ASSIST Next Generation Timeline — Updated March 26, 2015
March 2015
- ASSIST Coordination Site (ACS) beta testing completes
- User beta testing begins and completes
- Phase 3 development continues
- CIAC conference presentation - 3/27/15
- ACS to provide table listings of ASSIST Next Generation (Next Gen) articulation attributes and major section headers based on beta testing
April 2015
- Online webinars are presented to articulation officers - 4/7/15 and 4/9/15
- Next Gen C-ID development begins
- Curriculum Systems Interface requirements and development begin: CurricUNET, Meta, non-CurricUNET
May 2015
- Next Gen C-ID development review meetings
- Next Gen C-ID development completion
- C-ID integration with C-ID system ongoing
June 2015
- Curriculum Systems Interface development completes: CurricUNET, Meta, non-CurricUNET
- Web Services development begins
July 2015
- Web Services development completes
- Data Extract file requirements and development
- Governet begins rollout to colleges for testing Curriculum Systems Interface
August 2015
- Governet completes all core Next Gen development
- Accessibility compliance completes
- ASSIST Next Gen data specifications available for Data Extracts
September 2015
- ACS preparation for wide-scale Articulation Officer/Assistant and System Office user training
- ACS communication to counselors regarding webinar training
October 2015
- Wide-scale system training (Oct - Nov)
- ASSIST Next Gen test system open to all trained users for testing and internal planning (mid-Oct - Nov)
- Note: Collection of articulation attributes and major section headers will continue
November 2015
- Wide-scale system training (Oct - Nov)
- ASSIST Next Gen test system open to all trained users for testing and internal planning (mid-Oct - Nov)
- Note: Collection of articulation attributes and major section headers will continue
- Governet issue resolution from training and testing results
December 2015
- ASSIST Next Gen Webinars for the public site (audience: counselors, evaluators, admissions, transfer center directors, etc.)
- Final production environment established
- All data changes must be complete by 12/1/15 to be included with the conversion to ASSIST Next Gen.
- Final programmatic data conversion from Legacy to Next Gen (approx. 12/14/15 following CSU updates to Legacy)
January 2016
- ASSIST Next Gen is online and available to Articulation Officers for verifying data and building of articulation agreements
- Note: There will be no public access to Next Gen at this time
- CCC Articulation Officer access to verify converted course data
- CSU/UC Articulation Officer access to verify converted course data and converted course-to-course articulation
- CSU/UC Articulation Officer access to set up new agreements within Next Gen
- Legacy ASSIST agreements will be added to ASSIST Next Gen in PDF format for rendering in Public views
- Legacy System Access:
- CSU/UC Articulation Officers are able to access the Articulation Maintenance Data Entry site
- All segments will have access to the Legacy Maintenance Reports as defined by roles
- UCOP will have access to Legacy resources for review and verification
- No changes in Legacy will be published in Legacy
- No additional changes made in Legacy will be converted to Next Gen
- Legacy ASSIST continues to serve the Public
- Converted course-to-course articulation: CSU/UC Articulation Officers begin review and addition of articulation attributes
- CSU/UC Articulation Officers begin building 2015 - 2016 agreements within Next Gen
- ASSIST Next Gen is open to UCOP and CSUCO for setup, review and updates
February - June 2016
- Institution ongoing verification and setup
June 1, 2016 (Estimated)
- ASSIST Next Gen launches to the public
- Legacy ASSIST system is closed in its entirety
