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ePlanning is designed to better support students and make efficient use of limited institutional resources. Its features promote increased retention and graduation rates, assist in major selection, and facilitate personalized advising. The web-based platform provides tools for dynamic degree planning, enrollment processes, and tracking of student progress. By integrating analytics and data-informed insights, ePlanning empowers students to become independent decision-makers while ensuring they have access to essential academic support. This comprehensive approach aims to enhance the overall educational experience, fostering greater student engagement and success.
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ePlanning Enhancements to Advising, Enrollment and Institutional Planning Tools
Why ePlanning? To Support Students & Make the Most of Limited Resources: • Increase retention and rate of progress to graduation • Help students become independent decision-makers and effective planners • Facilitate major selection • Encourage student engagement with learning opportunities • Support students with personalized advising when needed
ePlanning Vision • Enhanced student planning through web-based advising & enrollment services • Enhanced institutional planning through analytics • projected demand data to inform planning • student progression data to inform curriculum development • data to guide development of academic support programs • Targeted personalized advisement
ePlanning Strategy • Consolidation of targeted web services within an enriched “My NAU” portal environment, including modernization of portal look and feel • Behind the scenes: Integration of PS and other data components to create comprehensive web environment for students
Project Scoping Dynamic Degree Planning • Major and career exploration tools • Term by Term Plan w 3, 4 and 4+ year options (summer, winter term enabled) • Pre-populate plans with completed/transfer units, and critical track courses • Critical course sequences/requisites highlighted • Plan enrollment/change process; program admission • WUE status- communication to student, administrative reports, requirement compliance • What if functionality—majors, minors, study abroad, internship • Advising cues and orientation to internship, international study, research opportunities—incorporate as planning element for term by term plan • Department/program dynamic communication and web links (based on plan, sub plan) • University Honors Program planning
Project Scoping- cont’d Enrollment • Default one step regular term enrollment for students in plans (based on 4 year model) • One step enrollment linked to individual dynamic plan • Waitlist or some comparable function allowing students to signal an attempt/desire to enroll • Term enrollment feedback: number of units, critical track progression, electives threshold • Liberal studies essential skill and block learning designations/outcomes • Supplemental instruction information for supported courses (designation in SOC as SI course, link to program information, schedule for SI sessions, etc) • Academic standing
Project Scoping- cont’d Student Tracking • Milestones—foundation requirements, LS completion, plan specific, class standing • Communications linked to milestone attainment • Advising holds linked to failure to attain critical progression milestones, off-track indicators • Reports for first year, undeclared, and plan enrolled student—milestone attainment, on-track/off track indicators • Academic standing process and notification • Diagnostic markers reports (semester gpa below 2.0, drop below FT enrollment, plan specific, math DFW)
Project Scoping- cont’d Student Support • Self assessment tools • Student best practices page • Academic and other support resources • GPS communications • Advising notes to students • GPA calculator • “ichat” access to general advising • Learning portfolio
Project Scoping- cont’d Graduation • Application and fee payment • Online feedback –status, honors, University Honors Program completion • Graduating Senior Survey • Employment Services Links/Tools • Feed in to Alumni Association
Project Scoping- cont’d University Planning • Enrollment demand projections (data extracted from individual plans, or plan enrollment plus critical course sequence tracking) • Enrollment period monitoring (capacity analysis/tracking, waitlist reports) • Change of major reports • Milestone, progression reports • Data to inform development of academic support programs
Project Scoping- cont’d Curriculum Management • Curriculum process/change web-interface • Curriculum design audit • Curriculum performance indicators/reporting (exceptions/waivers, critical track progression rates, capacity indicators) Course Scheduling?? • Generic course schedule plans by program (based on projected total capacity/section parameters ) • Large section room scheduling • Centrally coordinated classroom scheduling • Classroom utilization reports
Project Governance • Steering Committee • Liz Grobsmith, Karen Pugliesi, Alfred Estrella, Fred Hurst, David Bousquet • Stakeholder Groups • STAAG • CARS • ADDR • Project Team • Lanita Collette (ITS Lead), Eileen Mahoney, Julia Spining, Andrea Stalker, Pam Anastassiou, Terri Hayes, others tbd
Project Timeline • Phase 1- Spring 2010 Rollout of Enhanced Portal • Phase 2- Fall 2010 Degree Planning/Enrollment/ Student Support/Graduation Enhancements • Phase 3 – Spring 2011 and beyond Reporting/Tracking/Planning/Course Scheduling/Curriculum Management Enhancements
