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ARP Road Map

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Academic Records Program Development Roadmap

This page contains the roadmap for the development of the ARP. It lists features of the program together with the version in which the feature will be implemented.

If you would like to see additional features added to ARP, please contact Keith Sorbo

Version 1
Version 1.3
Version 1.6
Beta Release date (All features in, release for testing) 1/15/10
Release Candidate (Tested, ready for deployment)
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System Setup
Course Catalog -
Mark course as repeatable (adds / not overwrites) (e.g., practicums)
x
Set course prerequisites
Set course sequence for certain degrees
x
Grading System
Class Time Slots
x
Faculty
User Access Control
x
Program Access Levels (groups)
x
Users
x
Preferences/Options
Basic Institutional Information - Name, address info to be used in reports
Currency Information - Currency type, abbreviation, number of decimal places
x
Decimal places in GPA
x
Registration override (can override already taken a course, to replace that course)
x
Custom Logo on Reports
x
Select interface language from among installed languages
Report Customization: ability to print to letterhead, custom page length
x
Full Time Equivalent number of units
x
Internationalization
Ability to translate all strings into a different language; can swtich between installed languages from the settings panel
Translations Available
English
Spanish
x
Indonesian
x
French
?
Pre-Term Setup (Academic)
Add/Edit Student Info
Add a Term
Build the Term class schedule
Pre-Term Setup (Financial)
x
Set automated and manual fee for this semester (all flagged as auto or manual, as debit or credit)
x
One time only
x
Per term fee (may be repeated)
x
Manual fee – may be multiple fees of different kinds.
x
Per Credit Hour
x
Per certain number of credit hours (e.g., 1-6, 7-16)
x
Monthly Charge
x
Weekly Charge
x
Scholarship/financial aid applied
x
Registration Processes (Academic)
Registration Recommendation
Generates recommended course schedule each semester based on current available course list and previous courses taken. (Parameters: units to take, single sheet?)
Checks for Time schedule conflicts
x
Enter student enrollments by student or by class
Checks that course prerequisites are fulfilled
Allows Registration Override
Print student class schedule
Print class rosters / attendance rosters
Print Grade Work sheet (after enrollment is closed)
Registration Processes (Financial)
x
Apply Autogenerated charges (? Would this be done automatically upon enrollment?)
x
Apply Manually generated charges.
x
Receive down payment / initial payments
x
Print Student Statement
x
Mid Term Processes (Academic)
Drop & Add Enrollments with reports
x
Mid Term Processes (Financial)
x
Post payments
x
Track payment delinquency
x
Output file/printed report of charges and payments (in detail or summary form)
x
End of Term Processes (Academic)
Post  grades and attendance received from faculty. Post by class level or by individual student level (second priority)
Print student grade reports
Print class grade report for filing
End of Term Processes (Financial or Academic)
Block  a student
Occasional Processes (Academic)
Report Filter - Ability to filter any student list report by multiple categories
x
Print Transcript – should include a standard transcript guide to interpret course numbers, grades and special codes (PF, Drop, etc).
Complete student report – All data about the student on one/two pages. Personal, transcript data, etc.
“Graduate” a student
x
Student based reports
Address labels/envelopes
Use Word
Name badges
Use Word
List by GPA, grouped by number of credits
x
Program Evaluation - Determines if student can graduate
x
Process
x
Create requirement sets. This could be an overall set like a degree or a smaller set like a major or minor
x
Add multiple checks to each requirement set (e.g., 128 units for BA, 18 units of Bible, 6 Units science etc)
x
Assign multiple requirement sets to a student (e.g., BA, Major in Bible, Minor in Ministry, etc)
x
Checks to determine whether a student has completed requirements for graduation. Factors:
x
Check directly against a course sequence
Requires a total number of units to graduate
x
Requires a certain number of units within a department to fulfill requirement
x
Requires certain course(s) (n of these courses required)
x
Require electives within department(s) (not used by previous requirements)
x
Require total number of electives (is this really needed if you have total units to graduate?)
x
Help materials
Tool tips for all important fields
x
Help screens for specific training situations
Video tutorials
x
CHM Context Sensitive Help file
x
Additional reports
Statistical analyses
Enrollment by term/year - # of Students, Aver # of Units, FTE #, Class GPA
x
Faculty Teaching Load
x
Graduates by term/year
x
Faculty courses taught
x
GPA by faculty, course, program
x
Full Student Data Report: Parameters: Include transcript? / Active Enrollments?
x
Manual entry of transcript data for historical purposes, without the need to enroll/post grades, etc
x
Data export
Export Student Data in CSV format, including credits earned
x
Also need data import from other programs (Dos version of ARP, Trousers, etc.)
DOS ARP
Manual
Trousers
?
 

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