The 2016-2017 CCCApply Annual Report presents an overview of the year in review, including the roadmap of planned and The 2016-2017 CCCApply Annual Report presents an overview of the year in review, including the roadmap of planned and completed product enhancements and changes to the CCCApply requirements and specifications for all Approved Change Requests and program enhancements that have been approved by the CCCApply Steering Committee throughout the 2016-2017 FY (including the September 2016 Release 5.5, and the 2017 Annual Update Release 6.0). It also details the requests that have been deferred or declined, as well as the specific systems where each change will be implemented. Changes will appear on the Pilot (beta) environment servers between
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Milestones & Accomplishments
- Executed RFP for New Development: Executed RFP to develop the next version of CCCApply (v.3.0)
- Finished development New Administrator 2.0 Development of a new CCC Administrator (v.2.0) tool which will serve multiple CCCTC web applications and vendor products, including CCCApply. Due to launch in October 2017.
- Facilitated Adoption: Facilitated adoption and implementation for 18 colleges to the OpenCCCApply, BOG, and International Applications;
- SSO Proxy: Developed and implemented the CCC Single Sign On Initiative for 53 colleges Adoption: CCC SSO Proxy Integration
- Streamlined an integrated pathway between MyPath, the new Student Services Portal, and CCCApply; currently five colleges have implemented that
- Implemented new worklow and implemented the CCCApply > MyPath Integrations (Santa Rosa Jr. College; Fresno City College; Sierra College;
OpenCCC wins 2017 CENIC Innovation Award for OpenCCC Federated Identity Initiative
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Congratulations! OpenCCC Wins CENIC Innovation AwardMajor kudos are in order! The California Community Colleges Technology Center has been awarded the CENIC 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Educational Applications, in recognition of its groundbreaking work to develop a system-wide federated identity initiative - OpenCCC - for students across the CCC's 113 colleges. Cheers! to everyone at Unicon who contributed to this effort. |
- Professional Development: 2017 CCCApply & eTranscript California Workshop - 280 attendees across both days.
- OpenCCCApply Migration to Amazon Web Service Cloud Web-based Infrastructure
- Addressing abandoned applications through 24hr & 7 day system-generated email reminders
- Developed an approved paper-based version of the CCCApply Standard Application for colleges.
News & Events
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- Systems Upgrades: Continuous improvement of infrastructure systems and applications, including Shibboleth IdP, Tomcat, uPortal,
- MyPath Workflows: Streamlined an integrated pathway between MyPath, the new Student Services Portal, and CCCApply; currently five colleges have implemented that
- Account Recovery Improvements: New password reset by email feature reduced overall support requests by 64%; more enhancements underway
- Streamlined Application Processes: Implemented auto-login from new account creation to first application, and auto-population for return applicants within 2 years
AWS Migration: Enhanced security, speed and load balancing by moving off Rackspace to Amazon Web Services; better access to services e Infrastructure
OpenCCC wins 2017 CENIC Innovation Award for OpenCCC Federated Identity Initiative
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Congratulations! OpenCCC Wins CENIC Innovation AwardMajor kudos are in order! The California Community Colleges Technology Center has been awarded the CENIC 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Educational Applications, in recognition of its groundbreaking work to develop a system-wide federated identity initiative - OpenCCC - for students across the CCC's 113 colleges. Cheers! to everyone at Unicon who contributed to this effort. |
New Portal Software Development RFP In-Progress: Development of new version of CCCApply approved via new RFP: “New Portal Software Development RFP” includes complete re-write of Apply, BOG, International and OpenCCC Account. High-level Requirements include:
Universal Form Builder platform for customization (building blocks)
Responsive design for mobile devices
Internationalizaton - Spanish for ESL, (Design for multiple languages)
WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standards
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CCCApply 2017 Annual Update schedule March 31; 30-Day Pilot Preview Begins March 1, 2016
Annual Update announcement went out on Friday, Feb 3. The “Pre-Release Summary” was posted on the CCC College Support Site (www.ccctechnology.info) and comments are being monitored daily.
Per CCCApply Communication Policy - established between CCCTC and CCCCO in March 2016 - all major or annual releases will be announced 60+ days in advance of release, and colleges will have a 30-Day preview period at least in the PILOT Environment - to add new data fields to download files and incorporate any residency logic changes into workflow processes.
Stay Informed on 2017 Annual Update: To receive weekly updates by email on the 2017 Annual Update, click “Follow” on the Support Site announcement here.
Wanna know what’s being released in March? See the Pre-Release 6.0 Notes Summary - with links to each Change Specification.
2017-2018 BOG Fee Waiver Application will release on March 31 as part of the Annual Update release. The new BOG will be available for preview and implementation in Pilot Environment beginning March 1, 2017. See the full 2017-2018 BOG Fee Waiver Change Specification here.
Need help getting to the Pilot Environment?
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- Professional Development: 2017 CCCApply & eTranscript California Workshop - 280 attendees across both days.
- OpenCCCApply Migration to Amazon Web Service Cloud Web-based Infrastructure
- Addressing abandoned applications through 24hr & 7 day system-generated email reminders
- Developed an approved paper-based version of the CCCApply Standard Application for colleges.
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News & Events
CENIC Awards OpenCCC with Innovation Award
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Congratulations! OpenCCC Wins CENIC Innovation Award Major kudos are in order! The California Community Colleges Technology Center has been awarded the CENIC 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Educational Applications, in recognition of its groundbreaking work to develop a system-wide federated identity initiative - OpenCCC - for students across the CCC's 113 colleges. Cheers! to everyone at Unicon who contributed to this effort. |
RFP Completed for Portal Software Development
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In February 2017, the CCC Tech Center went to RFP to ascertain funds for "New Portal Software Development”, which includes the complete re-write of Apply, BOG, International and OpenCCC Account to address issues and enhance architecture for the following priorities:
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OpenCCCApply Migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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CCCApply Infographic
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Conferences & Workshops
2017 CCCApply & eTranscript California Annual Workshop
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Keynote speaker, Pam Walker, Vice Chancellor of Education Services, CCCCO, kicked off the day's sessions to more than 250 CCC Admissions and Student Services staff over six sessions over three tracks throughout the day-long event: Admissions, Advanced IT, and On the Roadmap. Click here for Workshop Presentations.
CISOA Conference March 25 - 27, 2017
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Significant decrease may be attributed to the new account recovery enhancement, Password Reset by Email Link, developed and released September 30 (Release 5.5).
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Implementation
Adoption Update As of February 6, 2016
Standard Application Feather River College Palomar College Santa Monica College San Diego City College San Diego Mesa College San Diego Miramar College
Irvine Valley College Saddleback College State Center District (Just started) |
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- Shibboleth Upgrade to v3.1
- Tomcat 8.x (May 2017)
- uPortal 5.x (May 2017)
CCCApply Enrollment Stats - 2014-2017
The Enrollment Cycle Stats - data chart and worksheet helps CCCApply identify trends in enrollment activity, and plan dates for the CCCApply Annual Update release. (March Update aligns to dips in spring enrollment for Fall terms.)
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On April 1, 2016 - right after the 2016 Annual Update (March 31) and the launch of the International Application , our focus and development roadmap for CCCApply shifted from a software development phase to ”Maintenance mode” phase; the long-standing Unicon Apply development team was slashed and developers were reassigned to other high-priority projects, such as Common Assessment, Online Education, and MyPath, which will eventually house all the projects (portlets) in a single sign-on Portal environment.
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