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Montgomery College. PROJECT ACCESS Introduction / Background. A chieving C ollege C ompletion E mployment S tudent S uccess. Web-based student advising system. Campus Star Web Site. Calendar of events and important dates Link to student services across the campus
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Montgomery College PROJECT ACCESS Introduction / Background
Achieving College Completion Employment Student Success
Web-based student advising system
Campus Star Web Site • Calendar of events and important dates • Link to student services across the campus • E-mail function to contact faculty, staff and other students • Direct link to college web-site • Access personal academic information • Personalized messages addressing student’s particular needs and interests • Individualized Learning Plan
Individual Learning Plan • A roadmap for the student laying out an academic plan • A tool students can use to make decisions regarding their academic and career goals • A student friendly report assessing academic progress
Benefits of ILP • Students can independently monitor their own academic progress • Students will be able to view their roadmap and see that their goals are within reach • Students will gain a sense of ownership and control over their academic progress
Conclusion • The web-site will keep students connected to the campus • The Individual Learning Plan will help keep a student focused and motivated
Montgomery College PROJECT ACCESS Technical Information
Objectives of Project • Provide a diversity of new services to students of Montgomery College through the website of Campus Star. • Offer new communication channels between students and administrators, and/or faculty members • Enhance the capacity of adopting the state-of-the art technology in the campus environment.
Implementation Plan • The implementation plan consists of seven phases. • In addition to substantial support from personnel of several divisions, every phase except phase I , requires programming by Montgomery College IT Staff.
Phases of Plan • Phase I: Establish Architecture • Phase II: Creation of Application • Phase III: Complete Function Tree
Phases of Plan (cont.) • Phase IV: Create Databases • Phase V: Import & Formalize Data • Phase VI: Debugging • Phase VII: Refinement from Feedback
Application Programs • Colleague - Generate text file • Visual Basic / C++ - Format text file • Tango 2000 - All forms for web pages • Dreamweaver - Indexing • Filemaker Pro - Databases • Webten - Server Application
Hardware (2) Power Mac G4 Servers Database Server Web Server
Funding • Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board • Carl D. Perkins Grant • Montgomery College
Project Access Team • Dr. Earl Campa (Dean of Student Development & Services) • Mr. George Crossland (Dean of Planning and Technology) • Mr. Steve Scheffler (Director of College Relations) • Mr. Butch Juelg (Senior Systems Analyst) • Mr. Matthew Heck (Programmer - Database) • Ms. Julie Ning (Programmer - Web) • Ms. Kara Zimmerman (Student Advisor) • Ms. Veronica Hernandez-Mena (Data Entry Specialist) • Ms. Judy Ronnander (Student Advisor)
URL & Login Info • http://campusstar.woodstock.edu Login: jstudent Password: jstudent