AArdvark

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AArdvark Academic Advising

• Introduction Prof Tony Dooley
• Prototype demonstration
• Ms Outi Brennan ITES Dr Geoff Whale ITES,
  CSE
• Current Academic Statement
• AArdvark interim login page
• Program Summary rich summary of overall
  progress in the student's current program
• Virtual Transcript chronology with rule
  assignment
• Rule List hierarchical representation of
  requirements
• What-If scenario applies the rules for
  potential plan or program changes to a
  student's record
• Summary and questions
• Information Technology Enterprise Systems, IT
  Services
• School of Computer Science and Engineering

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AArdvark Academic Advising

• Prototype
• Introduced enhanced progress indicators,
• virtual online transcript and what-if
  scenarios
• Validated assumptions about benefits of
  simplified program rules
• Established new cooperative ways of IT development

• Integration with myUNSW services
• Student service model can eventually embrace
  life-cycle from initial enrolment advice through
  to graduation signoff

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AArdvark Academic Advising

• Aardvark Other Academic Admin services
• Integration with Handbook and Academic Proposals
• Extension to enrolment advice (what-next
  scenarios)
• Progress tracking (eg INTNL students minimum
  time)
• Plan changes and internal program transfers
• Timetabling (clash free course requirements)

• Next Steps
• Need further analysis and design of scenarios and
  rule-sets
• Need to design innovative ways for staff to
  enter, view and maintain rule sets in myUNSW
• Need to mainstream Aardvark project to extend
  rules coverage to all coursework programs
• Need to scale technology to production quality
  (to support large number of users in peak
  periods)
• Need to secure Faculty, School and Academic Admin
  involvement