What's New with DARS and u.select
12/29/09
A new Exception example has been posted. Requirement change #11 details how one requirement can be swapped for another. Documentation is located here.
12/29/09
A new labeling feature for Interactive Audit, called Web Title, is now available for better bar graph title display. Documentation can be found here.
12/18/09
redLantern Help has been added to the Support catagory on our website. Documentation includes quick links to the DARwin Error Message Guide (here), Help Topics (here), and the Issue Tracker(here).
11/24/09
Revised documentation for encoding international institutions has been added to our site. International Institutins in DARS and u.select is found here.
11/17/09
On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, u.select opening page got a NEW LOOK. Based on user feedback, this new opening page creates a significantly friendlier interface to use some of the basic u.select functionality without creating an account.
10/22/09
An EMNTC Contact List has been posted on the Transfer Center Project web site, eTranscript Inquiry page, and our site. Questions that transfer specialists have about a student’s EMNTC should be referred to the respective (sending) college or university. The EMNTC Contact List is here.
10/20/09
The DARS/u.select Users Conference agenda, participant list, and presentations have been posted and are available here.
9/28/09
Revised documentation for encoding Military Credit in Transfer Articulation is now available. Course Mask for Military Occupations has been documented and shows users how to encode military occupations, with level desingators. In addition, Military InstID has been included. Documention is available at the Documentation link above, under a new category called "Military."
9/21/09
Revised documentation for DARS Printing & DA0001CP Functionality to note that when forcing a major the catalog YRTR that gets pulled is the current YRTR. Documentation is available here.
9/03/09
New MNSCU courses for the academic year 2008-2009 are available for inserting into your Transfer Articulation tables. You may request all new courses (approximately 2350), or new MNTC courses (321). A list of the new courses will be sent to you. Request 2008–09 New Courses Insert or 2008–09 New MnTC Courses Insert.
8/25/09
Revised documentation of MnTC Audit Guiding Principles in DARS includes new recommendations for displaying non–MNTC courses, contact information, and noting how quarter courses appear in the EMNTC. Documentation is available here.
8/25/09
Quarter courses can feed into the student’s academic record in different ways. New documentation summarizes how and why this differs. Recommended language is included for each college to include in their EMNTC. Documentation is available here.
8/04/09
Revised documentation of CLEP Titles includes two new CLEP exams. College Composition and College Composition Modular will be launched July 2010. Three Composition exams will simultaneously be retired. Documentation is available here.
7/23/09
Revised documentation on Hyperlinks in Interactive Audit which includes new information to allow links to open in a new window is available here.
7/16/09
Revised documentation on DARS Login and Password Reset is located here.
7/14/09
A new online DARS Password Reset Request form is available in the Security & Passwords area of this website. Password reset requests will be emailed directly to Computer Operations and reset notification will be emailed to the user submitting the request.
5/26/08
Revised documentation on Exception Process is available here.
5/8/08
Alternate GPA has been updated. Passing grades (TP, AP, CLEP, etc.) do not require Alternate Grades. NTF grades, depending on institutional policy, may not require Alternate Grades. Alternate GPA is found here.
4/30/09
Using the Default field in the Institutional Reference tables allows multiple campuses to use only one set of transfer articulation rules. Documentation for Using Default Transfer Articulation Table is found here.
4/21/09
DARS catalogs for Excelsior College Examinations (002834), Thomas Edison College Examination Program [TECEP] (021922) are available. Request DARS Standardized Exams catalogs here.
4/17/09
A new Exception example has been posted. Course substitution #5 details how to retain course credit and GPA of the first taken duplicate course and remove course credit and GPA of the last taken. This exception is for institutions defining DUPLCTL as L (last taken). Documentation is located here.
3/28/09
International Baccalaureate Diploma and individual courses and scores can be encoded in DARS and u.select. Documentation has been posted and is located here.
3/11/09
An index change was applied to everyone’s DARwin on 3/11/09 that will NOT allow duplicate tech ID to be saved in Joe Cool. Document has been posted and is located here.
3/4/09
The DARS/u.select Team would like to announce another training/tutorial using Macromedia Captivate. This tutorial is called "How to Use u.select" Captivate Presentation. It is designed to help both students and staff on how to use this online tool to view schools’ academic programs, courses, and course equivalencies. Students can also enter courses, exams and military experience and run a personalized degree report. Click on Documentation above, select the u.select category, click "How to Use u.select" Captivate Presentation to view this 12 minute tutorial. You are welcome to link to this presentation directly.
If you have questions or comments about this session, please contact us at the Help Desk link above.
3/1/09
A request to change the Interactive Audit Printer Friendly version to black and white has been completed and deployed.
2/12/09
Miami University signs agreement with CollegeSource. See the full press release here.
2/12/09
The link to the Captivate session "Interactive Degree Audit Tutorial" has changed and been shortened in order to fit on one line in a Text requirement in DARS. To create a hyperlink use: <a href="http://www.dars.mntransfer.org/CAP/ReadIA.swf">. If you have used the previous URL to link to this Captivate session, you will need to update to the new URL: http://www.dars.mntransfer.org/CAP/ReadIA.swf
1/27/09
The DARS/u.select team has updated your Header Messages to reflect changes from CAS to u.select 4.2. The basic content of your messages was not changed, but references to the word ’button’ and the old button names were revised. Also, based on a student association request, we added two different header messages to encourage students to ’Create a Plan’ in u.select. The two added are the PG Program Header (Planning Guide) and the My Courses View Header. u.select administrators may revise and customize these and other headers as you wish, but we request that you retain the basic message contained in these two headers.
