Sept. 26, 2023 Showcase Event | Program Curriculum Setup in Thesis SM
Posted on Thursday, September 28th, 2023
This September’s Showcase event was hosted by Vice President of Student Services and R3 Project Executive Sponsor Laura Stanbra. The event welcomed more than 260 participants from across the College who came together to celebrate some of the R3 Project’s highlights and benefits.
Jessica Devries, Chair of Academic Development, forecasted benefits for employees and learners while reviewing the Curriculum Stabilization Project. This portion of the Showcase included discussing alignment of multi-delivery programs, updated course relationships, and solutions for aggregate/disaggregate courses.
Coordinator of Curriculum & Scheduling Claire Lee reviewed the Program Curriculum setups for GeneSIS and Thesis SM and looked at an example of how it will be represented in the future state.
Sharon Rendle, Business Systems Analyst with the R3 Project, introduced new Thesis SM terminology including Educational Goal, Course Master, Program Curriculum, and Program Curriculum Requirements. She then continued with a live demo showing the audience how to find programs of study and campus offerings.
The event ended with an engaging Q&A session and an audience poll.
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Stay Up to Date with Algonquin College’s R3 Project
Posted on Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
As our summer has quickly come to an end, we are heading into a very busy Fall semester. The R3 Project team has been working on providing you with exciting updates, live demos, events, and training opportunities that will take place over the next couple of months. With the Go-Live date announced last May 2023, you are probably asking yourself where we are at with the project.
So, let’s break that down for you.
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Thesis SM Go-Live Date Announcement shared at the May 1 Showcase Event!
Posted on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
Laura Stanbra, Vice President, Student Services and Executive Sponsor of the R3 Project welcomed more than 275 attendees to the May 1 Showcase Event.
AC President and CEO, Claude Brulé, shared the exciting news of when Thesis SM and the Thesis Student Portal will go live!
Krista Pearson, Registrar and R3 Project Business Co-Lead, walked the audience through the process of choosing the go-live date and the plans to minimize disruptions to our business.
Afterwards, Lois Pollock – AC’s Chief Digital Officer and R3 Project Business Co-Lead, provided an overview of upcoming project timelines as well as what our post-launch support model plans include.
Finally, R3 Communications, Change Management and Training Project Manager, Laura Williams, gave us a quick refresher on training plans leading up to, and after, our go-live date.
The event ended with an engaging Q&A session.
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A Day in the Life of R3 Instructional Designer Sarah Lickley
Posted on Thursday, April 6th, 2023
In “A Day in the Life” series, we interview different employees on the R3 Project to take a peek at what is going on behind the scenes and get to know our hard-working colleagues that are rethinking how we do things at the college.
Today we sat down with R3 Instructional Designer, Sarah Lickley, to learn more about her work on the project and what her typical day looks like in the office
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Recap: March 29 Business Process Walkthrough Event
Posted on Thursday, April 6th, 2023
On March 29, the R3 Project Functional Team hosted the first Business Process Walkthrough event of 2023.
On the R3 Project, Working Groups review what the new Student Information System, Thesis SM, can do when it comes to its processes. The Working Groups then look at how it connects it to our current AC processes. Together, they identify a proposed future way of completing specific processes based on the built-in functionality of Thesis SM. Whether it’s a process tied to curriculum, admissions, registration or another area, it’s important for our College community to see the proposed changes and provide input.
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