What's New with DARS and u.select
11/17/11
Articulated Credit-High School to College/University (formerly Tech Prep) in DARS has been revised.
9/29/11
New Grades for MnSCU Colleges and Universities has been updated with recently reported new grades.
9/28/11
The 2011-2012 Curriculum Changes are posted on the DARS and mntransfer websites. The Curriculum Changes are listed for all MnSCU schools. The EXCEL documents identify new courses, dropped courses, course title changes, credit changes, and MnTC changes.
New MnTC Courses 2011-2012 is a comprehensive list of the new course with MnTC goals.
MnSCU institutions reports 1061 new courses, plus 217 new MnTC courses.
2011-2012 MnTC Curriculum Notes identifies the courses which have added or removed and MnTC goal.
8/5/11
CLEP (College Level Examination Program) Titles display in u.select has been updated. Additional ACE Recommended Scores for French - College Level 2, and German - College Level 2, computer format, have been added.
7/28/11
The 2011-2012 Curriculum Changes are posted on the DARS and mntransfer websites. The Curriculum Changes are listed for 33 reporting institutions, identifying new courses, dropped courses, course title changes, credit changes, and MnTC changes. MnSCU colleges and universities added 1143 new courses, of which, 177 are new MnTC courses. Curriculum Changes for academic year 2011-2012 are found here.
Do you wonder which courses added or removed an MnTC goal? 2011-2012 MnTC Curriculum Notes identifies the courses which have added or removed an MnTC goal.
New MnTC Courses 2011-2012 is a comprehensive list of the new courses with MnTC goals.
7/14/11
A new area for "Other Training Opportunities" has been added to our Training (left side menu bar) page. A link to documentation on how to access CollegeSource Webinars is posted and can be found here.6/7/11
Century College has added FN and FW grades. The recommended UGrd symbol, GPA, Calc, Crdt, and Ct for the new grades are found on "New Grades for MnSCU Colleges and Universities". Documentation is found here.
5/17/11
"To Clone or not to Clone" has been revised. This document outlines the reasons and procedures for cloning programs and requirements when updating the DARwin database tables to keep up with program (catalog) changes. The revised documentation can be found here.
5/9/11
Revised documentation on Waiving Goal Areas in Transfer Articulation has been posted. The documentation includes instructions for waiving Goals Areas when Goals are in seperate requirements, and waiving Goals Areas when multiple Goals are within a requirement. New instructions for displaying courses used to waive a Goal Area is included. The documentation can be found here.
5/6/11
New documentation has been created to prevent D-graded courses in many-to-many or many-to-one articulations from fulfilling a requirement that requires a grade of 'C' or better. The documentation can be found here.
5/5/11
Revised documentation on DARS Support Services has been posted. This revised documentation can be found here.
4/28/11
?Business Ethics and Society? has been added to the list of DSST exams. DSST standardized exams can be encoded in DARS, and is a standardized examination in u.select. The list of DSST exams is here.
4/22/11
Revised documentation on "Updating u.select" includes how to add a program and descriptive information to ensure that fields are properly filled in. You are encouraged to follow this documentation format when adding programs in u.select. This revised document can be found here.
3/29/11
Monthly audit "Web Hits" for all MnSCU institutions are now available and will be posted on a monthly basis. They will be posted under Project Reports on the left-hand menu and also directed to the Project Reports page from a link under Documentation > Web Functions > Monthly Web Hits by Campus.
3/17/11
The 2010-2011 Curriculum Changes are posted on the DARS and mntransfer websites. The Curriculum Changes are listed for each institution, identifying new courses, dropped courses, course title changes, credit changes, and MnTC changes. MnSCU colleges and universities added 2075 new courses, of which, 280 are new MnTC courses. Curriculum Changes for academic year 2010-2011 are found here.
Do you wonder which courses added or removed an MnTC goal? 2010-2011 MnTC Curriculum Notesidentifies the courses which have added or removed an MnTC goal.
2/18/11
Revised documentation for "Reusing Course Numbers" has been posted. No critical changes other than updating screen prints, however, there has been a note added regarding the use of "%" (wildcard) when using Find Course. Revised documentation can be found here.
2/17/11
Revised documentation for "Reusing Course Numbers, Controlled via String Table" has been posted. No critical changes other than updating screen prints. Revised documentation can be found here.
2/10/11
New documentation has been created to show how to customize DARS processing for audits run at the time of graduation clearance, specifcally to ignore In-Progress courses not needed to meet graduation requirements. This documentation can be found here.
2/9/11
Revised documentation for "Updating u.select" has been posted. This documentation shows u.select Administrators step-by-step instructions on how to delete programs, add new categories, change program names and run program. COM Table Override Codes by School have been added at the end of the documentation. This revised documentation is located here.
1/19/11
Revised documentation for "Course Credit Check" has been posted. It explains encoding for courses that are only acceptable if taken with a specific or minimum credit value. This revised documentation is located here.
1/19/11
Revised documentation for "Encoding the Semester Conversion" has been posted. It explains encoding methods for individual course conversions, where quarter courses become semester courses to satisfy program requirements. The revised documentation can be located here.
1/19/11
Revised documentation for "DARS Printing & DA0001CP Functionality" has been posted. This document explains how to run a DARS Audit, how to run the DARS Transfer Articulation process, and information about the various functionalities of the DA0001CP screen in ISRS. The revised documentation is located here.
1/14/11
New documentation has been created to assist learners with hearing disabilities who may not be able to hear audio files. To accommodate people with hearing impairments, a transcript of the audio of "How to Use u.select" - Captivate Presentation is available. It is meant to be used in conjunction with the Captivate Presentation. This is in compliance with accessibility laws under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Documentation is located here.
