Release Preview – 2019
Preview of Upcoming Enhancements
Disclaimer: for your convenience, this page provides a preview of new features and enhancements currently planned for future release. Note that these are planned updates and may be subject to change. For a complete summary of changes, please refer to the full release notes document that is available after each release. Additionally, note that the implementation of any enhancements may be impacted by a CAS's launch cycle(s) and may require coordination with the CAS’s respective Account Manager.
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Product |
Planned Feature/ |
Status (subject to change; see below for definitions) |
Availability (see below for quarter definitions) |
Details |
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Configuration Portal |
Kira Talent Integration |
Evaluating |
To be determined |
Kira Talent offers on-demand, timed video and timed written assignments that can be combined with the standard admissions process. Programs can link to a Kira Assessment through the Program Materials section. |
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Configuration Portal |
Allow Multiple Fees for a Single Program |
Designing |
Quarter 1 2020 This enhancement will only be available for CASs where each program sets its own program fee. This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in your next cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs in your next cycle. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
Currently, programs can only be configured with one fee. This enhancement will allow you to establish different fees for a single program based on an applicant's response to the Extended Profile or questions under Program Materials. |
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Configuration Portal |
Allow Configurable Document Uploads for a Single Program |
Designing |
Quarter 1 2020 This enhancement will only be available for CASs where each program configures program-specific document uploads. This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in your next cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs in your next cycle. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
Currently, programs can only request or require the same documents for all their applicants. This enhancement will allow you to establish different document uploads for a single program based on an applicant's response to the Extended Profile or questions under Program Materials. |
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Configuration Portal |
Display or Hide Programs Based on Extended Profile or Program Materials Questions |
Evaluating |
Quarter 1 2020 This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in your next cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs in your next cycle. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
Currently, activated programs display for all applicants in a CAS. This enhancement allows you to control which programs display to applicants based on their answers to questions from the Extended Profile section or your questions under the Program Materials section. |
Deployed Enhancements
The following table includes a running list of features and enhancements that have been deployed.
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Product |
Planned Feature/ |
Status (see below for definitions) |
Availability (see below for quarter definitions) |
Details |
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Applicant Portal |
CAS-level Source Tracking with Google Analytics |
Delivered |
Quarter 2 2019 – Deployed in Release 5 This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
By providing unique URLs to our clients, we can track applicant behaviors as they find and access our applications. This can aid programs with their marketing efforts. |
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Applicant Portal |
NextGeneration ACCUPLACER Test |
Delivered |
Quarter 3 2019 – Deployed in Release 9 This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs that collect ACCUPLACER scores and their participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information. |
Applicants are able to self-report their NextGeneration ACCUPLACER test scores in the application. |
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Applicant Portal |
School-level Deep Links |
Delivered |
Quarter 4 2019 – Deployed in Release 12 This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in your current cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
Organizations can create a "deep link" from the Configuration Portal and add it to their program websites. When applicants click these deep links, they will be redirected to the CAS application and the Add Program page will automatically be filtered with the organization and its programs. |
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Configuration Portal |
Ability to Reorder Prerequisites |
Delivered |
Quarter 2 2019 – Deployed in Release 4 This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs that use Prerequisites and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information. |
You can reorder all prerequisites enabled for individual programs in the Configuration Portal. |
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Configuration Portal |
Program- and Organization-Level Questions Available for All Programs |
Delivered |
Quarter 2 2019 – Deployed in Release 4 This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in your current cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
Currently, you must select if you want to configure program- or organization-level questions in the Configuration Portal. This enhancement allows you to configure both types of questions for all programs. |
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Configuration Portal |
Add Custom Transcript Instructions |
Delivered |
Quarter 2 2019 – Deployed in Release 6 This enhancement will be automatically available for use by all CASs that configure transcripts and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information. |
You can add custom instructions when selecting your program's transcript and coursework requirements in the Configuration Portal if you choose not to collect transcripts through the CAS. |
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Configuration Portal |
Hide Program-specific Questions in Full Application PDF |
Delivered |
Quarter 3 2019 – Deployed in Release 7 This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in your next cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs in your next cycle. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
Programs can hide program-specific questions from the full application PDF. These questions still display on the Applicant Details page in WebAdMIT. |
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Configuration Portal |
Allow Multiple Deadlines for a Single Program |
Delivered |
Quarter 3 2019 – Deployed in Release 8 This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in your next cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs in your next cycle. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
Currently, programs can only be configured with one deadline. This enhancement allows you to establish multiple deadlines for a single program. |
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Configuration Portal |
Ability to Reorder Documents |
Delivered |
Quarter 4 2019 – Deployed in Release 10 This enhancement will be automatically available for use by all CASs that use Documents and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information. |
You can reorder all document types enabled for individual programs in the Configuration Portal and add custom instructions for each document type. |
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WebAdMIT |
Professional Transcript Entry (PTE) Status Flag |
Delivered |
Quarter 2 2019 – Deployed in Release 3 This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature. |
If an applicant chooses to pay for and use the Professional Transcript Entry (PTE) service, a PTE status flag appears on their Applicant Details page in WebAdMIT. |
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WebAdMIT |
CAS- and Program-specific Questions Preserved in Exports Templates During Transfer Settings |
Delivered |
Quarter 2 2019 – Deployed in Release 4 This enhancement will be 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. |
CAS- and program-specific questions now carry forward in export templates during a transfer settings. Previously, these fields needed to be readded to export templates in the new cycle. |
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WebAdMIT |
PDF Manager Templates Added to Transfer Settings |
Delivered |
Quarter 2 2019 – Deployed in Release 4 This enhancement will be 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. |
PDF Manager templates are included in the Transfer Settings feature. |
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WebAdMIT |
Institution Manager Search |
Delivered |
Quarter 2 2019 – Deployed in Release 5 This enhancement will be automatically available for use by all CASs that use Prerequisites and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information. |
You can search for institution managers in the Admissions Users feature. Institution Managers can grant other users access to WebAdMIT and add new CASs and cycles to other users' accounts. |
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WebAdMIT |
Lookup Table Updates |
Delivered |
Quarter 3 2019 – Deployed in Release 7 This enhancement will be 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. |
Some CASs ask applicants to identify their geographic area for HRSA data. The lookup value for "Large Town(population 10,000 to 49,999 population)" had an extra parenthesis removed from the end. If you pull this data into an external SIS/ERP system, you must update your data integration. |
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WebAdMIT |
Session Timeout |
Delivered |
Quarter 3 2019 – Deployed in Release 8 This enhancement will be 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 your WebAdMIT session is inactive for more than three hours, you will automatically be logged out. This aligns with industry standards and security best practices. |
Status and Quarter Definitions
Review the following status definitions to better understand how the following enhancements are categorized. If you have any questions, contact your Account Manager.
Liaison defines the following quarters for the Release Preview as:
- Quarter 1: January – March
- Quarter 2: April – June
- Quarter 3: July – September
- Quarter 4: October – December