2006 news Archive
12/1/06
NEW - DARS/CAS Campus Support Services
A RightNow Technologies site will replace darsinfo@so.mnscu.edu . It is intended for discussions and questions about all aspects of the DARS and CAS products, training announcements, implementation issues, technical issues, and other related information.
This is not intended for the public, but will support campus encoders, TA, transfer specialist and administrators who have questions about the all issues related to the functionality of DARS and CAS. The new address is: http://dars.custhelp.com. The site consists of Answers, Ask a Question, and My Account.
The Knowledge base currently has 72 Answers of commonly asked questions, along with documentation links for detailed information. Users can browse through the data by selecting topics and searching by keyword to become familiar with what’s available. If an answer can't be located, go to Ask a Question at any time.
Questions will be handled by the first available DARS/CAS Team member. Please feel free to address questions to a particular person if you have worked with them on a similar issue or wish to work with a particular team member directly. You can also email us directly if you wish, but we will be able to build a better database of answers and have a better tracking system by using the DARS/CAS Campus Support Services.
We welcome feedback and look forward to serving you better through this new system.
11/16/06DARS/CAS User Group meeting minutes for September 12, 2006 are posted here (.pdf).
10/20/06
The DARS/CAS Team would like to announce our third session using Macromedia Captivate. This 7 minute informational session covers "DARS Overview." It is an introduction and brief overview of DARS and how DARS directly affects CAS. It is posted here. You are welcome to link to this presentation directly from your websites if you wish.
DARS campus staff should consider forwarding this announcement to others at their institutions (deans, faculty, administration, etc.) to help introduce students and new staff to DARS.
If you have questions or comments about this session, please contact us at dars.info@csu.mnscu.edu.
9/27/06
A new DARS report has been added. The DA0100CP - DARS Exception Report allows you to report for which student records you have specific exceptions made in DARS. You may search by Exception Type and limit your selection by number of years. The documentation is posted here.(.pdf)
9/26/06
New courses for 2005-2006 can be inserted into your existing DARS catalogs. The new courses are inserted into the segment with the alphanumeric, course number, and course title. The new courses are inserted after the last course in the group. If the course is also a new group, the Group will be created. The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal area is noted in the Memo at the rule level. Further documentation is posted here.
The request forms allow you to request all new courses or just the new MnTC courses.
9/7/06Three new Advanced Placement examinations have been added to "Advanced Placement (AP) set up in DARS and CAS." The documentation is posted here.(.pdf)
9/1/06Alternate GPA has been posted here.(.pdf) The application illustrates how transfer grades, not normally counted in GPA, can carry a GPA affect.
9/1/06
Advanced Placement (AP) set up in DARS and CAS has been revised and is posted here. (.pdf) The documentation includes examples and recommendations for clarifying TA rules displayed in CAS Course Equivalency Guide.
8/30/06
The DARS catalog for Dakota County Technical College QUARTERS is now available. The directory of DARS catalogs now includes semester catalogs and the last quarter catalog for all MnSCU institutions.
Request catalogs here.
8/29/06
College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) courses and scores and should be encoded in DARS and displayed in CAS. The documentation here illustrates the examination score as the credit for the course, and LimHrs, at the rule level, as the test for a minimum score. The list of CAS readable Source courses is attached.
08/28/06DARS catalogs are now available for St. Cloud State University QUARTERS, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College QUARTERS, Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical QUARTERS, St. Cloud Technical College QUARTERS, South Central College QUARTERS, Saint Paul College QUARTERS, Hibbing Community College QUARTERS, Minnesota State Community and Technical College QUARTERS, Mesabi Range Community and Technical College QUARTERS, Pine Technical College QUARTERS, Lake Superior College QUARTERS, Minnesota West Community and Technical College QUARTERS.
Request catalogs here.
08/18/06DARS/CAS Error Messages, with encoding solutions, have been added to the Documentation address on the web site. The titles refer to the error message that appears on an audit. Additional messages will be added in the future.
- Incomplete CAS Load
- ET03E
- ET068
Miami University provides a complete list of DARS Errors messages within DARwin. You can access the list through the DARwin "Help" menu option and then click on "DARS Error Message Guide."
8/9/06
DARS catalogs are now available for Anoka Technical College QUARTERS, Northwest Technical College QUARTERS, and Vermilion Community College QUARTERS. Request catalogs here.
7/26/06
Using Flags to establish Program specific transfer courses has been posted here. (.pdf) This is an alternative approach to using a DPMask to articulate courses differently for a program.
7/26/06
Exception Descriptions
and Examples has been posted here.
This documentation includes separate descriptions and encoding instructions
for:
- Exception Process in DARS
- Waive both course and credits from a sub-requirement
- Articulate source courses from two different transfer institutions to a target course
- Remove a 5 year limit on technical courses
- Match a course substitution to a pseudo in a sub-requirement
- Substitute a course within a sub-requirement
- Award course, credits, and grade for successful Course Challenge (credit by exam)
- Add a course to a sub-requirement
- Add a course to a reject line pseudo (reject from sub-requirement, then accept into alternate goal area)
- Remove a course from a sub-requirement
- Remove and set system condition codes for Graduation notice
7/26/06
The DARS catalog for North Dakota State College of Science is now available. Request catalogs here.
7/19/06
Course Challenge
(credit by examination) in Transfer Articulation has been posted here.(.pdf)
7/18/06
DARS catalog is now available for Minnesota State University Moorhead QUARTERS. Request catalogs here.
7/11/06
DARS catalogs
are now available for the Alexandria Technical College QUARTERS,
Bemidji State University QUARTERS, Hennepin Technical College QUARTERS,
Itasca Community College QUARTERS, Northland Community and Technical
College QUARTERS, Rainy River Community College QUARTERS, Riverland
Community College QUARTERS and University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Request catalogs here.
DARS Glossary of Terms has been posted to the web site here (pdf).
5/23/06
DARS catalogs are now available for Viterbo University and Saint Olaf College. Request catalogs here.
5/17/06
Revised documentation for encoding Advanced Placement courses and scores has been posted here (pdf). This documentation details the required encoding for displaying Advanced Placement courses in CAS.
4/10/06
DARS catalogs
are now available for North Central University and Augsburg College.
Request catalogs here.
4/3/06
DARS catalogs
for Chippewa Valley Technical College (005304) and Southwest Minnesota
State University QUARTERS (002375) are now available. Request catalogs here.
2/17/06
40 Illinois lower division, general education catalogs are available for transfer to your DARS. The institutions are listed here.
1/12/06
DARS/CAS User Group meeting minutes for September 27, 2005 are posted here.
1/4/06
DARS Printing & DA0001CP Functionality (pdf) has been posted to the web site. This new documentation replaces "Additional DA0001CP Options" and "DARS Printing Instructions."
1/4/06
DARS Catalogs
are available for the following institutions: Northern State University
(South Dakota), and University of South Dakota.
Request catalogs here.
