My Academic Plan: Helping Students MAP Their Future

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My Academic Plan Helping Students MAP Their
Future

• David Francisco, Articulation Officer Counselor
• Jim Gaston, Associate IT Director

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Overview

• Background
• Project Goals and Process
• Architecture
• Whats Next?
• Demonstration

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Background

• About the SOCCCD
• Two college district in southern California
• Approximately 37,000 students
• Three Campuses
• Saddleback College in Mission Viejo
• Irvine Valley College in Irvine
• Advanced Technology and Education Park (ATEP) in
  Tustin

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Process

• Design Team Creation
• Counselors
• Articulation Staff
• Students
• Discussions began in late 2004, serious
  development began in Fall 2005

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A True Team Effort
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MAP Project Goals

• Create a system that provides
• Self-service guide for students to develop
  academic plans
• Automated assistance for students to select
  classes that help achieve the goals
• Tracking system for counselors and students to
  monitor progress toward goals
• Integrate ASSIST data and provide evaluation of
  courses towards CSU GE and IGETC completion
• Enable future integration with registration

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The Old Way
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Architecture Overview
MAP Application
Service Layer
Curriculum DB
Monthly ETL
Student DB
MAP DB
Project ASSIST
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Usage Statistics - Plans Created
From 4/27/07 to 4/15/09
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Whats Next?

• Ideas
• Increased integration with registration
• Expanded help for undecided students
• Inclusion of private colleges/universities
• Possible expansion for use by other colleges
• State funded feasibility study
• Seeking pilot institutions now

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Enough Talking

• MAP Demonstration

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Questions?
Please feel free to contact us dfrancisco_at_saddleb
ack.edu jgaston_at_socccd.edu For more
information www.socccd.edu/map