Roadmap to Sep 2015

We realize that updates to the application can be frustrating. In order to alleviate some of that frustration and to give institutions advance notice of changes, we are presenting our list of major updates / changes for ampEducator. After this period of change we expect that the application will not go through any changes for a long period.

Roadmap   
       Indicates Completed Item

Date	Change	Details
May 2014	Remove Webservices	Web services will be discontinued to allow developers to focus on other areas of application. Alternates will be provided to institutions.
	Add Event Types	Events will be typed as 'To Do', 'Meeting', 'Phone Call Out', 'Phone Call In', 'Other' to allow for better tracking, reporting and analysis.
	Remove Event Tags	Events tags will be removed because of overlapping functionality with event types.
Jun 2015	Add Prospect Workflow	A better method to manage and track progress of prospective students.
	Add Prospect Analytics	Visualizations (charts & graphs) on prospects and recruiter performance.
	Add Integrated Prospect Reports	Reports on prospects and recruiter performance.
	Integrate Groups	Groups will be integrated directly into Prospect and Student modules.
	Add Create Group	A new method to generate groups dynamically using filters only will be added.
	Add Group Bulk Actions	Ability to perform bulk actions with groups (multi-enrol, drop, move etc..)
	Drop Custom Roles	Custom roles will be replaced with fixed pre-defined roles but users will have the ability to take on multiple roles.
	Drop Sharing	Access to objects like prospects, students and courses will be determined by the application and will depend on role, location and assignments (i.e. recruiter, advisor)
	Update Datalist UI	Move action buttons from below table to top of table
	Move documents out of database	Documents will be moved to standard storage in order to reduce database size, increase efficiency.
Jul 2015	Integrate Imports	Importing will be integrated into Prospects, Student, Course & Programs.
	Integrate Course Templates	Course Templates will be integrated into the Courses module.
Aug 2015	Integrate Reports	Reports will be integrated into Prospects, Students Courses & Programs.
	Add Student Analytics	Add reports and visualizations (charts & graphs) regarding student statistics and financials.
	Add Course Analytics	Add reports and visualizations (charts & graphs) regarding course statistics.
	Add Program Analytics	Add reports and visualizations (charts & graphs) regarding program statistics.
	UI Update	Update UI combining information in applicable sections into a single (or at the most 2-3) pages.
	Manual	Provide new online manual for users.

Note that this roadmap is only a rough guideline. Dates and items may vary. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please email us support@amperea.com.

Introducing Event Types

• Expected Live Date November 10th 2014
• Events will now be typed as 'To Do', 'Meeting', 'Phone Call Out', 'Phone Call In', 'Other'
• Event Tags will be discontinued
• Web Services will be discontinued

The newest build of ampEducator will introduce Event Types into Events. Event types differ from event tags in that the application is able to recognize, track and report on the different types of events. Depending on the event type the application will also require different inputs and present different options.

Event Type	Possible Outcomes	Required Fields
To Do	Completed or Incomplete	Item to be completed, Date
Meeting	Show or No Show	Date, Time, Duration
Phone Call Out	Answer, No Answer, Voicemail	Date, Time, Duration
Phone Call In	Answered, Missed, Voicemail	Date, Time, Duration
Other	Completed or Incomplete (Opt)	Item, Date, Time, Duration

The change will allow institutions to better track, report and analyse activity. Some examples of the new reports which will be possible include

• Number of interviews booked, Show / No Show %
• Number of applications booked, Show / No Show %
• Number of calls made, Minutes on Phone, Answer / No Answer / Voicemail %

It will be redundant to have both event tags and types so we will be removing event tags from the system.

Also being removed this week will be webservices. The services were severely underused and we felt that development time maintaining them could be better applied elsewhere in the application. We are providing alternate solutions for institutions already using web services.

Web Service		Alternate
HourClockWS		We've intergrated an hour clock directly into the application at https://purl.ampeducator.com/HourClockWeb?key=xxx For details see 'Edit Hour Clock Config' under Configuration->Hour Clocks.
ProspectWS		We've update the prospect web form at https://purl.ampeducator.com/ProspectWebForm It will now return a JSON response when it finds the following parameter &response=json For details see 'Web Form / Api' under Configuration->Prospects.

Please feel free to email us at support@amperea.com if you have any questions, comments or concerns.