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Five common questions about GeneSIS and its role within the R3 Project

R3 Project GeneSIS

Our current Student Information System, GeneSIS, has served Algonquin College well for many decades. However, since GeneSIS was developed using a programming language that was common during the 1970s all the way through to the 1990s, we now need to introduce a new Student Information System (SIS) that is more technologically advanced and that can do even more for the College. This is where Thesis Student Management (or Thesis SM) comes in!

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The R3 Project Phases: What are they and who is involved?

Six phases: Discovery, Design & Develop, Technical Testing, User Testing and Go-Live.

The R3 Project includes multiple phases, and you might be interested in finding out what each one does and how they will affect the AC Community. These phases allow Algonquin College’s R3 Project team and Thesis—the vendor providing the new Student Information System (SIS), Thesis Student Management (Thesis SM)—to plan and coordinate project milestones within targeted end dates.

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Breaking down the streams: Understanding three of the R3 Project streams (and what they will accomplish)

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When you hear the term, R3 Project, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the introduction of a new Student Information System (SIS). But there is so much more to the R3 Project than that.

In order to bring the Project to full life, there are streams involved that tie it all together. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today.

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