MAPS (Monitoring Academic Progress System)
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TOOL
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A subsystem within SIS that allows on-line creation of 
academic programs and subsequent creation of student audits 
against academic program(s). An audit is a status report 
which indicates what portion of the program requirements the 
student has completed and what remain unfinished.

IMPORTANT FEATURES OF TOOL
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+ MAPS eliminates the need for numerous checksheets and 
lists to process the student through to graduation. The 
audit encompasses the entire former process which was 
accomplished via hardcopy forms.
+ Substitutions, waivers, exemptions, and added requirements 
are entered on-line, thereby providing an immediate 
"picture" of the student's history pertaining to progress 
towards completion of a selected academic program. 
+ An additional advisement tool allows the student's courses 
to be compared to any academic program offered, which 
provides a comprehensive picture of alternative programs the 
student might elect to enroll in. 
+ Comments can be entered on-line, providing a history of 
the advisement that has occurred for the student, allowing 
more informed advisement capabilities. 
+ As students approach graduation, MAPS provides Admissions 
and Records a rapid, accurate method to process the entire 
graduation class to completion using on-line screens and 
batch reports in place of the former time-consuming, hand-
generated lists and reports.

WHO WOULD USE THIS TOOL?      
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Admissions and Records, Advisement, Counseling, and students  


HOW DOES THE TOOL SUPPORT EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING?
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MAPS provides a rapid, accurate assessment of the student's 
current status toward completion of an academic program thus 
aiding faculty and administration to advise/guide the 
student to the best possible choices in obtaining his/her 
education at MCCCD.

CONTACT PERSON
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Betty Greenwood, DIST/ITS     731-8864