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This UAT Guide is designed to help colleges understand the new CCCApply Race & Ethnicity section changes, implemented in December 2018.
The following step-by-step guide will help college staff better understand the changes and perform user testing for adding the new (optional) data field to their CCCApply Standard & International download files and begin collecting the new data following the 6.3.0 release (December 7, 2018).
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For detailed information on the change request and corresponding specifications, see 2018-18R: New Race & Ethnicity Implementation 2018. |
Table of Contents
New Race Ethnicity Full Data Field
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One new data field ('race_ethnic_full') has been added to the database to capture all the new race group and ethnicity values; however, we have purposely designed this addition to be seamlessly backwards compatible, which means the field is optional and colleges do not need to make any adjustments to their downloads unless they opt to add the new data field when they are ready.
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UAT GOALS & OBJECTIVES
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Step-by-Step Guides help colleges prepare for new features or changes to the CCCApply applications. The new Race & Ethnicity implementation of 2018 includes a changes to the user interface and a new data field to capture all the new race groups and ethnicities that are added to the database. Reminder, no changes were made to the existing data fields; therefore colleges are not required to take any action relative to the new implementation.
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| Colleges that want to collect the new data should add the new Race Ethnicity Full data field to their download files and run (replace) the new transfer-client.jar (v.6.3.0. |
Participating Colleges
User acceptance testing will be supported across the three main SIS systems. Support is also available for colleges with custom SIS systems.
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Data Field Specifications & Mapping
- General Requirements
- Release Information for Colleges
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Feedback & Resolution Process
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