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Overview
Existing California education code law requires residency determination for every student at the time of admission to a California community college. However, the recently passed Assembly Bill 3101 (AB3101) mandates that students seeking to enroll exclusively in career development, college preparation, and other non-credit noncredit courses would be exempt from residency classification requirements.
The passage of AB 3101 gave us the latitude we needed to deliver a modified version of CCCApply for our non-credit noncredit student population. Lifting the requirement for uniform residency determination for all students allows us to look at other questions and steps that might be omitted at the time of application. Our goal is to find balance in what is asked of the student that is applying for college while still collecting all of the information required for state and federal reporting purposes.
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| The CCC Chancellor’s Office is driving changes to ensure CCCApply supports students through the community college application and enrollment process, and is targeting development and implementation of the redesigned system in fall of 2019. Activities such as reducing the number of questions in CCCApply and creating a simpler application for non-credit noncredit students which began last fall 2018 has been bolstered by the passage of Assembly Bill 3101. The Non-Credit Noncredit Application Workflow path is a project of the CCCApply Redesign Project. |
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Product Description
The CCCApply Non-Credit Noncredit Application is a streamlined , residency-determination-free version of the Standard Application, with a unique, college MIS-code branded URL intended explicitly for students enrolling exclusively in non-credit noncredit courses. More like a "workflow" than a completely separate application, the non-credit application Noncredit Application uses the same infrastructure as the Standard Application - but without the residency questions or the residency algorithm. The residency status field will automatically default to "N" and a new "non_credit" flag will default to "True" for all applicants who enter the Standard Application via the new Non-Credit Noncredit URL.
Read more: Non-Credit Noncredit App Path Requirements
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Noncredit Application: Key Characteristics
- Shorter, more streamline version of the Standard Application workflow
- New Unique URL created for the Non-Credit Application workflow (every college will have a custom URL), customized for each college based on MisCode
- In-Progress and submitted application Confirmation numbers are modified with a prefix: "NC-" (Example: "NC-794033")
- Colleges have the option to display different Majors/Programs of Study in the Noncredit Application (versus their Standard Application)
- Colleges have the option to display different Supplemental Questions in the Noncredit Application (versus their Standard Application)
- Students that apply using the new Non-Credit Noncredit URL, certain data fields and actions will default to the following:
- New "non_credit" status field = True
- New "Integrity-flag-81" field is triggered
- Residency Status field = "N" (new value)
- Residency Area status fields = "9" (new value)
- Students that need to re-apply for credit courses after submitting the Non-Credit Noncredit application, will be allowed to submit a Standard Application for the same term, same college
- Students that need to re-apply for credit courses using the Standard Application after submitting the Non-Credit Noncredit application will only have to answer the questions that were hidden in the Non-Credit Noncredit application (this is also true when applying to any term, any college within 2 years of submitting a Non-Credit Noncredit Application). Auto-population functionality is still in place and will function as it does today.
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| See the full set of requirements for the non-credit noncredit user interface here: CCCApply Non-Credit Noncredit Path Change Requirements |
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Noncredit Application: User Interface
The Non-Credit Noncredit path WILL NOT include the following pages and questions:
- Citizenship & Military Status page
- Residency page
Colleges can opt to display or hide the Needs & Interests page questions:
- Comfort Comfortable with English
- Financial Assistance
- Athletic Interest
- Programs & Services
The Non-Credit Noncredit path WILL include the following pages and questions:
- Enrollment page
- Account Information/Mailing - including the Dependency Status for minors
- Education pageNeeds & Interests questions:Programs & Services
- Demographic Information
- Review, Consent, & Submission
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Noncredit Application: Admin Configuration & Downloads
The Non-Credit Noncredit path is embedded in the Standard Application, which means that much of the admin configuration, implementation, and downloads functionality is already setup in your Standard Application configuration, such as:
- The Non-Credit path Noncredit Application uses the same reporting and admin configuration and reporting tools as the Standard Application:; although some defaults and minor set up tasks will be required.
- Uses the same Terms that are setup for the Standard ApplicationUses the same Majors and Major Categories that are setup for the Standard ApplicationUses the same Supplemental Questions currently setup for the Standard Application
- Uses the same Rules & Messages modules for the Standard Application
- Uses the same databases as the Standard Application ("In-Progress" and "Submitted Applications")
- Uses the same Report Center, reports, views, charts, and dashboards
- The Non-Credit Noncredit path uses the same DOWNLOADS process and XML files
- Uses the same Format Definitions XML file for specifying which data fields should be downloaded from the Standard Application Download Server
- Uses the same Job XML file
- Uses the same Download Client that you currently have installed now
- Uses the same Glue for CCCApply process that you currently have installed now (if applicable)
Differences Between the Standard Application & the
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Noncredit Application
Although there are very few differences between these two applications because, for the most part, the Non-Credit application (path) IS THE STANDARD APPLICATION without residency questions and without the residency algorithm running (Submission Calculation Service) to calculate the "preliminary residency determination", there are some differences that should be noted and have been documented in the Standard Application Data Dictionary.
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the Standard Application and the Noncredit Application, colleges that choose to implement the new Noncredit Application will have several required setup tasks, and should be aware of the following defaults and requirements.
Application URL
Terms
The same Terms are used in both applications. Terms set up for the Standard Application will also display in the Noncredit Application.
Intended Major / Program of Study
The "Intended Major/Program of Study" field may display different majors/programs for each application. This is an available option for the college. A new "Application Type" toggle has been added to the Majors table in the Administrator which requires the college to set a setting: "Standard" or "Noncredit" or "Both". Each major or program must be configured with one of the available settings. These are set up in the "Majors" module in the Administrator.
Read more about the rules and requirements for Majors in the "CCCApply Administrator 2.0 User Guide".
(See more about setting up Majors for the "Noncredit Application Implementation Checklist" for instructions and requirements.)
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REQUIRED: New "Application Type" Toggle Must Be Set for Noncredit Majors/Programs of Study If your college is planning to implement the Noncredit Application, you will be required to reconfigure all your Majors - for both applications - in order for them to display to end users. must identify which application each Major/Program should appear in by setting the new "Application Type" indicator for each line item. MUST manage their list of majors/programs of study in order for that field to be populated in the Noncredit Application. that currently appears to end users in the "Intended Majors/Programs of Study" menu on the Enrollment page. Each major or program of study must be configured with an "application Type" setting that currently appears in your Standard Application, as well as the Noncredit Application. During implementation, a college admin must login to the CCCApply Administrator (both for Pilot and Production environments) and specify whether each individual major / program of study should appear in the "Standard", "Noncredit", or "Both" applications. This setup task is REQUIRED. If this task is not managed correctly, NO majors/programs will appear in your Noncredit Application; thus, blocking your students from submitting their application. |
Even if you plan to offer the same Majors/Programs of Study in both applications, you must set the Application Type setting to "Both" for each individual major or program.
Rules & Messages
Supplemental Questions
Spam Filter
Reset Downloads
College & District Information
Post-Submission Calculation Services
Post-Submission Information
Configurable Features & Functionality
Post-Submission Algorithms Not Run in Noncredit App
- Residency Status Determination (Submission Calculation Service)
- Does not run at time of submission
- <res_status> = field defaults to new value = "N"
- AB540 Eligibility algorithm
- Does not run at time of submission
- <elig_ab540> = defaults flag to Null
- Ineligible for Admission Status algorithm
- Does not run at time of submission
- <adm_ineligible> = defaults flag to Null
- Financial Aid Eligibility algorithm
- Does not run at time of submission
- <fin_aid_ref> = defaults to Null
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The other differences between the two paths are primarily to help colleges identify and distinguish the Non-Credit Noncredit path from the Standard Application, such as:
- A different URL is used to get to the Non-Credit Noncredit Application path
- A new "Non-Credit Noncredit Status" field was added to help identify Non-Credit Noncredit apps submitted. If the new Non-Credit Noncredit URL is used, the new <non_credit> field is set to "True", otherwise it is "False"
- The Confirmation number for Non-Credit for Noncredit apps that are started and submitted (or saved as In-Progress applications) using the Non-Credit Noncredit URL will have a "NC" prefix added to them
- A new Integrity Flag 81 was added. When the new <non_credit> field is set to "True", Integrity Flag 81 is triggered which sends an email to the college admissions office with the message, "Applicant applied using the Non-Credit Noncredit URL"
- There will be blank and/or null values appearing for a lot of existing fields, including the Citizenship, Military, and Residency fields, in your download files and in the Report Center
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Project Phases
Development and implementation of the Non-Credit Noncredit Application will roll out in phases. The first phase, development, has already begun and a soft-launch release to the Pilot environment is scheduled for February 19, 2019 as part of the CCCApply 6.4.0 release. Below is a breakdown of the project plan.
Phase 1: Development & Soft Launch
Development of the Non-Credit Noncredit Application path within the Standard Application (MVP requirements) began in September 2018 and the initial version will soft-launch in February 2019.
Development requirements for the minimum viable product for release (MVP) are here.
Phase 2: Pilot Project
Beginning with the soft-launch on February 19, a college pilot of six districts* will test the new non-credit noncredit application to work out the bugs, identify issues, and ensure all post-submission data and workflow processes are ready for production release. Pilot colleges will be required to participate in extended user acceptance testing and IT staff must support the effort with full implementation and integration with their SIS systems. Bi-weekly feedback meetings will be recorded and shared with colleges.
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Phase 3: Production Release
The production release for the Non-Credit Noncredit Application is tentatively planned for June 15, 2019, which is the production release for the 6.5.0 release.
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Noncredit Application Project Roadmap
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Project & Development Information
CCCApply Non-Credit Noncredit Application Change Request: 2018-24R: Revise CCCApply to Support Non-Credit Noncredit Students
Non-Credit Noncredit Workflow Path PPT
Non-Credit Noncredit Application Requirements Review
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