CCC Technology Center Releases New PILOT (Beta) Environment for OpenCCCApply
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On Thursday, July 23, 2015, the CCC Technology Center will release a new testing environment for the OpenCCCApply applications and staff tools (Administrator and Report Center). The new “Pilot” site will replace the existing QA Environment, currently in use by colleges for implementation and testing.
PILOT will launch fully functional and fully loaded, with all pre-existing college data, artifacts, user accounts, reports and administrator settings configured exactly as they appear in the current QA environment. (See below for the QA > Pilot Cutover Process and Timeline.)
The PILOT environment contains production-level code, which means it mirrors the student application exactly for the following OpenCCCApply applications:
OpenCCC Student Account System
CCCApply Standard & International Applications
Board of Governor’s (BOG) Fee Waiver Application
CCCApply Administrator
CCC Report Center
Current QA Site Reaches “End of Life”
In conjunction with the release of the new OpenCCCApply PILOT site on Thursday, July 23, 2015, the Tech Center will take the opportunity to follow software development environment best practices and deprecate (retire) the current QA environment which has reached end-of-life.
CCCApply college support services, and the CCC Tech Center IT team, will work with colleges to ensure a smooth transition for IT and Admissions staff (but, assuming all goes well, you won’t even notice that anything has changed).
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NOTE: The OpenCCCApply QA site will go off-line Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 9:00 AM PST. Beginning Thursday, July 23, 2015, college users will be re-directed to the new OpenCCCApply PILOT Administrator & Report Center. |
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What does this mean for colleges that are Live on OpenCCCApply?
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Not much, really. Colleges that have already adopted OpenCCCApply will continue to have access to a testing environment (beta site) that mirrors the Production student applications and tools, for testing and implementing additional OpenCCCApply applications (BOG and the International application).
There will be NO changes to the URLs you are currently using for the test environment Administrator & Report Center. The only change is the name of the site: PILOT!.
User accounts for the QA Administrator and Report Center will not change, and all Administrator & Report Center data, settings, and artifacts (including rules, email messages, supplemental questions, and ad hoc reports) will be migrated over for you.
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QA > Pilot Cut-Over Process & Timeline
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The deprecation of the QA Environment will take place on Wednesday, July 22nd. During this time, access to the QA site will be unavailable to users. An error message will notify colleges of the cutover and suggest users bookmark the new URLs (which appear below). The new PILOT environment will available for usage on Thursday, July 23rd.
College Access to the New PILOT Administrator & Report Center
To access to the new Pilot Administrator and Report Center, use the same URLs and college credentials you have been using for the retiring QA site tools. The process should be seamless for college users.
NOTE: If you encounter any problems accessing the new Pilot URLs, please visit www.ccctechnology.info and navigate to CCCApply System Alerts category for FAQs or to submit a request for technical support.
College Access to the New PILOT CCCApply Application and BOG Fee Waiver Application
New PILOT OpenCCC.net | http://pilot.openccc.net |
New PILOT CCCApply Application URL | https://pilot.opencccapply.net/cccapply-welcome?cccMisCode=XXX |
New PILOT BOG Application URL | https://pilot.bog.opencccapply.net/gateway/bog?cccMisCode=XXX |
New PILOT International Application URL | Coming Soon! *Replace the XXX with your college MIS code. |
*Example: Butte College - MIS Code = 111 | https://pilot.opencccapply.net/cccapply-welcome?cccMisCode=111 |
How will this affect colleges implementing now?
Again, the move from the old QA to the new PILOT site for testing and implementation will be very seamless for colleges. The The CCCApply college support team will work with you to ensure the transition of URLs and IP addresses are handled immediately. Any artifacts such as your email rule messages, supplemental question XML files, and custom reports will be moved over to the new site for you. Staff Staff and Administrator User accounts will not change and you will be able to log in to the staff tools on the PILOT site with the same username and password.
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For questions related to the QA > PILOT site cutover transition, please contact Patty Donohue, Project Manager, pdonohue@ccctechcenter.org.
For 24/7 online documentation and support, visit www.ccctechnology.info > CCCApply System Alerts
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Pilot Environment Benefits:
Will match Production after a new Production release
Will be used to demonstrate upcoming release features and functionality prior to a release to Production
Secure, stable environment for testing and onboarding new colleges
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