Colleges should be aware of the following technical changes and potential impacts to one or more CCCApply applications implementations in the Version 6.7.0 release.
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CCCApply Standard Application | Area B Residency logic change for California homeless applicants. | Colleges should just be aware that two minor changes were made to the Area B residency logic was revised slightly to ensure homeless that California applicants that who are otherwise California residents will no longer be flaggedhomeless will not be flagged as “possible residents” based on permanent and/or current mailing address alone.
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CCCApply Standard Application | Optional internationalization i18n (Spanish Translation) for CCCApply Supplemental Questions. | Colleges that have implemented custom, optional Supplemental Questions should be aware that they will be required to manage if they want their questions to appear in Spanish when a user has set their lang setting to Spanish, then they will be responsible for managing the translation of their custom text questions, including translation of the text, and add it to their Supplemental Questions XML file.
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CCCApply Standard Application | New Highest Grade Completed question & data field has been added to the HS Transcript Information section on the Education page in the CCCApply Standard App only.
| Colleges using the CCCApply Download Client for data delivery should will need to add the new data field to their Standard Application Format Definition XML file and run the Download Client Jar v.6.7.0) if they want to download the new Highest Grade Completed data field.
Colleges using Glue for CCCApply for data delivery will need to follow complete the required implementation tasks outlined by the SuperGlue team.
| Optional (Download Client is backwards compatible) - but no data will be delivered until you add the data to your download file. REQUIRED for Glue for Apply users | ||||||
CCCApply Standard Application | Deprecated question & data field: The new “Highest Grade Completed” is REPLACING the existing “Completed Eleventh Grade” question and data field: <completed_eleventh_grade> | Colleges using the CCCApply Download Client for data delivery should be aware that the <completed_eleventh_grade> field and question will no longer be downloading data through the Download Client.
| Optional (Download Client is backwards compatible) |
Product Documentation & Links
Getting to the Pilot Environment
Colleges can begin previewing and testing the CCCApply 6.7.0 changes in the Pilot environment on March 4, 2020.
Change to the CCCApply Residency Logic
A change was made to the Area B residency logic in the CCCApply 6.7.0 release to remove an unnecessary barrier for homeless applicants who have indicated that they have no permanent address or mailing address because they are currently homeless, yet in every other way they are California residents for tuition purposes. The fact that they are not providing an address is the reason they are getting flagged. From now on, California homeless applicants will not be flagged in Area B based on their address alone.
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There is no task required that corresponds to this change. |
Legal Support: CCCApply worked with the CCC Chancellor’s Office to explore the best solution to this issue. According to the California Education Code, residency status for tuition purposes cannot be based on address alone. If the
Solution: In this release (6.7.0) we made an adjustment to the Area B residency logic so that it will only flag applicants who indicate that their permanent address “state” and/or current mailing address “state” is not California AND they have not checked the boxes indicating they are homeless. In other words, if the student has self-reported that they are homeless, the residency logic will NOT flag them based on the fact that their address “State” is not California.
An applicant’s address will only be used in the calculation of their residency status if they have left the “no permanent address homeless” and/or “no mailing address homeless” checkboxes EMPTY.
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For more information on the CCCApply residency Areas, see the CCCApply Standard Application Data Dictionary. |
Changes to the User Interface
The majority of this release consists of user interface enhancements that require no action on the part of the colleges. Additional information on the user interface changes can be found in the links below.
Internationalization (Spanish translation) for Supplemental Questions
Internationalization (Spanish) in All CCCApply Applications
Internationalization (Spanish Translation) for Supplemental Questions
Colleges that have implemented custom (optional) supplemental questions in one or more CCCApply applications, have the option to implement Spanish translation using the <translation> XML element in their Supplemental Questions XML file(s).
To implement Spanish translation using the <translation> element:
Follow the instructions to implement the <translation> element detailed on page 8 of the Working with Supplemental Questions User Guide.
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Colleges are responsible for all Spanish translation updates for their custom Supplemental Questions. If your college does not care to internationalize your Supplemental Questions, no action is needed. |
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OpenCCC Account System | Mobile support for OpenCCC student account system | The user interface in the OpenCCC student account system, including Create Account, Recover Account, and Edit Account pages have been redesigned for mobile devices.
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OpenCCC Account | New layout and onscreen question text for the Social Security Number Question | The Social Security Number question has been completely redesigned with a new, streamlined layout and improved onscreen question text/language to minimize barriers and ambiguity that might cause confusion to some students, such as non-U.S. resident, ESL/Spanish-speakers, international students.
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Product Documentation & Links
Getting to the Pilot Environment
Colleges can begin previewing and testing the CCCApply 6.7.0 changes in the Pilot environment on March 4, 2020.
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Change to the CCCApply Residency Logic
A change was made to the Area B residency logic in the CCCApply 6.7.0 release to remove an unnecessary barrier for homeless applicants who have indicated that they have no permanent address or mailing address because they are currently homeless, yet in every other way they are California residents for tuition purposes. The fact that they are not providing an address is the reason they are getting flagged. From now on, California homeless applicants will not be flagged in Area B based on their address alone.
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There is no required task that the college needs to do that corresponds with this change. |
Legal Support: CCCApply worked with the CCC Chancellor’s Office to explore the best solution to this issue. According to the California Education Code, residency status for tuition purposes cannot be based on address alone. If the
Solution: In this release (6.7.0) we made an adjustment to the Area B residency logic so that it will only flag applicants who indicate that their permanent address “state” and/or current mailing address “state” is not California AND they have not checked the boxes indicating they are homeless. In other words, if the student has self-reported that they are homeless, the residency logic will NOT flag them based on the fact that their address “State” is not California.
An applicant’s address will only be used in the calculation of their residency status if they have left the “no permanent address homeless” and/or “no mailing address homeless” checkboxes EMPTY.
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For more information on the CCCApply residency Areas, see the CCCApply Standard Application Data Dictionary. |
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Changes to the User Interface
The majority of this release consists of user interface enhancements that require no action on the part of the colleges. Additional information on the user interface changes can be found in the links below.
Internationalization (Spanish translation) for Supplemental Questions
Spanish Translation in All CCCApply Applications
The highlight of the CCCApply release v.6.7.0 is the internationalization of the code for all CCCApply applications AND the OpenCCC Account applications (Create, Recover). Internationalization allows the ability for multiple language parameters to be implemented for end users upon request.
The first language alternative to English is Spanish, based on a Spanish-Mexico dialect.
Users who would like to set their language preference to Spanish can do so by clicking on the Cambiar A Espanol button or link from any page - and have it persist from page to page throughout the user’s application experience. This functionality allows the user to toggle between Spanish and English as often as needed.
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Implementing Spanish Translation in Supplemental Questions
Colleges that have implemented custom (optional) supplemental questions in one or more CCCApply applications, have the option to implement Spanish translation using the <translation> XML element in their Supplemental Questions XML file(s).
To implement Spanish translation using the <translation> element:
Follow the instructions to implement the <translation> element detailed on page 8 of the Working with Supplemental Questions User Guide.
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Colleges are responsible for all Spanish translation updates for their custom Supplemental Questions. If your college does not care to internationalize your Supplemental Questions, no action is needed. |
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REMINDER: To implement custom Supplemental Questions, colleges must configure a Supplemental Questions XML file for each CCCApply application, even if the questions are the same in each of the applications. |
OpenCCC Mobile Support
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One of the highlights of the CCCApply 6.7.0 release is the completion of the responsive design work that delivers a mobile-friendly user experience for mobile users.
Now a user can create an OpenCCC account, recover an account, reset their password, and start and submit a CCCApply application - on their mobile device.
To preview the mobile experience, visit your college website and navigate to the Admissions page to find your link to CCCApply. Click on their link to Apply and experience the process on your smart phone, tablet or desktop.
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Changes to Data Fields
In the v.6.7.0 release, there is one new data field added to the CCCApply Standard Application data set <highest_grade_completed>, and one deprecated field <completed_eleventh_grade>.
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Replace your existing transfer-client.jar (V.X.X.0) with: < PLACE LATEST DLC FILE HERE >
Follow the instructions in the Pilot CCCApply Download Client User Guide.
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Replace your existing transfer-client.jar (V.X.X.0) with: < PLACE LATEST DLC FILE HERE >
Follow the instructions in the CCCApply Download Client User Guide.
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