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This meeting will be held online via Zoom.

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Date    Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Time   1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location  ONLINE

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NOV 12 MEETING RECORDING  

Zoom Meeting Recording:  https://cccconfer.zoom.us/recording/share/9Xd76UZg3xVOESB0BxySjKTvlzLdvMcJ3lO0olUR6RCwIumekTziMw

Agenda

TIMEDESCRIPTION1:30 pm

Roll Call & Minutes Review -  August 13 Meeting Minutes

News

  • Adoption Stats (New Colleges Calbright & NOCE)
  • Webinar Series 
Spam Filter Service Update - News, Performance Overview & Survey1:50 pmDevelopment Roadmap FY19/20

Release Recap

  • October 2019 Release 6.6 - Mobile Design
  • Planned HOTFIX -  Friday Nov 15  (Fix Dual Enrollment BUG)
2:00 pmGoal & Objectives

Student-Centric Design Principles
Milestones: Progress Made Addressing Key Concerns

Spring 2020 Release

Planned Work & Highlights

CCCApply Internationalization (Spanish Translation) 

New OpenCCC Account - Launch Status

  • Apply Integration with New Account Dependencies
    • Changes to some questions (SSN, Previous Name, etc.)
2:20 pm

Share Access to In-Progress Application Data Project

2:50 pm

Approved Changes

3:10 pm

Change Requests Pending: Need Requirements

Call for Follow-Up Steering Meeting

2019 Legislative Update3:25 pm
  1. Schedule 2020 quarterly online meeting schedule
  2. Schedule Sub-Committee Meetings

3:30 pm

Close Meeting - Next meeting reminder

Roll Call
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2020
CCCApply USER GROUP MEMBERS

Name

District

Name

District

Name

District

Ali Salinas (IT)Riverside City College - RCCDHang LeSanta Ana College (RSCCD)

Quyen Lu/Wanda Wong

San Francsico CCDAnna SalazarLos Angeles CCD - ELAC

Joshua Rosales

El Camino CCD

Richette Bell

Compton CCD

Angela Embry 

El Camino CCD

Karen Sea
Samantha Powell

San Joaquin-Delta CCD

Rozen Bondoc

Chabot-Las Positas

Ben Guzman

South Orange CCD

Leigh Ann Unger

Rio Hondo District

Satish Warrier

Contra Costa CCD

Betty Glyer-Culver

Los Rios CCD

Mark DeAsis

Riverside CCD

Stephanie Murguia

Cerritos CCD

Chris Truong
Kevin Kawa
Rancho Santiago CCD
SAC
MaryLou LeybaSan Francisco CCDStacey FollowillChabot-Las PositasChristian AlvaradoSouth Orange CCD -SaddlebackMaury PearlLos Angeles CCDTina Mani San Joaquin Delta CCD

Los Rios CCD

Michael WardRancho Santiago CCD

Tuyen Nguyen

Rancho Santiago CCD

Clark Ray

Santa Rosa CCD

Michelle PenaKern CCD

Vince Orton

Cerritos CCD

Craig Hayward

Kern CCDMitchell LeahySanta Rosa CCDWill MinnichSan Mateo CCDGreg Aycock (research)Riverside CCD (Norco)Olivia Alvarado -IT
Martha Rios (sub)Los Angeles CCDCatherine FrostContra Costa CCDHieu HoangEl Camino CCDPam MerySan Francisco CCD

Jasmine Robinson

San Mateo CCD

Janice Love (research)

Rancho Santiago CCD

Paulette LinoChabot-Las Positas CCDGerlie JeltemaSouth Orange CCDCHANCELLORS OFFICE & CCC TECHNOLOGY CENTER

Gary Bird

CCCCO

Patty Donohue

CCCTC - CCCApply

Tim Calhoon

CCCTC

Jennifer ColemanCCCTCJane LinderCCCTC - SuperGlueBarney GomezCCCCOJohn SillsCCCTC - OpenCCCMike CarusoCCCTC - MyPathRoberto FuentesCCCTC - Support SvcMerrie Wales CCCTC - Support Svc
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All User Group members above are members of the CCCAPPLYSTEERING listserv.  Email:  cccapplysteering@listserv.cccnext.net

News & Updates

Submitted Application Cycle

See /wiki/spaces/PD/pages/173725262

July 2017 - June 2018 Weekly Application Cycle

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  • Late February / Early March
  • Mid September / Early October

Time to Completion Data

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CCCApply Adoption

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All 115 CC Colleges are live on the Standard Application

Note

Two new colleges went live in September 2019

  • NOCE (North Orange Continuing Education) Noncredit
  • Calbright College  (Noncredit)

Spam Filter Project Update

Speakers:  Machine-Learning Data Analysts: Harsha Gopianandan, Ananth Gopalakrishnan

  • Update on Spam Filter Service 
  • Review Performance
  • Model Enhancements

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Notes from PPT:

Harsha Gopianandan from the Spam Filter Machine Learning team explained about false positives and false negatives and why we are seeing both across the system. He explained how the model works and encouraged colleges to keep tagging diligently so that model can learn from all new signatures.

Getting ready to update the model again with the Retraining Model with PII (December 2019). 

We talked about sending false negatives to the Tech Center and we will bulk tag them and upload to the model, so the model can benefit from the identified false negatives

Roadmap

  • August 24 - Last Model Update
  • November 15 - Data Testing Enhancements
  • December 10 - Retraining Model Update
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Spam Survey

CCCApply Spam Survey - Please complete the Spam Survey

Send Us False Positives

If your college identifies a quantity (20 or more) of fraud applications that were NOT caught and suspended by the spam filter, please send them to us using the instructions below.

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SPAM Drop File Information

Please provide bulk fraudulent applications in the format specified below:

  • File Format = .TXT
  • File Naming Convention = CollegeMISCode_Fraud_mmddyy.txt
  • Confirmation #  (only1 confirmation # per line)

We ask that all colleges follow the file format below. If you would like to include any information other than confirmation #, please provide that information in a separate file. For ease of input in the model

Development Roadmap FY19/20

Spring 2020 Release Recap

Product Development:  Goals & Objectives

Objectives for FY19/20 are focused on some key goals and themes:

Finish up the CCCApply Redesign Project work -in compliance with AB 3101
  • Work completed in FY18/19
  • Work completed in Fall 2019
  • Work planned for Spring 2020 (see below)
  • Implement industry-standard design principles and lessons learned from Student Journey Project, Ideas42 study and collaboration with partners (CCC Foundation, CCGI, Immigrants Rising, etc.)
    1. CCC Design Principles  AND  CCC Diagnosis Deck
      1. Student-centric design decisions
      2. Removing Barriers
      3. Student-User testing & feedback
  • Implement a process to get in-progress application data to college as early as possible to support college recruitment, student outreach and support during the application process
  • Compliance with state and federal statutory requirements
  • Continuous maintenance & support
  • Milestones: Progress Made Addressing Key Concerns

    1. Streamline & shorten admission application
    2. Support noncredit students with residency free application
    3. Delivery mobile-friendly application
    4. Support ESL/Spanish-speaking Students
    5. Deliver data to colleges quicker (including in-progress application data)
    6. Improve OpenCCC Account system (remove barriers)
    7. Continuous improvement - more frequent updates

    Spring 2020 Release

    2020 Development Roadmap (Tentative Projects for FY19/20)

    Upcoming Release:  Spring 2020  (Tentative March or April 2020)

    Planned Development:

    1. Implement 2020-2021 Promise Grant Application
    2. Internationalize CCCApply to Spanish - Spanish Translation for all CCCApply Applications
    3. Revised Social Security Number Question - Layout & Language
    4. Implement new “Highest Grade Completed” question to  Self-reported MMI questions in CCCApply
    5. Integrate with new OpenCCC Account system
      1. Revise SSN question layout & language; move from OpenCCC to CCCApply apps
      2. Move Previous Name field
    6. Update CCCApply.org to mobile-friendlystudent-centric design
    7. Support California Homeless: Remove residency barrier for California Homeless in Address sections 
    8. Support Dual Enrolled Students: Implement skip logic in Colleges Attended section
    9. Support Undocumented / Nonresident Aliens: Remove language barriers across CCCApply
    10. Update Privacy Policy & Terms of Use for full compliance
    11. Streamline language and layout on the Consent & Submission page for mobile view

    Upcoming Release Highlights

    New OpenCCC Account - Launch Status

    • Overview of project
      • Apply Integration
      • Changes to some questions
        • Move Social Security Number question to Apply (See Approved Changes below)
        • Move Previous Name out of Account

    /wiki/spaces/OPENAPPLY/pages/969212117

    Discuss Phase 1

    • New Consent to Release checkbox & disclaimer
    • Project Glue Delivery / Report Center
      • What are the requirements for the different student information systems?  
        • Banner:  Lee McDonald joins us 
        • PeopleSoft:  (volunteer)
        • Colleague:  (volunteer)
        • Custom SIS:  (Santa Rosa?)
        • Salesforce/Other:  (San Mateo CCD?)

    Approved Change Requests

    Update on Other Projects

    CCCApply Report Center Upgrade

    • Working on ways to integrate our two instances into one
    • Doing backend work now to update authentication 
    • Customization requirements
    • No release timeline now but coming soon - Coming Soon!

    Data Sharing Projects with Partners

    • CCGI Data Sharing from Partner High Schools
    • Expanding Glue for Additional SIS Integration
    • Universal Auto-population API

    FY19/20 Quarterly Release Schedule

    QuarterDateVersionScope / ItemsQ1 - Release Summary NotesOctober 16, 20196.6.0
    • Mobile Support for CCCApply Standard Application (and Noncredit)
    • Mobile Support for CCCApply International Application
    • Mobile Support for CC Promise Grant Application
    Q2 - ReleaseJan 1, 2020CCPG 2020
    • 2020-2021 CC Promise Grant Application Update
    Q3 - Release Summary NotesMarch 27, 20206.7.0
    • Spanish-Language (Internationalization)
      • CCCApply Standard & Noncredit
      • CCCApply International Application
      • CC Promise Grant Application
      • OpenCCC Account System (v.1.0)
    • Mobile Support for OpenCCC Account System (v.1.0)
    • Revised Social Security Number Question - Layout & Language
    • New/Replace HS Transcript Information Questions & Display Conditions
    • Residency Logic Fix for California Homeless 
    • Language Updates to Support Undocumented Students - Part 1
    • Replaced AB540 Eligibility Affidavit on Special Links Page
    • New California Dream Act Application Link on Special Links Page
    • Bug Fixes

    SuperGlue for Apply / MMPS - Find out more here

    Q4 TBDTBDCO Styles Upgrade - Alignment across all student-facing applications

    Pending Change Requests

    • In-Progress Application Data Project
      • API - Administrator / Report Center
      • Glue - Data Warehouse / SIS Staging Table
    • Administrator Enhancements
      • Majors
      • Rules
      • Archive
    • Remove language barriers for Undocumented Students Part 2 (Immigrants Rising Org)
    • Explore enhancements to Citizenship & Immigration Page
      • DACA students
      • No Documents 
    • Legal Language Onscreen Revisions

    2020 Steering/User Group Meeting Schedule

    Date

    Time

    Description

    Location

    February 11, 20201:00 pm - 3:30 pmCCCApply User Group Meeting - 2020 Q3OnlineApril 22, 2020TBD - Usually 12:00pmCACCRAO Conference 2020 - Sacramento Hyatt RegencyIn-Person - TBDCISOA 2020May 12, 20201:00 pm - 3:30 pmCCCApply User Group Meeting - FY19/20 - Q4OnlineAugust 11, 20201:00 pm - 3:30 pmCCCApply User Group Meeting - FY20/21 - Q1OnlineNovember 10, 20201:00 pm - 3:30 pmCCCApply User Group Meeting - FY20/21 - Q1OnlineSub-Committees & Other CCCApply MeetingsCommitteeDateMeeting DateInvite & LINK 

    FY2018-19 Quarterly Release Schedule

    In 2018-2019, CCCApply implemented a quarterly release schedule at the request of the Chancellor's Office in order to meet deadlines against AB 3101.  

    Release Description / Link to Release Notes

    Version

    Scope Summary

    Q1 - Annual Update Release - September 2018

    6.2.0

    • CCCApply Redesign - Phase 1 - Release 1

    • Spam Filter Web Service

    • New CCC Administrator - Core Services - SSO Authentication

    • CCCApply Administrator 2.0 Upgrade

    • Meta Majors / Category Filter

    Q2 - Redesign Release - December 2018

    6.3.0

    • CCCApply Redesign - Phase 1 - Release 2

    • Race & Ethnicity Expansion Project

    • UI Styles & Branding Update - Part 1: Align with MyPath Styles

    • 2019-2020 Promise Grant (BOG) Application 

    Q3 - Redesign Release - March 2019

    6.4.0

    • CCCApply Redesign - Phase 1 - Release 3

    • Noncredit Application - Pilot Phase

    • Maintenance & Support (Bug Fixes)

    Q4 - Redesign Release - June 2019

    6.5.0

    InfoFor more information, see the CCCApply FY2018-2019 Annual Overview

    Online Meeting Information

    This meeting will be held online via Zoom.

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    Date    Tuesday, February 11, 2020

    Time   1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    Location  ONLINE

    Meeting Chat: Feb2020-steering-meeting_saved_chat.txt

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    The agenda for our meeting is now being used to identify key action items or take-aways from the meeting.  All other notes are detailed in the sections below.


    TIMEAGENDA ITEMNEXT ACTION / TAKE-AWAY
    1:00 pm

    Roll Call & Introductions



    News & Updates


    Upcoming Events

    CCCApply Pre-Release Webinar - Wednesday, March 11 - 12:00 Noon - Click here for Zoom information

    CCCApply Spam Issue Discussion - March 16, 2020 at 3:00PM - Click here to join the Zoom Meeting on March 16

    The CCC Technology Center Webinar Series webinar for February has been cancelled. Next webinar is March 18.



    Spam Issue Update

    Two white papers were completed and will be distributed to all colleges as an attachment to a Memo from the CO on the ongoing fraud issue. February spam filter discussion cancelled; awaiting distribution of the CO communication. 

    CO communication expected to be distributed before the end of February. 



    MyPath UpdateSee notes below

    CCCApply Roadmap & Development


    Goals & MilestonesSee notes below


    Spring 2020 (6.7.0) Release Recap

    See notes below


    Ongoing Development Projects

    See notes below

    2:00pmSummary of CCCApply Sub-Committee Meetings - December 2019Summaries & Conclusions from December 2019 Meetings


    CCCApply Report Center Upgrade
    •  Survey colleges for recommendations and feedback on current and future use of the CCCApply Report Center and identifying priority needs wrt report templates, data metrics, dashboard templates, and more.


    Language Enhancements - Part 1

    Language Enhancements - Part 2 

    •   Fix the Help language for "No documents" before it goes live in the release. - < Done 2.13.20 >
    •   Schedule next sub-committee call to discuss language changes in the Citizenship & Immigration page
    • Whether to gather DACA information


    In-Progress Application Data Project
    •  Schedule follow-up meeting with colleges. Present proposed implementations.
    •  Revise survey and send to listserv.


    Dual Enrollment / Adult School Special Admit Changes


    Noncredit Application 
    •   Schedule User Group discussion to review new change requests
    •   Create CR for Noncredit change requests from the meeting
    • App-specific Terms (Noncredit needs to be able to have different terms than the Standard App)
    • Different language needs to be used in the Abandoned Application emails (24hr/7d) for the Noncredit Application


    Social Security Number Revision
    •   Update language in the "Just Remember..." text box - the first sentence is confusing.  < Done 2.13.20 >
    3:10 pm

    Change Requests Pending: Need Requirements



    Legislative Updates
    3:25 pm
    1. Schedule 2020 quarterly online meeting schedule
    2. Schedule Sub-Committee Meetings
    •  Schedule follow-up sub-committee meetings

    3:30 pm


    Close Meeting - Next meeting reminder




    Roll Call

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    2020
    CCCApply USER GROUP MEMBERS


    Name

    District


    Name

    District


    Name

    District

    XAli Salinas (IT)Riverside City College - RCCD
    Hang LeSanta Ana College (RSCCD)X

    Quyen Lu/Wanda Wong

    San Francsico CCD
    XAnna SalazarLos Angeles CCD - ELACX

    Joshua Rosales

    El Camino CCD


    Richette Bell

    Compton CCD


    Angela Embry 

    El Camino CCD


    Karen Sea
    Samantha Powell

    San Joaquin-Delta CCD


    Rozen Bondoc

    Chabot-Las Positas

    X

    Ben Guzman

    South Orange CCD

    X

    Leigh Ann Unger

    Rio Hondo District


    Satish Warrier

    Contra Costa CCD

    Betty Glyer-Culver

    Los Rios CCD


    Mark DeAsis

    Riverside CCD

    X

    Stephanie Murguia

    Cerritos CCD

    XChris Truong
    Kevin Kawa
    Rancho Santiago CCD
    SAC

    MaryLou LeybaSan Francisco CCDXStacey FollowillChabot-Las Positas
    XChristian AlvaradoSouth Orange CCD -Saddleback
    Maury PearlLos Angeles CCD
    Tina Mani San Joaquin Delta CCD

    Pankaj Mathur

    Los Rios CCD

    XMichael WardRancho Santiago CCDX

    Tuyen Nguyen

    Rancho Santiago CCD


    Clark Ray

    Santa Rosa CCD


    Michelle PenaKern CCD

    Vince Orton

    Cerritos CCD

    X

    Craig Hayward

    Kern CCDXMitchell LeahySanta Rosa CCDXWill MinnichSan Mateo CCD

    Greg Aycock (research)Riverside CCD (Norco)XOlivia Alvarado -IT
    Martha Rios (sub)
    Los Angeles CCD



    Hieu HoangEl Camino CCD
    Pam MerySan Francisco CCD

    Jasmine Robinson

    San Mateo CCD

    Janice Love (research)

    Rancho Santiago CCD

    XPaulette LinoChabot-Las Positas CCD
    Gerlie JeltemaSouth Orange CCD
    XChandra EdelsteinCity College of SF




    CHANCELLORS OFFICE & CCC TECHNOLOGY CENTER
    X

    Gary Bird

    CCCCO

    X

    Patty Donohue

    CCCTC - CCCApply




    X

    Tim Calhoon

    CCCTC

    XJennifer ColemanCCCTCXJane LinderCCCTC - SuperGlue

    Barney GomezCCCCO
    John SillsCCCTC - OpenCCCXMike CarusoCCCTC - MyPath
    XDeb Barker-GarciaCCCCO
    Roberto FuentesCCCTC - Support Svc
    Merrie Wales CCCTC - Support Svc


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    All User Group members above are members of the CCCAPPLYSTEERING listserv.  Email:  cccapplysteering@listserv.cccnext.net




    News & Updates


    Upcoming Events

    • CCCApply Pre-Release Webinar - Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 12:00pm
    • CCC Technology Center Webinar Series - Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 12:00pm
    • CISOA Conference - Monday, March 1, 2020 - Monterey 
    • CACCRAO - Holiday Inn - Sacramento, CA



    CCCApply Adoption


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    Time to Completion Data


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    Submitted Application Stats

    1. Total number of Submitted Applications from 7/1/2019 to 12/31/2019 - 1,833,950
    2. Total number of Submitted International Applications from 7/1/2019 to 12/31/2019 - 1,738
    3. Total number of Submitted College Promise Applications from 7/1/2019 to 12/31/2019 - 29,474
    4. Total number of Submitted Noncredit Applications from 7/1/2019 to 12/31/2019 - 2,496
    5. Total number of logins into MyPath from 7/1/2019 to 12/31/2019 - 346,164




    Spam Filter Update

    • Update on Spam Issue 
    • Current Performance
    • Communication coming from CCCTC and Chancellor's Office
      • White Paper & CO Memo
    • Monthly College Spam Filter Discussion
    • Support for Colleges Finding False Negatives 

    Current Performance

    Despite the recent uptick in fraud, the most recent numbers from the machine learning data science team is that the CCCApply spam filter service is accurately identifying and filtering 96% of all fraud across all colleges.

    From colleges that are diligently managing (tagging) the applications suspended by the model, we find the filter is performing at 99% accuracy


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    Underlying Causes

    (Taken from the CCCApply White Paper (see below))

    In order to combat fraudulent applications, it is important to understand the motivation of the bad actors who submit them. Investigation has shown that most of these applicants are seeking to obtain an academic email address, otherwise known as a “.edu” email account, which may be used for financial gain or myriad other benefits, including:

    • Sell to other bad actors
    • Obtain free software licenses
    • Get confirmations of residency
    • Use residency to get California IDs
    • Potential for serious security attacks

    It is widely discussed on hacking forums that most California community colleges generate a .edu email address for a student minutes to hours within receipt of a completed application. Fraudulent applicants receive a fully functioning .edu email account without ever having to register for classes or even attend orientation.

    CCCApply Fraudulent Applications White Paper | January 2020

    In an effort to reduce the number of incoming fraudulent applications through CCCApply, the CCC Information Security Center has published a two-part white paper exploring the leading causes behind the ongoing fraud craze, and a step-by-step tutorial describing three methods of restricting use of .edu accounts is available to California community colleges.  

    • WHITE PAPER: Reducing Fraudulent CCCApply Applications A Guide for California Community Colleges | January 2020
    • TUTORIAL: Restricting .edu Email Access A Guide for California Community Colleges | January 2020


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    What's in the White Paper Tutorial?  Accompanying the White Paper is a step-by-step tutorial describing three methods of restricting use of .edu accounts is available to California community colleges. To request a copy of the document, please contact Omer Usmani, ousmani@ccctechcenter.org, at the CCC Information Security Center.


    What else are we doing about the spam issue?

    1. Ongoing Development - Enhancements to the machine-learning spam filter model and user interface with regular model updates 
    2. Manual Model Updates (see below) - Supporting colleges by receiving any "false negatives" that the model did not catch but you did. Send them to us and we will update the model with their "fraud status" manually.
    3. Monthly Discussions - Third Monday of each month.  Next meeting = March 16 at 3pm


    Support:  Send Us Your False Positives

    If your college identifies a quantity (20 or more) of fraud applications that were NOT caught and suspended by the spam filter, please send them to us using the instructions below.

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    SPAM Drop File Information

    Please provide bulk fraudulent applications in the format specified below:

    • File Format = .TXT
    • File Naming Convention = CollegeMISCode_Fraud_mmddyy.txt
    • Confirmation #  (only1 confirmation # per line)



    CCC MyPath

    Update - Currently 46 colleges are actively implementing MyPath  (Seeing great numbers of students interacting with MyPath after submitting CCCApply application - upwards of 85% are engaged. 

    Working on tracking statistics and getting reports to deploy in the Report Center

    Distributing usage and access instructions for MyPath users

    Working on first version of MyPath SIS integration using SuperGlue.  Highly requested feature enhancement.

    Orientation Platform:  MyPath to work directly with your SIS data using rules engine - using what you know about the student and the rules (Mike can fix this)

    • Fixing and updating registration information
    • Focusing on four SIS fields
      • Orientation
      • Ed Plan
      • Admission Status 
      • Enrollment Status
    • Also working on the reverse of this integration with these fields > from your SIS to MyPath 

    MyPath CISOA - Tuesday, March 3

    Interesting in a demo of MyPath?  Contact Mike Caruso, Product Manager, mcaruso@ccctechcenter.org



    Roadmap & Development


    Goals & Milestones: Addressing Key Concerns


    GOALMILESTONE & OUTCOMETIMELINE

    AB3101: Redesign CCCApply / Shorten & Streamline Standard Application

    Streamlining Progress So Far

    Styles alignment to new Chancellor's Office website & style guide

    1. Work completed in FY18/19
    2. Work completed in Fall 2019
    3. Summer 2020 - Release 6.8.0

    AB3101:  Eliminate Residency Requirement for Noncredit Students Launched new CCCApply Noncredit Application Summer 2019 - Release 6.5.0

    Deliver CCCApply on mobile-friendly devices

    Implemented mobile-friendly CCCApply Applications

    Fall 2019 - Release 6.6.0

    Deliver OpenCCC on mobile-friendly devicesStudents can create an account online with easy mobile interfaceSpring 2020 - Release 6.7.0

    Support ESL/Spanish-speaking Students Using CCCApply. Promise GrantImplemented Spanish-language translations in all CCCApply ApplicationsSpring 2020 - Release 6.7.0

    Support ESL/Spanish-speaking Students Using OpenCCCImplemented Spanish-language translations in all CCCApply ApplicationsSpring 2020 - Release 6.7.0

    Deliver CCCApply data to colleges sooner to minimize abandonmentPENDING FINAL REQUIREMENTS

    All New OpenCCC Account system

    Styles alignment to new Chancellor's Office website & style guide

    Summer 2020 - Release 6.8.0


    Continuous improvement - more frequent updatesONGOING


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    Commitment to Student-Centric Design

    1. Implement industry-standard design principles and lessons learned from Student Journey Project, Ideas42 study and collaboration with partners (CCC Foundation, CCGI, Immigrants Rising, etc.)
      1. CCC Design Principles  AND  CCC Diagnosis Deck
        1. Student-centric design decisions
        2. Removing Barriers
        3. Student-User testing & feedback
    2. Implement a process to get in-progress application data to college as early as possible to support college recruitment, student outreach and support during the application process
    3. Compliance with state and federal statutory requirements
    4. Continuous maintenance & support

    Release: CCCApply 6.7.0 - Spring 2020

    2020 Development Roadmap (Tentative Projects for FY19/20)

    Schedule

    • PILOT Release:  February 28, 2020
    • PRODUCTION Release:  March 27, 2020 - 5:00pm 
    • Pre-Release Webinar - Wednesday, March 11 at 12:00pm 

    Release Highlights

    Internationalize CCCApply Applications (Spanish)

    • Spanish-language translation throughout Standard & Noncredit Applications
    • Spanish-language translation throughout International Application
    • Spanish-language translation throughout the Promise Grant Application

    Enhance OpenCCC System (Legacy)

    • Mobile-friendly User-Interface
    • Spanish-language translation throughout the OpenCCC Account creation & recovery 

    Revised the Social Security Number Question - New Language & Layout

    • Shortened and streamlined all onscreen language, including legalese
    • Simplified the layout with unambiguous Yes/No format
    • Removed SSN Type and SSN Exceptions from layout
    • No backend data field changes - No IT hassles for colleges

    Changes in the HS Transcript Information Section

    • Implement new question and data field: Highest Grade Completed
    • Remove Completed Eleventh Grade question from UI and deprecate data field
    • Expand display conditions for "all US high school graduates or equivalent" 

    CCCApply Redesign Enhancements

    • Removed residency flag for California homeless applicants that don't provide address(es)
    • Language Updates to Support Undocumented Students - Part 1
    • Replaced AB540 Eligibility Affidavit on Special Links Page
    • New California Dream Act Application Link on Special Links Page
    • Bug Fixes


    Info
    SuperGlue for Apply / MMPS - Find out more here


    Ongoing Development Projects

    Concurrently to the upcoming CCCApply 6.7.0 release, the development team is working on the following ongoing projects. 

    • UI Styles Alignment with Chancellor's Office Style Guide
    • Language Enhancements - Gathering Requirements
    • In-Progress Applications Data Project - Gathering feedback on development proposals
    • CA Legislative Updates
    • Data Integration Microservices - Gathering requirements/feedback


    On Deck:

    Preparing for Impacts to CCCApply from OpenCCC 2.0 Launch

    CCCApply Report Center Upgrade

    Professional Development & Training



    FY19/20 Quarterly Release Schedule

    QuarterDateVersionScope / Items
    Q1 - Release Summary NotesOctober 16, 20196.6.0
    • Mobile Support for CCCApply Standard Application (and Noncredit)
    • Mobile Support for CCCApply International Application
    • Mobile Support for CC Promise Grant Application

    Q2 - ReleaseJan 1, 2020CCPG 2020
    • 2020-2021 CC Promise Grant Application Update

    Q3 - Release Summary NotesMarch 27, 20206.7.0
    • CCCApply Internationalization (Spanish) 
    • OpenCCC Mobile Support
    • Revised Social Security Number
    • Other Changes (see above)

    Q4 TBDTBD

    CO Styles Upgrade - Alignment across all student-facing applications

    • In-Progress App Data Project
    • Language Updates
    • AB540 Eligibility Updates



    CCCApply Sub-Committee Meetings - December 2019

    During the month of December 2019, a series of topical discussions were held with college using CCCApply.  An open invitation was sent through the CCC-ADMISSIONS and CCCAPPLYSTEERING listservs with dates, times and Zoom links. These hour-long discussions were extremely fruitful and we walked away with a wealth of feedback, action items and next steps.  

    Each meeting was recorded and discussion notes were captured for historical reference. The ability to meet with college staff on a variety of issues was so successful that we hope to continue with this format in the upcoming months.

    Due to the number of meetings held, I put together a page of summary descriptions and action items (at-a-glance):  Summaries & Conclusions


    Priority Topics - Need Follow-Up Meetings


    Spring 2020 Topics for Sub-Committee Meetings:

    • International Application User Group
    • CCCApply Report Center 
    • CCCApply Administrator: Enhancements to the Majors Module / Meta Majors


    Info

    If you are interested in attending any of the follow-up sub-committee meetings, or any future meetings, feel free to reach out to Patty Donohue to be added to sub-committee email lists.  pdonohue@ccctechcenter.org



    Discussion Notes

    SB554 - What needs to be changed in CCCApply to identify Special Adult Admits (dual enrollment)?  

    • Patty will contact Linda Vann, V.C., to setup call to discuss alignment with MIS


    Users of the Noncredit Application proposed two change requests to be reviewed by Noncredit App sub-committee:

    • App-specific Terms (Noncredit needs to be able to have different terms than the Standard App)
    • Different language needs to be used in the Abandoned Application emails (24hr/7d) for the Noncredit Application

    2020 Steering/User Group Meeting Schedule

    Date

    Time

    Description

    Location

    February 11, 20201:00 pm - 3:30 pmCCCApply User Group Meeting - 2020 Q3Online
    April 22, 2020TBD - Usually 12:00pmCACCRAO Conference 2020 - Sacramento Hyatt RegencyIn-Person - TBD
    CISOA 2020


    May 12, 20201:00 pm - 3:30 pmCCCApply User Group Meeting - FY19/20 - Q4Online
    August 11, 20201:00 pm - 3:30 pmCCCApply User Group Meeting - FY20/21 - Q1Online
    November 10, 20201:00 pm - 3:30 pmCCCApply User Group Meeting - FY20/21 - Q1Online