Release Date
Description | Date |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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.
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.
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 |
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PILOT CCCApply Standard Application URL | https://pilot.opencccapply.net/cccapply-welcome?cccMisCode=XXX |
PILOT BOG Application URL | https://pilot.bog.opencccapply.net/gateway/bog?cccMisCode=XXX |
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
Application | PILOT DOWNLOAD URL |
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PILOT CCCApply Standard Application | https://pilot.admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransfer |
PILOT BOG Application | https://pilot.admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransferbog |
PILOT International Application |
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.
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 |
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CCCApply Standard Application Data Dictionary | V.2016.3 | Release 5.5 | 9.30.16 | |
CCCApply International Application Data Dictionary | V.2016.3 | Release 5.5 | 9.30.16 | |
CCCApply Download Client User Guide | V.2016.3 | 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 |