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The CCCID is the master link between the identity management system, community colleges, and all systemwide technology services. When a user is authenticated to use an application or service such as CCCApply or MyPath, the CCCID is passed to that service to identify the unique individual. In this way, services and applications can maintain personal accounts for the user anonymously, thus ensuring the privacy and security of the user’s data.
See Information Required to Create an OpenCCC Account
Key Functionality:
A CCCID is generated when a student user creates an OpenCCC account.
Each CCCID is unique to the individual student.
The CCCID is used to identify the student during sign on by systemwide technology applications.
The CCCID is stored in a secure, systemwide identity management system and delivered to the college via SuperGlue for Apply or via Data Warehouse Direct Connect service.
The CCCID can be used for student identification and deduplication by the college.
How do colleges get the CCCID?
The majority of Most students get their CCCIDs when they first apply to a California Community College using the CCCApply admission application. Since 2012, when the CCC Technology Center first released the new CCCApply application in conjunction with the new OpenCCC Account system, colleges have downloaded new student/applicants through their CCCApply download client process. create their OpenCCC Account - which generates their unique CCCID - during the application for admission process to their selected California Community College, either via CCCApply or the CVC/OEI program. The CCCID is passed to the college with the student’s account data when the application is submitted. Application and student account data is delivered to the college via SuperGlue for Apply
Other ways for colleges to get student CCCIDs:
SuperGlue for Apply: Account data is delivered to the college as part of the student’s submitted application data via SuperGlue for Apply and the College Adaptor.
Data Warehouse Report Server: The college can also gather student account data including the CCCID from applications that have been started by a student but not yet submitted (in-progress application) from the CCC Data Warehouse Report Server.
CCCApply Report Center: Account data (including the CCCID) can be accessed in the CCCApply Report Center for submitted applications.
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The OpenCCC Account data fields, which are created as part of the initial CCCApply application, are passed to the college with the CCCApply application data in their automated download file. Below is a diagram that illlustrates the process that colleges are using now to download the OpenCCC data - including the student's system-generaged CCCID - along with the student's application data.
What information do students need to create their OpenCCC account?
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How long does it take to get through the OpenCCC Account creation process and what is required?
The full OpenCCC Account is a very quick and easy process to complete. There are three pages total and typically takes less than 5 minutes to complete. Below are the required questions and data fields collected in the OpenCCC Account:
Legal Name (Last, First, Middle)
Birthdate
Email
Permanent Address
Main Phone Number
Username
Password
PIN Number
Security Question Responses 1-3
What is the full set of data fields passed to the college via the CCCApply download process?
In addition to the fields listed above, the following optional questions/fields are also asked in the OpenCCC Account creation process:
Previous Name (Last, First, Middle)
Preferred Name (Last, First, Middle)
Social Security Number/Taxpayer Identification Number
Authorization for Text Messages for Main Phone
Second Telephone
Authorization for Text Messages for Second Phone
What is the set of data that is used to uniquely identify a student in the process?
There are several combinations of data fields that are used to match a duplicate OpenCCC Account, including:
Email Address
Birthdate
SSN/TIN
Legal First & Last Names
Main Phone Number
What is the Account Matching process in OpenCCC?
The Account Matching function does not have a user interface. It is called by other functions to compare user data with existing accounts. It will accept whatever set of user data the calling function provides, and will attempt to identify a unique account based on that data. (For example, Account Recovery might provide only the required fields, Legal Name and Date of Birth.)
Once the Accounts database has been searched for matches, Account Matching will:
identify a single matching account to the calling function, provide flags to indicate match type (such as whether the match is definitive or not) as appropriate; or
tell the calling function that there was no matching account; or
tell the calling function that there were two or more matching accounts.
It is not the job of Account Matching to determine that a unique account found by Account Matching is a true match—in other words, that it does indeed belong to a particular online user. That task is performed by Account Verification, which will employ security questions to verify that the online user is the actual owner of the account. (Account Verification will never ensure a true match with absolute certainty, but a verified match must provide sufficient assurance to meet current and evolving security standards.)
How does Account Verification process work?
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