Release 5.5.2 Summary Notes - 10.21.16

Release Date

Description	Date
Release No.	5.5.2
Production Release Date	10.21.16
Pilot Preview Date	N/A
Time	6:00PM - 11:00PM PST
Type	Shibboleth V3 Upgrade Related IdP Development
Changes to Download Client	No
Changes to Residency Logic	No

Release Scope

Description	Scope
Applications	CCCApply Standard Application CCCApply International Application OpenCCC Student Account System
Changes to Download Client	Yes
Changes to Residency Logic	Yes

Release Plan

30-Day Pilot Site Preview

In order to allow colleges time to review and implement the changes and enhancements deployed in Release 5.5 on September 30, we released the code to the Pilot environment 30 days in advance, on September 1, 2016.

A new "Pilot Environment" section has been added to the Public Documentation space to provide additional information about getting to, and using, the Pilot site.

NOTICE: All changes and enhancements deployed as part of this release, including the Multiple Measures implementation, will remain in the Pilot site as a clone to the production deployment. Any colleges that did not opt-in to implement the Multiple Measures fields may continue to view and test the fields in the Pilot environment.

Release Notes Summary

Below is a summary of the changes and enhancements deployed as part of the 5.5.2 release.

OpenCCC Account

The following enhancement was made to the OpenCCC Account system. There is no action required by colleges.

Change Specification / Technical Notes	Summary	New Data Fields / Changes to the Download Client	Changes to Logic
OpenCCC Shibboleth V3 Upgrade		N/A	N/A

Update: Shibboleth Version 3 Upgrade Postponed to October 28, 2016

The Shibboleth V3 upgrade, originally scheduled to be completed in this release, has been postponed to Friday, October 28, 2016 in order to support the launch of the CCC MyPath Student Services Portal in late October. The upgrade, and the postponing of the upgrade, will not affect colleges and there is nothing that colleges need to do relative to this event.

Colleges that are in process of upgrading their own college/district Shibboleth V2 should continue to move forward with those efforts. For more information about the OpenCCC Shibboleth V3 upgrade, please contact Patty Donohue, pdonohue@ccctechcenter.org, or post a comment on CCCTechnology.info.

CCCApply Standard Application

The following changes and enhancements were deployed in the CCCApply applications. Click on the Change Specification / Technical Notes hyperlinks in the table below to see the detailed change specifications for each item.

Change Specification / Technical Notes	Summary	New Data Fields / Change to the Download File	Change to Logic

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Bug Fixes

The following bugs were fixed in the 5.5 release. No action is required by the colleges.

If you have any questions or would like more information about any of these bug fixes, please post a request in the CCCTechnology.info in the CCCApply category page.

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Accessibility Fixes

One of the objectives of this release was to fix a series of accessibility issues in the CCCApply applications which were identified in an accessibility review conducted in February 2016. Issues that can be fixed in the current version of CCCApply will be fixed; however, issues that require significant re-writes to the application code or user interface are being deferred to the next version of CCCApply (3.0). Development for V.3.0 is slated to begin in Fall 2017. For more information on accessibility fixes in CCCApply, see Accessibility Updates in CCCApply.

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The PILOT Site

All items deployed in the 5.5 Release on September 30, 2016 to the Production environment will remain in the Pilot Site after the release. We encourage college Admissions staff to review the changes and alert your IT department staff to add the new data fields to your Download files. (See New Data Fields & Changes to the Download Client section for new fields added.) NOTE: All other changes, including the new step added to the Area B residency logic, require no action by the college.

Preview in the Pilot Site
All 5.5 release changes and enhancements were deployed to the Pilot environment for colleges to preview and test. The latest versions of the CCCApply Data Dictionaries and User Guides now reflect both the production and pilot environment application code. Questions? Please post all questions on CCCTechnology.info.

Getting to the Pilot Applications

Please see "Pilot Environment" section in the CCCApply Public Documentation space for more information on getting to the Pilot Applications, staff tools, and download server.

Remember to include your college's MIS code to the end of each application URL.

PILOT Application

NEW PILOT Application URL

PILOT CCCApply Standard Application URL

https://pilot.opencccapply.net/cccapply-welcome?cccMisCode=XXX

*Replace the XXX with your college MIS code.

PILOT BOG Application URL

https://pilot.bog.opencccapply.net/gateway/bog?cccMisCode=XXX

*Replace the XXX with your college MIS code.

PILOT International Application URL

https://pilot.intl.opencccapply.net/gateway/intl?cccMisCode=XXX

*Replace the XXX with your college MIS code.

Pilot Application Downloads-URL Attributes

Include the following URL attributes in your PILOT Job XML files. For more information, refer to the Download Client User Guide for details.

Application	PILOT DOWNLOAD URL
PILOT CCCApply Standard Application	https://pilot.admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransfer
PILOT BOG Application	https://pilot.admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransferbog
PILOT International Application	https://pilot.admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransferintl

NOTE: Please see the Pilot Environment page in the CCCApply Public Documentation space for more details on the CCCApply Pilot Environment.

Pilot Administrator & Report Center URLs

The URLs below are "templates" - so the examples shown are not your URLs. These are here to give you an idea of what they look like. Please contact your IT department if you do not have access to your Pilot Site URLs for the Pilot Administrator and Pilot Report Center.

Pilot Administrator

https://{yourDomain}/idp/profile/SAML2/Unsolicited/SSO?providerId=https://ci.control.openccc.net/shibboleth&shire=https://ci.control.openccc.net/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST&target=https://ci.control.openccc.net/admin/

Pilot Report Center

https://{yourDomain}/idp/profile/SAML2/Unsolicited/SSO?providerId=https://ci.control.openccc.net/shibboleth&shire=https://ci.control.openccc.net/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST&target=https://ci.control.openccc.net/jasperserver-pro/

NOTE: Please see the Pilot Environment page in the CCCApply Public Documentation space for more details on the CCCApply Pilot Environment.

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Data Dictionaries & Release Documentation

The following links pertain to Release 5.5 documentation, including CCCApply Data Dictionaries and User Guides.

Description	Version	Format	Release	Date Published
CCCApply Standard Application Data Dictionary	V.2016.3	PDF	Release 5.5	9.30.16
CCCApply International Application Data Dictionary	V.2016.3	PDF	Release 5.5	9.30.16
CCCApply Download Client User Guide	V.2016.3	PDF	Release 5.5	9.30.16
Download Client: transfer-client-V3.jar	V3	JAR	Release 5.5	9.30.16
Multiple Measures for Assessment Placement Testing Information		Webpage	Release 5.5	9.30.16
Pilot Environment		Webpage		9.27.16

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