ASR-IT updates

ASR-IT BAs are putting the final touches on 9.2 Upgrade items and planning for our next initiatives: the Oracle database upgrade in September and a PeopleTools upgrade for next spring. We are also participating in the evaluation of an auto-testing tool (Telerik) to try to make our copious amounts of testing more efficient.

Destiny One updates
The integration between Destiny One and Canvas was completed as of June 14. While program staff do not need to create new course profiles, it is recommended that new course sections be created to integrate with a Canvas course.

Custom Solutions—app dev
The Custom Solutions team on the TC campus has been assisting uAchieve implementation staff with automated quality testing of some proof-of-concept progress toward degree (PTD) encoding for system campus programs. The benefits of PTD encoding include:

• Ability to provide more targeted service to students in their final year.
• Ability to identify and anticipate program bottlenecks.
• Foundational work for more innovative data analytics over time.

Student Data and Analytics
The SDA team is exploring additional ways to model retention risk with students. Currently the team is adding Program-Plan data to the retention data set and has outlined additional variables that would assist in evaluating differences between colleges and plans.

Additionally, the advising leadership working group members have been given access to two dashboards that are accessing production-like data in a QAT environment. We are looking for their feedback on whether the dashboards are able to answer questions that their collegiate leadership has around student degree progress.