JICS Update: True .NET Version Features a New User Interface and the Ability to Create Unlimited Roles

Jenzabar’s Internet Campus Solution (JICS) 6.0, our next-generation Web portal, provides a seamless interface to all facets of student life, from admission through graduation, tightly integrating academic requirements, resources, schedules and achievements for every constituent. Built on the Microsoft® .NET platform, JICS 6.0 is powered-up with additional features designed to take JICS to a new level of customizability, ease-of-learning, and ease-of-use.

JICS 6.0 includes user interface (UI) improvements such as a new tab-based UI, breadcrumb trails and sidebar navigation. It also now offers unlimited defined roles, and support for .NET standards, including .NET plugins and portlets (which can be developed in C# or with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET development tools).

The familiar industry-standard, tab-based interface and breadcrumb trails in JICS 6.0 make it simpler for users to navigate the portal site, and allow new users to start using the system with little or no training. This common point-of-entry for constituents, on campus and off-campus, is now even easier to use.

The availability of unlimited roles, no longer limited to those defined within the backend ERP, makes it easier for administrators to limit access to JICS-based content and to target particular constituents with specific information. New roles can include, for example, students who also work in the business office, seniors on the women’s basketball team, and donors who are also parents, among others.

The institution’s developers can use the latest Microsoft development tools, as well as the most current languages and techniques. Jenzabar offers classes in portlet development that leverage a developer’s .NET skill set. In addition, custom portlets created within the new .NET framework of JICS 6.0 can be re-used within future releases of the JICS portal.

Jenzabar NTS Update: Jenzabar’s Non-Traditional System Supports Flexibility, Compatibility and Accountability

Non-traditional courses are a big revenue generator for many schools, but can be a challenge to manage. Jenzabar’s Non-Traditional System (NTS) solution is designed specifically to market, administer and evaluate non-traditional offerings, from one-day courses to a multi-course curriculum, on campus or online. With Jenzabar’s NTS, within hours, administrators can create a course offering, post it to a Web site for quick admission registration, e-mail prospective participants, and receive registrations and tuition payments. Administrators can track all costs associated with an individual section and determine its profitability before the session begins.

Jenzabar NTS is designed to work with existing ERP and financial solutions, and addresses continuing education, professional development programs, certificate programs, and degree completion programs. Its “shopping cart” functionality includes online registration and payment, cohort group and instructor management, and marketing planning, execution and assessment. Jenzabar NTS also provides a range of options for marketing planning and assessment that can assess which marketing tactics are effective.

If you are interested in influencing the direction and design of our NTS product as a member of our NTS Design Partner Program, or if you simply want more information on the Jenzabar NTS product, please contact your local sales representative or send e-mail to Jeanne Heston (jeanne.heston@jenzabar.net), Director of Product Marketing.

Jenzabar TE Update: More Tools at Your Fingertips top

A series of new functionality and enhancements are in store for the Jenzabar TE product line for 2005. Functionality and enhancements delivered in April included:
NSLC degree verification service
NSLC enrollment verification enhancements:
Anticipated graduation date updates automatically
Special Status Date and Special Status updates automatically
Simplified Graduation reporting
Special status student reporting throughout term
Student information on the Student Division Master
updates automatically
New notes field on the CRM Advancement Officer relationship
management portlet

Jenzabar will deliver several enhancements to the Admissions Module this summer and continue with updates for Business Office, Registration and Advising.

Jenzabar EX Update: New Enhancements to the EX Business Office Suite top

The release of Jenzabar EX 2.1 brings new features to the business office suite: a Fixed Assets module and an in-house loan processing functionality. The In-house loan processing feature, available within the Accounts Receivable module, offers the ability to process and service loans for individuals, sourced from within the institution. It can generate payment plans and notify students quickly with loan statements, and payroll deduction for faster payments.

The new Fixed Assets module in Jenzabar EX 2.1 delivers asset management, depreciation, and reporting in a seamless integrated accounting and management environment. The business office can manage the fixed asset lifecycle from acquisition to disposal, and maintain and process asset depreciation. Seamless workflow lets users enter assets through the accounts payable invoice entry window or enter assets manually and easily transfer depreciation entries to the EX General Ledger module. Both new functions offer comprehensive reporting. Jenzabar EX 2.1 also includes updates to the Registration module and other usability enhancements.

Jenzabar QX Update: Release 9 Is in Beta,
QX Web 6.6 sp.2 Will Be Available This Summer top

Four modules of QX Release 9 are now in the beta test phase: FRS, Student, Bills and Admissions. The focus of this release has been on addressing user requests in the following areas: unification of the product code under one version of PowerBuilder or InfoMaker, compatibility with the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database, and other product enhancements requested by the user community. QX Web 6.6, service pack 2 is now in the final stages of its development cycle, with a target release date of late summer 2005.

Jenzabar is still looking for additional beta sites to test some of the QX Release 9 modules, as well as the remaining modules that are still in the alpha test phase (Degree Audit, Financial Aid, Fund-Al). If you are interested in joining the QX beta test program, or if you would like more information about recent and planned updates to the QX product line, please contact your local Jenzabar sales representative or send email to Tom Huffman (Tom.Huffman@jenzabar.net).

Jenzabar PX Update: More Enhancements in the Works top

Work continues on enhancements in the following areas of the product: Web-based inquiries (Admissions), Payroll, Personnel, CONNX RPC, CRM Advancement Officer, Itanium support, and state-specific student ID requirements. If you would like more information about recent and planned updates to the PX product line, please contact your local Jenzabar sales representative or send e-mail to Tom Huffman (Tom.Huffman@jenzabar.net).