRM Advise integration
CSAT
Balto
Q4 2016
New Scribe reporting
Localization method
Daemon Scalability
Implement load balancing
UTC timestamp
Eliminate need to restart services
BanDW PreReq
Togo
Q2 2017
Eliminate direct DB integration
Web Transit
Revised SEP edit view
API for iHub
New Gen Course link (non-Banner)
Yukon
Q4 2017
SEP Multi-plan view
SEP Tracking view
New Gen DW dashboard

5. Ellucian Release Strategy
Felix
Q1 2018
BanDW Major
BanDW Projected Grad
BanDW Structured Reg
New UI SureCode
New UI SHPENTRY
CSAT
Hobbs
Q4 2018
Goal Chaser Short Path
eTranscript integration
Imbedded metrics
Other data source in RDS
New UI Transfer Equivalency Admin
Ban DW ExpTA
Garfield
Q1 2019
Goal Chaser Max Return
Buttons
Q4 2019
Goal Chaser Reverse Transfer

6. 4.1.5 Upgrade

7. 4.1.5 Upgrade
Currently in all development instances; except for Cohort 13
Issues with development install/performance after install
Production install schedule; changes made

8. 4.1.5 Training sessions 4.1.5 Security Overview
Localization Management Overview
Localization Open Sessions

9. 4.1.5 FEATURES Web based Scribe tool Updated Audit Worksheet API
Extensive updates to the DW security

10. Degree Works ForuM Update

11. Degree Works Forum Update
SUNY presence at conference
“ActionLine Live”
Benefits of attending this conference
Notes from the conference are available on the SICAS website

12. Year in Review: Degree Works

13. Year in review: Degree Works
Three Evaluation Questions:
How many students have access (percentage of completion goal)?
How many students/advisors are using the service?
Is it effective?

14. Year in review: Degree Works Student access

15. Degree Works Usage Usage from April 2015 – April 2016
180,311 unique users
2,801,409 logins
144,462 new users added (11,113 average added per month)

16. Degree Works Usage Comparing 4/15 to 4/16: # users increased 99.8%
# logins increased 243.7%

17. Degree Works Effectiveness
Source: Spring 2016 Student Success Tools Survey of SUNY Academic Advisors
Source: Fall 2015 Degree Works Implementation Survey of SUNY Functional and Technical Leads
“Degree Works has a clearer presentation of course and degree requirements. You can spend less time explaining the degree requirements to a student and more time discussing their individual situation, educational experiences and path to degree. “
- SUNY Academic Advisor

18. SICAS Support Update

19. SICAS Support UPdate Help Desk tickets Outstanding requests
133 open help desk tickets
2015 – 731 completed tickets
2016 – 399 completed tickets
Outstanding requests
Workflow
notification when jobs complete
Possibility of SEP localizations

20. Available Support/Training
Application Support
Technical Support
Software Patches and Upgrades
Campus working group facilitation
Monthly Q&A calls
Student Outcome Tracking Customization
Technical and Functional listservs
SUNY campus expert referrals
Conference presentations/updates on request
Individual campus support on request
Training:
Scribe
Student Education Planner
Transfer Finder
Student Outcome Tracking
Localization Overview
New User Technical Overview
Technical Refresher
Security Overview
Individual campus trainings/webinars available on request

21. Degree Works Usage Survey

22. Degree Works Usage Survey
Link Distributed via listserv (March)
Intended to:
Provide broad understanding of what DW functionality is being used (or is planned to be used) throughout SUNY
better connect campuses with common interests (“who has already done this?”)
document areas in need of SICAS support
28 respondents

23. Degree Works Usage Survey
Results - High interest in the following functionality
SOT
SEP
Prerequisite Checking
Financial Aid Audit
Athletic Eligibility
SOC Audit
Petitions and Workflow

24. Transfer Finder

25. Transfer Finder Training completed for Network 3; February 2016
Fall 2016 training planned for Network 4
Issues with upgrade have delayed further testing
All issues should be reported through the SICAS help desk
Congratulations to Chris Hockey on his new position as Director of Registration and Records at Onondaga Community College

27. Degree Works Dashboards Update

28. Degree Works Dashboards
Open your browser and go to
Select your campus from the drop down list
enter your credentials
then click on the Login button
Select DegreeWorks Reporting from the
Dashboards dropdown
For a complete description of SUNY Dashboards:
wiki.itec.suny.edu/download/attachments/ / %20-%20BI_Dashboards_v6.pdf

29. SICAS Summit

30. SICAS Summit VILLA ROMA RESORT CALLICOON, NY
Thursday and Friday, September 29 and 30
Half day Thursday, all day Friday
Presentations are 45 minutes each
Request for proposals went out
Deadline for proposals is June 22
Excellent way to learn and to share with your peers!
Submit your proposal today!

31. Contacts Training and Support: Data and Analytics:
SUNY System Administration: