Course Registration System Release 1.0 Release Notes Version 1.0 Revision History
Date | Version | Description | Author
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30/May/1999 | 1.0 | Initial Version - Release Notes for the C-Registration System R1.0 | C. Atkins
Table of Contents Introduction About This Release Compatible Products Upgrading New Features Known Bugs and Limitations 6.1 Rejected Password 6.2 Checking of Course Pre-requisites 6.3 Delays in Accessing Course Information 6.4 Out of State Students 6.5 Incompatibility with Internet Explorer Release Notes 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose This document describes Release 1.0 of the C-Registration System developed for Wylie College. The purpose of the Release Notes is to communicate new features and changes in this release of the C-Registration System. This document also describes known problems in the Release. 1.2 Scope This document describes Release 1.0 of the C-Registration System developed for Wylie College. 1.3 References The following additional information is available to users of the C-Registration System: User's Guide Installation Guide Guide for System Administrators Downloading New Releases: http://www/wyliecollege/it/support 2 About This Release Release 1.0 of the C-Registration System will enable Wylie College students to register online for their courses. Students will be able to access the course information from local college personal computers or from their home computers via Internet dialup. This release supports online maintenance of all student and professor information. The College Registrar will be able to monitor course registrations throughout the registration period. Billing to students will be initiated automatically through an interface to the existing Finance System. Please contact the Wylie College Support Center at 339-329-8888 or email support@wyliecollege.com if you experience any difficulties with installing the software or using the system. To obtain your login ID please contact Support at 339-329-8888. 3. Compatible Products The C-Registration System includes a client portion that operates on the client's personal computer. The minimum requirements for the personal computer are: 486 Microprocessor or better 32 MB RAM 20 MB disk space Windows 95/98/NT Internet Browser: Netscape 4.0.4 or Internet Explorer 4.0 or better Access to internet dialup The C-Registration System includes a server portion that operates on the Wylie College Unix Server. It interfaces with the following systems: Finance System (Release 2.3) Course Catalog Database System (Release 2.6) 4. Upgrading Instructions on installing Release 1.0 are contained in the Installation Manual and are also available on the web http://www/wyliecollege/it/support. 5. New Features The core set of features available in Release 1.0 are: Online registration for courses Maintenance of all student records Maintenance of professor information Automatic billing of students Professor signup for courses to teach Input of student grades Access to student report cards Remote or local access through personal computers 6. Known Bugs and Limitations This section identifies known problems with Release 1.0 and describes any work-arounds. Please contact our support department if you require further help. 6.1 Rejected Password Passwords are case sensitive. Solution: If the system rejects your password please enter again using upper and lower case characters. 6.2 Checking of Course Pre-requisites The system will not correctly check that the required course pre-requisites have been taken. An error message "Course pre-requisites not satisfied" is displayed and the system prevents the student from registering for the course. Solution: If you encounter this problem, please contact the Wylie College Registrar to assist you with registering. 6.3 Delays in Accessing Course Information During periods of peak usage, the system response times may be affected. In particular, accessing course information from the Course Catalog could be slow. Solution: To avoid delays please register for courses following 5:00 p.m. 6.4 Out of State Students Address information for out of state students is not retained or displayed correctly. Solution: The State or Province of residence can be entered in address line 4, along with the Country information. 6.5 Incompatibility with Internet Explorer Some problems have been encountered with opening multiple frames in Internet Explorer. Solution: Close frames not in use. If this does not remove the problem, please exit the application and restart.

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