STUDENT MILESTONES

STUDENT MILESTONES
ND HEUG Conference
April 11, 2006
Monte Johnson, Valley City State University

Student Milestones are non-course
related but vital requirements a
student must complete toward degree
progress to graduate.

Developing a MILESTONE is
a two step process
Step 1: Define milestones and the levels
within them on the Milestone Table page.
Design Student Administration>Define
Student Records>Setup>Milestone Table
OR
Manage Student Records>Manage
Academic Records>Setup>Milestone Table

Step 2: Create milestone templates on
the Milestone Template page.
Design Student Administration>Define Student
Records>Setup>Milestone Template
OR
Manage Student Records>Manage Academic
Records>Setup>Milestone Template

Milestone Table:
Design Student Administration>Define Student Records>Setup>Milestone Table
OR
Manage Student Records>Manage Academic Records>Setup>Milestone Table
Click on add a New Value to create a new Milestone

Enter your institution and name the Milestone. (Caution: Once you enter the
name here and click on ADD, you cannot change the name.)
Click on ADD

Effective Date (defaults to today’s date) Change if effective on a different date.
Set the Status to Active
Enter Short Description and Formal Description of your milestone
Grading Scheme & Grading Basis (optional) if you have a milestone that will be graded.
Attempts allowed (optional)
Enter Transcript Level and Print Milestone Detail of your choice.

Milestone Template:
Design Student Administration>Define Student Records>Setup>Milestone Template
OR
Manage Student Records>Manage Academic Records>Setup>Milestone Template
Next, go to Milestone Templates in the menu and click on
Add a New Value

Enter your institution
Enter Academic Career
Enter Academic Program (optional) for which the milestone is a requirement
EnterAcademic Plan (optional) for which the milestone is a requirement
Click on ADD

Effective Date (defaults to today’s date) Change if effective on a different date
Set the Status to Active
Enter a Description
Milestone Nbr (autopopulates)
Milestone: Choose the Milestone from the dropdown menu.
Enter a Description and Formal Description
Grading Scheme & Grading Basis (optional) Not required unless milestone will be graded.
Enter Transcript Level and Print Milestone Detail of your choice.

Adding A Milestone to a Student Record:
Manage Student Records>Manage Academic Records>Use>Student Milestones
Click on Add a New Value and enter the student ID
Enter your institution
Academic Career (undergrad or grad)
Academic Program (select the correct program from the dropdown menu)
Click on ADD

Effective Date: Will default to today’s date. Change if necessary.
Milestone Nbr: (autopopulates)
Milestone: Select from the dropdown menu
Academic Plan: Select from the dropdown menu.
Description and Formal Description (autopopulates)
Milestone Level and Attempts Allowed (autopopulates) These are blank in this example.
Milestone Title: This is a freeform text box and up to 254 characters can be entered. This
can be set to print on the transcript.

Click on the second Brown Tab in the top menu bar.
Transcript Level: Set to the highest level to which you want the milestone to print.
Print Milestone Detail: Set to determine when the milestone will print.
Complete remaining info as necessary or desired.

Click on third Brown Tab in the top menu bar.
The Milestone Complete status has been set to Completed so it will print on
the transcript.
Complete remaining info as necessary or desired.

And this is how the milestone appears on the Official Transcript.
----- Non-Course Milestones -----
Major Earned Subsequent to Graduation
Major: Biology Education
December 17, 2004
- Completed
1) The Milestone Description prints
2) The Milestone Title (freeform text) appears as it was entered.
The print location can be determined by the setup on the transcript. I currently have
Milestones set up to print as a transcript trailer. This is the very last entry on the
transcript. The degree information is separate from the Milestone.
Transcript setup can be found at: Define Student Records>Setup>Transcript Type.