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At the February 28 Showcase event, more than 230 participants attended the event hosted by Laura Stanbra, Vice President, Student Services and Executive Sponsor of the R3 Project. In addition to hosting the event, Laura also provided the audience with an overview of some recent R3 Project highlights.

The R3 Implementation Committee Co-Chair, Bryan Eburne shared the overall status of how the Working Groups are progressing and provided some examples of the work being done.

Admissions Coordinator, Lisa Wellman, presented a thorough review of the current admissions process at Algonquin College. She also shared how the new admissions process in Thesis SM, introduced new terminology, and touched on the benefits that this could bring to the student and employee experience.

Samantha Harris, Business Systems Analyst with the R3 Project, walked us through a live demo highlighting an Avatar’s (Jimmy) application journey to showcase the Applicant Checklist feature in the Thesis Student Portal.

The event ended with an engaging Q&A session.

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0:00 – 7:27: Welcome and Introductions: Laura Stanbra
7:27 – 9:40: Implementation Committee Update: Bryan Eburne
9:40 – 14:33: Recent R3 Project Highlights: Laura Stanbra on behalf of Claude Brulé
14:33 – 22:47: Admissions Process in Thesis SM: Lisa Wellman
22:47 – 34:23: The Applicant Checklist Demo in Thesis SM: Samantha Harris
34:23: Live Q&A

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Education technologies assist day-to-day College operations with the ultimate goal to make a student’s and employee’s experience the best it can be.

With the R3 Project, a Digital Transformation will take place when the new Student Information System is implemented. It’s a two-fold approach that will involve an enhanced platform as well as improving the user experience.

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When people hear about the R3 Project and the implementation of a new Student Information System (SIS), many might think that “R3” is the name of the new SIS.

Well, not necessarily.

With the R3 Project comes a lot of new terms, so we’re going to be breaking down some of these terms for you. More specifically, R3 and Thesis SM.

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Since we’re hoping to accomplish a lot with the R3 Project, there are a number of people—from Algonquin College employees to contractors—working on this Project to help bring our vision to life. Each member of the R3 Team plays a vital role in ensuring that our five main objectives are met and that we’re always keeping the Algonquin College community in mind.

The R3 Project is comprised of several teams, and each one contributes something different to the Project. These teams are divided into smaller groups, and each one is in charge of accomplishing different tasks and working on different things.

For now, we’re going to be focusing on the two biggest teams on the R3 Project: Functional and Technical. These two teams are also led by the two co-chairs of the Implementation Committee, Bryan Eburne and Jason Taker.

Now, what does this mean? What do these teams do? How does their work affect the R3 Project and AC community?

We’ll answer all of these questions by explaining the differences between the Technical and Functional teams and outlining their roles within the Project.

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The R3 Project Data team is responsible for moving the information housed in GeneSIS over to the new Student Information System (SIS), Thesis Student Management (Thesis SM).

Throughout this process, the Data team will ensure the information that’s migrated over to the new SIS is accurate, reliable and secure. These efforts will also enhance the student and employee experience when it comes to accessing customized information and running reports and analytics.

Of course, this is all easier said than done. We’re going to be breaking down what the Data team does on a regular basis in order to accomplish their tasks.

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The R3 Project is a business transformation initiative that will retire the current Student Information System (GeneSIS) and the related portal (ACSIS). These will be replaced by a new Student Information System (SIS) as well as an updated learner portal respectively.

The other main purpose of the Project is to rethink and redesign Algonquin College’s Business Processes. We’ve also pulled in our College’s own Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to provide feedback and guidance throughout this review.

As we implement a new SIS, we now have the opportunity to rethink how we work, redesign our processes, and reimagine how we serve and interact with our learners.

Today, we’ve compiled five commonly asked questions about the R3 Project that we hope will bring you clarity on how you can get involved: Continue reading →

The R3 Project is a business transformation initiative that will retire the current Student Information System (GeneSIS) and the related portal (ACSIS). These will be replaced by a new Student Information System (SIS) as well as an updated learner portal respectively.

The other main purpose of the Project is to rethink and redesign Algonquin College’s Business Processes. We’ve also pulled in our College’s own Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to provide feedback and guidance throughout this review.

As we implement a new SIS, we now have the opportunity to rethink how we work, redesign our processes, and reimagine how we serve and interact with our learners.

Today, we’ve compiled five commonly asked questions about the R3 Project that we hope will bring you clarity on what this all means for you:

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One of the things that the R3 Project is doing is introducing a new Student Information System (SIS), Thesis Student Management (Thesis SM).

With the introduction of a new, cloud-based system comes new terms that were adopted by Thesis SM. As we begin transitioning from our current SIS, GeneSIS, to Thesis SM, we’ve had to look at the terms that we currently use and compare them to the ones Thesis SM has given us.

During this process, we’re continuously thinking about the Algonquin College community to ensure that the new Thesis language aligns with our goals and five main objectives.

With that, we will focus on three new terms that we’re going to be using with Thesis SM: Division, Academic Program and Program Curriculum.

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The R3 Project is in the Design and Develop/Personalize Phase. Not only are we designing our business processes during this phase, but we’re also making hundreds of configuration decisions.

To configure the Thesis SM software means adding to or changing current details within the SIS software to tailor it to Algonquin College needs.

Sounds complicated, right?! Let’s break it down using an analogy.

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Our Holiday Showcase Event focused on sharing the SIS Training and Development Approach for the first time!

R3 Project Manager of eLearning and Development, Rob Kershaw, walked us through the resources and supports that will help prepare our College community for the new system launch. He also provided a practice simulation of the new SIS, Thesis SM.

Charmaine Childs, Change Management Officer, reviewed some of the R3 Project highlights from 2022. We wrapped up the event with a live Q&A session.

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