Student Portal An introduction and demo

The Portal Team 2 Frank Feagans – Executive Sponsor Nikolas Glazier-Hodge –Project and Services Success Office, Director Margaret Flint- Business Analyst Sr, Project Lead Lauren Sekora- Business Analyst Web, Project Manager Katherine Holt- Business Analyst, Instructor Portal Lead Brett Bendickson – Solution Architect Chris Davis- PHP Specialist, Eagle Creek Consultants Melody Buckner – Functional Owner, Online Stefani Basij- Functional Owner, Enrollment Management Student Committees Executive Steering Committee: Melissa Vito, Michele Norin, Gail Burd, Joel Hauff, and Vin Del Casino

3 What is a Portal? (and what isn’t) Single sign on for information access Centralized student communications Streamlined presentation of information Entrance point for LMS A page of links A total replacement of current applications A panacea for student success and retention Is…Is not…

4 The Roadmap (projected) Fall 2015 Open to new undergraduate online students and certain main campus students Spring 2016 Next Steps Center in Portal Increased functionality Fall 2016 Instructor Portal available Increased functionality in Student Portal Spring 2017 Recruitment Portal available Increased functionality in student portal Fall 2017 Staff Portal available Increased functionality in student portal Spring 2018 Alumni Portal available Increased functionality in student portal

About Our Vendor

User Stories During mid-summer, we met with as many UAccess Student and D2L business offices as possible and gathered a list of must-have features for go live. User Story: the basic building block

Dashboard As a student, I can see a portlet style dashboard containing easily consumable information. Portlets are windows into more detailed content, and show easily consumable information

Class Schedule As a student I can see my class schedule

Final Grades As a student I can see my final grades

D2L Courses As a student I can view my D2L courses, including news items, course content and grades.

Advisors As a student I can see my Advisors

Demographic Records As a student I can see my profile information, including names, addresses, phones, s, and Emergency contacts

Academic Records As a student, I can view my college, major and minor information.

Reports As a student, I can produce and print an Enrollment Verification Report.

Bursar Records As a student I can see my amount Due, Charges, Payments and Activity for the last 30 days

Financial Aid As a student, I can see my at-a-glance Financial Aid status

Holds and Checklists As a student, I can see the same notices, holds and to do items visible in Student Center.

Secure Message Center As a student, I can view critical messaging related to my academic success, progression and retention. As an administrative user, I can configure a portal message for a specific population regarding their academic success, progression and retention.

Impersonate As an administrative user, I can “impersonate” other users so that I can provide informed troubleshooting and support by seeing what the user can see. The impersonate feature will only appear if I have security access to it. I can enter either a netid or emplid in order to use the feature.

Behind the Scenes! Security Performance Stability Sustainability Support Integration

Imminent Development Next Steps Center Experience for incoming students applying for Spring 2016 Course Catalog, Class Search and Registration Transcripts and Advisement Reports Deep linking content to source systems (UAccess Student, D2L, College Advising)

Future Development Other LMS Academic Services Library SALT Bookstore Career Services College Specific Content Your department?

Questions?

Project Mission Campus Portal aims to be the hub of online campus resources, providing prospective students, students, faculty, staff and alumni with a single-sign on solution for the varied services, information and modes communication available to constituents. Campus portal will be a highly responsive system, continuously responsible to and improved by user feedback. Campus portal will be seen as an innovator in inclusive digital access to campus resources, and a model for other higher education institutions.

Practical examples of our strategy at work… Apply Agile software development methodology Create partnerships with campus groups as early as feasible Build student (and other constituent) feedback loop and provide clear and manageable expectations Identify those who are responsible, accountable, consulted and informed of all project activities and communicate regularly Develop baseline measurements for campus digital inclusion, then create metrics to gauge success. Assist in creating a culture of excitement and inclusion in the user base

AZ Mobile/Portal Alignment As a user, my AZ Mobile and Portal D2L experience is consistent