Graduation Planner
Choose. Plan. Succeed.
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The Goal: Graduation
Graduation Planner will • Provide students with complete information to plan courses, meet requirements, and graduate. • Create opportunities for adviser dialogue with students
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The Challenge:
A lot of information, many sources
• Course information in several interactive systems • 4-year planning tools are static and in multiple formats • Graduation requirements are in multiple formats Creating plans is complex, comparing is difficult
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The Solution: Innovation and Integration
• Integrate course, student, and academic program information from departments, colleges, and central systems (APAS, PeopleSoft, PCAS, ECAS)
Create one attractive, intuitive, and accessible tool
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The Results: Graduation Planner
• A Web-based planning tool
– Students plan the courses they need, when they need to take them – Advisers view plans and communicate with students
• A commitment to keep students on track to graduate on time
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Student Main Page
shows declared programs, student ID, college, adviser name, adviser committee (if applicable), UM GPA, APAS GPA (includes Message transfer), credits and in automatically progress credits displays to undeclared students at 45 credits to declare. A message is also sent to all students when it is time to apply to graduate.
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Plan View
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
• Students choose a major, a minor, or combination from the “All choices list”
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All Choices
Students choose a major, a minor, or combination from the “All choices list.”
They move their desired major to “MY Choices” and begin to build their plan.
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
• Students choose a major, a minor, or combination from the “All choices list” • They generate the “What do I need?” list, see requirements
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What Do I Need?
What Do I Need? Displays remaining requirements needed for a particular major.
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
• Students choose a major, a minor, or combination from the “All choices list” • They generate the “What do I need?” list, see requirements • Advisers review, comment, and advise
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Adviser Comments
Allows adviser to initiate contact with student through postings
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
• Students explore and compare majors by creating multiple plans • One plan is the student’s “favorite plan” • The process inspires dialogue between adviser and student
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Student with multiple plans
Can have multiple plans but only 1 can be called “my favorite.” This means “plan I am following."
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
• Students select courses from the “What do I need?” list, view – Detailed course information – Sequencing information • They add classes to the appropriate term
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Course Information
Gives: Title, Course Description, Prereqs, Lib Ed., Term Offered, Credits, Campus, and Course Sequencing
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
• Students select courses from the “What do I need?” list, view – Detailed course information – Sequencing information • They add classes to the appropriate term • The plan and list update
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
Built-in planning help…
• Alerts for when courses are discontinued or not offered that term • 15-credit bar shows minimum credit target • Display of completed courses, with grades • “Notes” for big events or opportunities • Graduate Planner APAS--“what if” reports incorporate planned-for courses
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Course Displays previous Built-in Planning Help Search coursework with grades Feature
Graduate Planner APAS--“what if” reports incorporate planned-for courses
Shows alerts when course is not offered in term or being discontinued.
15 credit bar shows minimum credit target Notes for big events or opportunities
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
…and a direct connection to advisers • Advisers post comments on students’ plans • Students post responses • When comments or replies are posted, e-mail notification is sent
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Adviser Main Page
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
Success for students: • Develop planning skills • Access all of the information they need, in a format they can use, to meet their goal: Graduating!
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
Success for advisers:
• Contact advisees about key issues, even when appointments aren’t possible • Have students come in with printed plans for productive appointments • With course selection issues tackled up front, have more time to talk about life- and careerpaths
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
Success for the Graduation Planner project: • Projected launch in August 2007 • In usability testing, Graduation Planner was called useful, organized, aesthetically pleasing, and definitely something that students would use
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The Process: Choose. Plan. Succeed.
Success for the University of Minnesota: • Improved graduation rates are key to becoming a top 3 research university • Graduation Planner is committed to this goal
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Questions
Knowledge Management Center Lisa Rigoni Reeves 42 Solon Campus Center 7701 lreeves@d.umn.edu
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