Student Portal
An introduction and demo
The Portal Team
Frank Feagans – Executive Sponsor
Nikolas Glazier-Hodge –Project and Services Success Office, Director
Margaret Flint- Business Analyst Sr, Project Lead
Lauren Sekora- Business Analyst Web, Project Manager
Katherine Holt- Business Analyst, Instructor Portal Lead
Brett Bendickson – Solution Architect
Chris Davis- PHP Specialist, Eagle Creek Consultants
Melody Buckner – Functional Owner, Online
Stefani Basij- Functional Owner, Enrollment Management
Student Committees
Executive Steering Committee:
Melissa Vito, Michele Norin, Gail Burd, Joel Hauff, and Vin Del Casino
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What is a Portal? (and what isn’t)
Is…
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Is not…
Single sign on for
information access
Centralized student
communications
Streamlined presentation of
information
Entrance point for LMS
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A page of links
A total replacement of
current applications
A panacea for student
success and retention
The Roadmap
(projected)
• Fall 2015
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Open to new
undergraduate online
students and certain main
campus students
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• Spring 2016
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Instructor Portal available
Increased functionality in
Student Portal
Staff Portal available
Increased functionality in
student portal
Spring 2018
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Recruitment Portal available
Increased functionality in
student portal
Fall 2017
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Next Steps Center in Portal
Increased functionality
• Fall 2016
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Spring 2017
Alumni Portal available
Increased functionality in
student portal
About Our Vendor
User Stories
During mid-summer,
we met with as
many UAccess
Student and D2L
business offices as
possible and
gathered a list of
must-have features
for go live.
User Story: the basic building block
As a student, I can see
a portlet style
dashboard containing
easily consumable
information.
Dashboard
Portlets are windows into more detailed content, and show easily consumable information
Class Schedule
As a student I can see
my class schedule
Final Grades
As a student I can see
my final grades
D2L Courses
As a student I can
view my D2L courses,
including news items,
course content and
grades.
Advisors
As a student I can see
my Advisors
Demographic Records
As a student I can see
my profile information,
including names,
addresses, phones,
emails, and
Emergency contacts
Academic Records
As a student, I can
view my college,
major and minor
information.
Reports
As a student, I can
produce and print an
Enrollment Verification
Report.
Bursar Records
As a student I can see
my amount Due,
Charges, Payments
and Activity for the
last 30 days
Financial Aid
As a student, I can see
my at-a-glance
Financial Aid status
Holds and Checklists
As a student, I can see
the same notices,
holds and to do items
visible in Student
Center.
Secure Message Center
As a student, I can view
critical messaging related
to my academic success,
progression and retention.
As an administrative user,
I can configure a portal
message for a specific
population regarding their
academic success,
progression and retention.
Impersonate
As an administrative
user, I can
“impersonate” other
users so that I can
provide informed
troubleshooting and
support by seeing what
the user can see. The
impersonate feature will
only appear if I have
security access to it. I
can enter either a netid
or emplid in order to use
the feature.
Behind the Scenes!
• Security
• Performance
• Stability
• Sustainability
• Support
• Integration
Imminent Development
• Next Steps Center Experience for incoming
students applying for Spring 2016
• Course Catalog, Class Search and Registration
• Transcripts and Advisement Reports
• Deep linking content to source systems
(UAccess Student, D2L, College Advising)
Future Development
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Other LMS
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Academic Services
•Library
•SALT
•Bookstore
•Career Services
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College Specific
Content
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Your department?
Questions?
Project Mission
Campus Portal aims to be the hub of online campus resources, providing
prospective students, students, faculty, staff and alumni with a single-sign
on solution for the varied services, information and modes communication
available to constituents. Campus portal will be a highly responsive system,
continuously responsible to and improved by user feedback. Campus portal
will be seen as an innovator in inclusive digital access to campus resources,
and a model for other higher education institutions.
Practical examples of our strategy at work…
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Apply Agile software development methodology
Create partnerships with campus groups as early as feasible
Build student (and other constituent) feedback loop and provide
clear and manageable expectations
Identify those who are responsible, accountable, consulted and
informed of all project activities and communicate regularly
Develop baseline measurements for campus digital inclusion,
then create metrics to gauge success.
Assist in creating a culture of excitement and inclusion in the
user base
AZ Mobile/Portal Alignment
As a user, my AZ
Mobile and Portal D2L
experience is
consistent