1

Remove the Introduction page from the Standard Application

CCCApply Standard

This means that the first page of the application is now the Enrollment page.

2

Remove the Social Security Number Encouragement pop-up box

OpenCCC Account & Edit Account

This change removes the pop-up message encouraging students to provide their Social Security Number when they decline to provide one during OpenCCC Account creation and in the "Edit Account" modules.

3

Rename the Personal Information page to "Demographic Information"

CCCApply Standard Application

4

Move the Demographic Information page to later in the application

CCCApply Standard Application

This page now follows the Needs & Interests page

5

Revisions to the High School Transcript Information (aka self-reported Multiple Measures questions)

CCCApply Standard Application

These are text changes to the opt-in "multiple measures" question implementation, but if your college has implemented these questions for 
See the "Changes to CCCApply Standard Application" section below. 

6

Move the Review Application page to an opt-in section on the Submission page

CCCApply Standard Application

7

Move the Consent to Release Information page to the Submission page

CCCApply Standard Application

8

Remove the logic (restriction) preventing users under 13 years old from creating an OpenCCC Account

OpenCCC Account & Edit Account

Users of any age can now create OpenCCC accounts for educational purposes.

9

Implement an auto-direct from the Submission confirmation screen in CCCApply to MyPath 

CCCApply Standard Application

For MyPath colleges only

10

Remove the temporary block preventing users from creating 5 or more OpenCCC Accounts using the same email address

CCCApply Standard Application

A temporary stop-gap implemented to prevent fraud until the Spam Filter is complete. This is being removed.

11

Remove the temporary block preventing users from submitting 10 or more CCCApply applications from the same CCCID within 24hrs

CCCApply Standard Application

A temporary stop-gap implemented to prevent fraud until the Spam Filter is complete. This is being removed.

12

Implement approved changes to the Race & Ethnicity section in CCCApply, including expanded race groups, ethnicities in a new conditional layout

CCCApply Standard Application

This proposed change to the current Race & Ethnicity questions in CCCApply has been postponed to a later release in order to allow colleges time to implement these changes to their Download XML files.

13

Upgrade the user interface styles and branding required in the new CCCCO Style Guide

CCCApply Standard Application

User interface updates have been postponed to a later release.

PILOT

CCCApply Administrator

http://{college domain}.pilot.openccc.net/admin

Replace the (college domain) with your college or district .edu domain

PILOT

CCC Report Center

http://{college domain}.pilot.openccc.net/reports

Replace the (college domain) with your college or district .edu domain

PRODUCTION

CCCApply Administrator

http://{college domain}.openccc.net/admin

Replace the (college domain) with your college or district .edu domain

PRODUCTION

CCC Report Center

http://{college domain}.openccc.net/reports

Replace the (college domain) with your college or district .edu domain

CCCApply Standard Application Data Dictionary

V.2018.1

PDF

Release 6.2.0

9.14.18

Download Client transfer-client-V.6.2.0

V.6.2.0.0

jar

Release 6.2.0

9.14.18

2018-2019_CCPG_Specification.pdf

CCPG-V2018

PDF

2018-2019

1.12.18

CCCApply International Application Data Dictionary

V2017.2

PDF

Release 6.1.0

No change for 6.1.2

Update logic and text in the Birthdate <birthdate> field to allow users under the age of 13 to create an OpenCCC Account

Per clarification of the COPPA laws, students under the age of 13 are eligible to create an OpenCCC account as the purpose of the account is related to educational institutions, and the educational journey of the student, and required to apply to a California Community College. 

No

Removed logic that prevents users under the age of 13 to create an OpenCCC Account based on their date of birth.

CCCApply Spam Filter Web Service

Standard Application Only. New post-submission web service to support spam detection in CCCApply. The full web service includes multiple micro-services, machine learning continuous training model, prediction service, system monitoring, college email alerts, and user interface are described in detail in the User Guide and supplemental release note information, accessible below.  

<fraud_status>

<fraud_score>

N/A - Not related to residency logic in CCCApply

Spam Monitoring & Email Notifications

Standard Application Only. To support college's adapt to the new spam filter, monitoring has been implemented to alert the college by email if one or more submitted applications has been suspended in the Spam Filter (Summary Table). The two email messages are: 

• Daily Spam Alert Email:  Sends an email to the Admissions Office Contact Email" to alert the college that one or more applications have been suspended from the post-submission download process and need to be managed in the Spam Filter User Interface in the new CCCApply Admin.

• Reminder Spam Alert Email: Sends an email to the Admissions Office Contact Email" to alert the college that one or more applications has been sitting in the suspension folder (Spam Filter User Interface) for 3 days or more. This email alert is a reminder to the college that all applications suspended in the Spam Filter need to be "confirmed" by the college in order for the model to continue to grow and learn.  

N/A

N/A

Major Category Dropdown Menu

Optional - Displays a dropdown menu above the "Intended Major or Program of Study" menu on the Enrollment page only if the college chooses to implement the "Major Category" filter implementation in the Administrator. Otherwise, this menu does  NOT display.

<major_category>

N/A

Ed Goal Alignment Filter Logic 

6.28.18: Out of scope for this release

Optional - Enables filtering logic to the display of Majors in the "Intended Major or Program of Study" menu on the Enrollment page only if the college chooses to implement the optional Ed Goal Alignment filter implementation in the Administrator.  Otherwise the filter logic is not enabled.

N/A

N/A - Not related to residency logic in CCCApply

Rename the Personal Information page to "Demographic Information" 

The Personal Information page in the Standard Application and the International Application was renamed to the "Demographic Information" page in order to more accurately describe the information being collected on this page in the current and future versions of CCCApply.

N/A

N/A

Support AB620 Decryption

To support the sharing of data between CCCApply and the Data Warehouse application, as well as the College Adapter (Glue) 2.5 system, the two AB620 fields have been decrypted. Note this does not enable these fields to be downloaded through the CCCApply Download Client or appear in the CCC Report Center for reporting.  The AB620 fields are: Sexual Orientation <sexual_orientation> and Transgender <transgender>.

<sexual_orientation>

<transgender>

Phase 1: Support for the Promise Grant Application (BOG) to integrate with the College Adapter (Glue) 2.5

Web service call was implemented to support the phased integration of the CC Promise Grant Application (BOG) data with the College Adaptor (Glue 2.5). 

TBD

N/A

OpenCCC Account Bugs

Account Creation

Improved Password hashing

Account Creation

Fixed issue where some users were not receiving Account Creation confirmation email with a valid email address

Account Creation

Corrected the issue where the country code was appearing in the Mainphone extension field

Account Creation

Fixed issue where user could not update the Authorization for Text Message Cannot update authorization for text messages

Security Questions

Fixed an issue Closing validation should take focus to first security question

Authentication

Corrected issue where user was directed to an incorrect page after creating an Account

Authentication

Added timestamp and nonce to auto-login

Account Recovery

Implemented logic to support using international phone numbers when recovering Usernames

Account Recovery

Fixed the "Forgot?" link on the Recover Password and Recover Username pages in Account Recovery

Password Reset

Fixed the text in the Password Link Expiration Message

SSO Proxy 

Made it so the EPPN mapping updates when an old EPPN is reused

SSO Proxy

Fixed an issue where the IDP proxy was directing the user to an error page instead of the login page

Standard Application Bugs

Post Submission

Application surveys are not being pushed to submitted_applications database

Data Downloads 

Remove military_stationed_ca_ed_start and military_stationed_ca_ed_end from download client

SSN Encouragement Modal

Fixed an accessibility issue with the "Enter SSN" button on the SSN Encouragement modal to bring the focus back to the SSN field

Account Mailing

Corrected a problem with the "No Current Address Homeless" pop-up on the Account Mailing page

My Applications

Fixed ability to go to My Applications on pages after Introduction after creating an account

Data Downloads

Fixed a download problem with Emoji characters in Supplemental Text field

See Download Client Changes

Education Page

Fixed an issue where Clicking Save on Education page clears the grades for Multiple Measures questions

Education Page

Fixed issues where clicking Save on Education page clears the fields entered by user

Enrollment Page

Fixed issues with the "Save" button on the Enrollment Page to keep error messages from displaying

SSO Proxy

Corrected some missing logic when Missing where clause on update to the eppn_mapping table

Education Page

Fixed an issue on the Education page where an error message was displaying if the user switched f in the High School Education level when a user switches Error modal shows when high school education level selected after switching from enrolling in high school and college at the same time

Helpdesk Application

HelpDesk - Password Reset Does Not Work for New Accounts

Helpdesk Application

G-Tool - Password Reset Is Not Working For New Accounts

CC Promise Grant Application Bugs

Account / Mailing Information

Fixed issue where editing the Date of Birth Year didn't change options in the BOG Application

Account / Mailing Information

Fixed the issue where the "Confirm Date of Birth" field only showed up if you change something

Submission Service

Corrected issue in the system that was creating duplicate BOG Application records

Submission Service

Fixed the validation logic and error message preventing a user from submitting multiple applications for the same Promise Grant (BOG) Academic Year.

International Application Bugs

General Application

Implemented logic to make checkbox fields behave consistently throughout the application and across applications. Any time a checkbox hides a field, and the checkbox is cleared, the data will be restored to the field if they re-check the box if the page hasn't been Saved first.

Current Mailing Address

The "United States of America" option now appears in both the Country of Birth and Country of Citizenship on the Personal Information Page.

I-94 Section

Fixed an issue in the I-94 Currently Residing in US section that was introduced in the last release (6.1.0)

Citizenship 

Fixed the logic and display for preventing an international applicant from selecting United States of America as their Country of Citizenship

Visa/Dependents

Fixed an issue that was causing an error message to display when user clicked Save on Visas/Dependents page.

Visa/Dependents

Fixed an issue that was clearing data when user clicked Save on Visas/Dependents page.

CIP Code

<cip_code>

character varying (60)

No

OPTIONAL field added to the Majors module in the Administrator. 

Major Category

<major_category>

character varying (100)

No

OPTIONAL field added to the Majors module in the Administrator. 

NOTE: Major categories must be separated by a comma in the export formatting.