2003 Archived News
12/17/03
November 18, 2003 User Group Minutes are posted here.
University of Wisconsin Colleges (13 institutions) Institution Reference Tables and Transfer Articulation Table are available for transport to your DARS. Click here.
12/2/03
A new INCLTOP enhancement is now available. The enhancement is #TP and it allows percent values associated with test scores being displayed with the use of #20. The document describing this enhancement also incorporates directions for the use of #20 and #TS.
Additionally, while not new enhancements, the instructions for #PR (Programs) and #CO (Cohorts) have been rewritten and are now available.
Go click here to see these documents.
11/4/03Add functionality for sending Transfer Articulation rules to Mntransfer.org "How do they transfer?"
rulestomntransfer (.pdf)
Three additional DARS catalogs are available for UW-LaCrosse, Hamline, and the University of St. Thomas. Request a catalog via here.
10/21/03
Revised Home to Home Articulation documentation to support Export process. Number26 (.pdf)
10/20/03
Revised documentation for Home to Home Articulation Number26 (.pdf)
Revised documentation for Encoding the Semester Conversion
Number25 (.pdf)
Revised documentation for COM CLIENTS (.pdf)
We have updated the documentation for Setting Up DARS for WEB Audits Click Here (.pdf)
The documentation for #NA (No Audit) Incltop option has been updated to include information specific to WEB audit processing and is located here (.pdf).
10/3/03
Documentation on setting up grade tables in order to process Transfer Weighted Average Grades to meaningful grade symbols using GPA calculation has been posted here (.pdf).
9/18/03
Instructions for setting up the ODBC driver have been revised. While no technical changes have been made, information about driver versions has been added here (.pdf).
Documentation on how to resolve time out problems with DARwin has been posted here (.pdf).
For campuses that need to restrict courses based on when they were or are taken with respect to the current academic year, instructions for the use of Reference Year can be found here (.pdf).
9-4-03
Fall 2003 Encoding workshop schedule posted.
Normandale 2002-2003 curriculum changes posted.
8-1-03
#GB INCLTOP enhancement and documentation for resetting the catalog when expected grad term is already in ST3602UG, but student is readmitted for a new major . PoundGB.pdf
Added the ability to force a minor along with a major
#PM INCLTOP enhancement and documentation for using program begin year/term to set a catalog for a student PoundPm.pdf
#MM INCLTOP enhancement and documentation option allowing for setting up requirements for students with multiple minors. Controlling_Multiple_Minors.pdf
#TS (test scores) INCLTOP option clarified. Option amended to allow 40 entries for test scores. Previously the maximum number of test score lines was 20. http://www.dars.mntransfer.org/updates/number9.html
#PD INCLTOP enhancement and documentation for a processing option to identify and report previous degrees completed by a student at your college. PoundPD.pdf
7-10-03
#IU INCLTOP enhancement and documentation to control Instructional Unit processing (assign condition code to consortium credits to keep them out of the audits so they are not duplicated in TA processing). Course_instructional_unit.pdf
Dprog hard coding of audit default to NO AUDIT if nothing in ST1104 student record. If something in ST1104, then student gets an UNDECIDED audit. If in test, student gets a "report not authorized for this program" audit. COM setting must have RUNSTATUS= P
#NA INCLTOP enhancement and documentation for controlling printing of the OK Message and INCLTOP/INCLBOT in the 'NO AUDIT.' Pound_NA.pdf
#MM INCLTOP enhancement and documentation for controlling Multiple Minors in the audit. Controlling_Multiple_Minors.pdf
BUG FIX changing export for quarter credits; it now uses the CSCALE from the Target IREF to calculate total credits to be exported to ISRS.
BUG FIX allowing DARS audits to run for students who have beginning year/terms in the future by checking to make sure that the end-year-term is greater than or equal to the current term.
Enhancement and documentation allowing running of TA Rule Reports for non-FICE institutions.
Added #NA INCLTOP processing option.
6-12-03Additional functionality of a "comma" in the name when using 'X' or 'Q' tech id options in DA0001CP report. "
6-6-03
#RC INCLTOP enhancement and documentation for displaying Registration Access Codes in an audit. Pound_RC.pdf
#IT INCLTOP enhancement and documentation for identifying Course Instructional Types in an audit. PoundIT.pdf
#BT INSLTOP enhancement and documentation for using a student's Begin YRTR to run an audit. PoundAD_BT.pdf
5-27-03
Documentation for articulating courses for a specific department or program differently than the rest of the institution, has been posted on the web. DPMask.pdf
4-23-03
Accepting Repeated Source Courses, allowing schools to identify source courses (specifically NTF grades) as a repeated courses, losing its GPA and credit, is now on the web. AcceptingRepeatedSourceCourses.pdf
A complete quarter catalog for North Hennepin CC is available for transport. http://www.dars.mntransfer.org/updates/catalogrequestindex.html
3/24/03
The Minnesota DARS User Conference is scheduled for June 5th and 6th at the Anoka-Ramsey Community College Training and Development Center. Topics and presentations will highlight user experiences, best practices, and new ideas for fellow encoders. Agenda and registration will be posted in May.
Web Audits are available for campus implementation. Bemidji SU (Michele Frenzel) successfully piloted the audits. Eight additional campuses are currently implementing their web audits.
Websetup.pdf
