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This user guide pertains to configuring optional CCCApply Supplemental Questions for the CCCApply Standard, Noncredit, and International applications. |
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Looking for the XML Schema template? Find the latest version on theUser Guidespage. |
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Getting Started with Supplemental Questions
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If you want supplemental questions to display in both or all three CCCApply applications, you must configure and import separate XML files for each application.
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Note: The Noncredit application is a workflow and subset of the CCCApply Standard applications questions that skips the residency and military questions for students who are only taking noncredit courses. See the Noncredit Application section of the CCCApply Standard & Noncredit Application Data Dictionary for more details. |
When you have your XML file ready, you import your XML supplemental questions in the CCCApply Administrator and then activate and deactivate question set(s) as you wish.
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If Page ID 9 and Page ID 10 had the exact same Effective Date, then Page ID 9 would take precedence as the set with the lowest Page ID number is used in this scenario.
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Note: If you have used supplemental questions in the past, you may notice that the <SupplementalQuestions> element contains an EffectiveDate attribute. This attribute has no effect on your supplemental questions. The system simply ignores it. |
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Note: When you upload a set of questions, there is a potential 25-minute delay before they appear on the student application. In the live environment, you won't notice this delay, as you will have uploaded your questions well in advance. But it will be noticeable during your testing phase in your Pilot environment. After you upload your test questions, wait 25 minutes before attempting to see them on your student application. |
Working with XML
Although working with computer languages can be daunting, you don't need to be an expert to create supplemental questions for your college's student application, and you don't need any sophisticated tools. A simple text editor and a rudimentary understanding of XML hierarchy will be helpful.
If you are comfortable writing computer software, you can of course use the tools that best suit you. Otherwise, create your XML files using your operating system's built-in text editor. On Windows, the text editor is called Notepad, and on OSX, it is called TextEdit.
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Note: These applications can work with file formats other than plain text. Be sure to save your files in plain text format. |
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Important: Unless you have experience working with text editors and XML, do not use XMLNotepad to edit your files. It adds extra characters to the beginning of the file that will prevent your XML from uploading. If you do have experience in this area, use XMLNotepad to edit your XML (to take advantage of the schema), then use a plain text editor or some other suitable tool to remove the extra characters (the BOM) before uploading. |
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