The Program Beacon team has successfully moved AMIS (our student management system) into the Cloud – AMIS 8.

This upgrade marks another very significant milestone in our journey to better support student success.

Gail White the Executive Director Student Experience and Registrar, congratulated the team wholeheartedly: “This AMIS 8 Cloud Upgrade project team has delivered a complex system upgrade and, in the process, demonstrated an exemplary level of determination, tenacity and commitment to excellence,” she says. “The depth and quality of the collaboration among colleagues and with vendors has been central to the success of the project.”

Gail went on to say that, of most importance the upgrade provides the foundation upon which the second year of the project will progressively deliver better service to students and staff.  Across the student lifecycle, the Cloud upgrade will also deliver a robust approach to business continuity and greater security and protection of student and staff personal information. 

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Kevin Jameson said the upgrade is an important milestone in the Program Beacon journey and a great achievement for the staff involved. They have delivered a very important component of the Student Success Strategic Framework.

“With this upgrade we have delivered a key enabling capability for the delivery of the 2020 curriculum,” he says. “2020 will also provide opportunities for an enhanced student experience as the team works to deliver future ‘releases’ of AMIS. Well done to all involved.”

Reminder to AMIS Users

Program Beacon has circulated a series of specific messages for AMIS users. If you’ve missed this information, all the details are available in the AMIS 8 Cloud Toolkit.

What next for Program Beacon?

• Course re-parenting commences with the first tranche of MQ students being moved into 2020 curriculum.
• Release the next phase of MQ2020 student communications.
• Release of new MQCMS Handbook, Double Degree Advisor and MQCMS integrations with iLearn, iTeach and Tracker.
• Recalibrate our MQCMS training to continue to support academics in faculties.

Each of the toolkits for Program Beacon projects are readily available in our Program Beacon Hub.

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