Release 7 – July 19, 2020

    Official INBDE Integration

This enhancement is available to CASs that collect INBDE scores and must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement is available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature.

The American Dental Association (ADA) will be administrating the new INBDE test starting in August 2020; it replaces the NBDE Part I and Part II tests. You will be able to view official INDBE scores sent to the CAS under the Standardized Tests panel in the Applicant Details Page. You can use official INDBE fields in the List Manager, Export Manager, and Scoring.

This enhancement is connected to the Applicant Portal Enhancement, Official INBDE Integration.

    References Field Grouping Name Updated to Evaluators

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

The References field grouping name, available in features like the List Manager, Export Manager, Scoring, etc., is renamed Evaluators. This is to align with the Evaluators panel on the Applicant Details Page and the Evaluator field names.

While this enhancement moves the Evaluator fields up in the alphabetical list of field groupings in features such as the List Manager, Export Manager, Scoring, etc., previously built templates such as exports, lists, etc. are not affected.

    Unique List Names

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

Previously, when creating lists, you could use the same name as existing lists, as well as Everyone and Clipboard, which are standard selections in the Export Manager. With this enhancement, you must enter a unique name for your list. Some specifications include:

• Your list name must be unique within the organization for a specific CAS and cycle. If an existing list has the same name, even if you cannot see it based on Work Group and list sharing permissions, you’ll get an error message.
• When transferring templates from an old cycle to a new cycle, any lists that have the same name will be renamed with a unique suffix (e.g., Submitted Apps 456462).
• You cannot name a list Everyone or Clipboard, as these are standard selections in the list drop-down in the Export Manager.

Existing lists are not required to update at this time; however, if you edit a list with a duplicate name, you must create a new name at that time.

    Display Multiple Deadlines per Program

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

If a program offers multiple deadlines, you can view which deadline was used for the applicant in the Applicant Specific Deadline field, available in the Details button under the Designations panel. Additionally, if the applicant received an individual deadline extension from a program, the new deadline date displays in the Applicant Specific Deadline field. This field is available in the List Manager and Export Manager.

This enhancement was originally released in 2019 Release 8 and had to be requested by the CAS. Since this field is useful for all CASs, we have immediately released is for all CASs and participating programs.