
Education: Admissions Preparation for Next Year Citizen Portal Refresher - Live Training
Interested in reviewing the Admissions and Transfers module? Fill out this training request form.
Session 1 (Onsite): Review
Length of session – 3 hours, it can be remote if preferred
Key Prerequisites
- Location for a meeting with access to screen
- Access to a workstation with full access to MRI Education live and test, with system admin rights for V4 Client, A&T Backoffice and the Citizen Portal
Objectives
- Establish how the module has performed in the current year and challenges for the next admissions round
Audience
- Admissions Managers to understand their service needs
- Support – impact on MRI Education and reporting and support
- Admissions users
Standard Agenda
- A&T module usage questionnaire
- Module review – walk though how the module is setup
- Challenges the admissions team from the current year
- Next admission round changes to schools and Scheme
- Summer term challenges
- In-Year admissions
- System routines and impact on other users
Outcomes
- All parties have a mutual understanding of the service requirements, and resources needed for the next admissions round
Session 2 (Onsite): Review if Module functionality
Length of session – 3 hours, must be taken on the same day as Session 1
Key Prerequisites
- Location for a meeting with access to screen
Objectives
- Review the changes to the software over the last 3 releases for, and establish if they are going to be used in the next admissions round
- Following session 1 understand functionality that may be of benefit for the next admissions round
Audience
- Admissions Managers to understand their service needs
- Support – impact on MRI Education and reporting and support
- Admissions users
Standard Agenda
- Review A&T Backoffice
- Citizen Portal
- Portal for schools
- System wide changes that impacts on Admissions
- New to LA functionality - demonstration
Outcomes
- All parties have a mutual understanding of how the functionality may change and if there are new or existing features, they need to use for the next admissions round
Session 3 (Remote): Admissions Roadmap
Objectives
- Produce a customised checklist for the Admissions team to use that follows the key milestones and process for each transfer group
Outcomes
- The admissions team will have a plan they can follow that will sign post them to help and guidance in either the documentation or supplied process notes
Session 4(Remote): Check-up Opening the rounds
Key Prerequisites
- Key contact for the Knowledge Specialist to contact who has full systems access to the V4 Client, Online Client, and access to Crystal or permissions to run reports
- Able participate in MS Teams, and Webex meetings
Objectives
- Transfer groups are ready to receive applications
- Answer any queries the Admissions team for supporting applications
Audience
- MRI Education coordinator or Key contact with full access to MRI Education
- Admissions team
Standard Agenda
- Copy the Transfer Groups with the admissions team
- Check the new transfer groups and make changes as identified in session 1
- Check the setup for Citizen Portal and make changes to text
- Run data quality reports
- Check the email service is running in test
- Populate the transfer groups as required
- Present and hand over Admissions Roadmap
Outcomes
- The admissions team are confident the groups are applicant ready