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The Power of the Checklist
Just as I hit ‘Send’ I saw the typo. Next, I’m chiding myself because I know I should always read through an email and proof it before sending. Whether formally written out or just a mental note, we all have those “checklist” items we know we...
Pros and Cons of Using Visual Designer vs. Free Type SQL for Argos DataBlocks
Within Evisions Argos, every user with a DataBlock Designer role has the option to choose between the “Visual Designer” and “Free Type SQL Editor” when they are creating or updating queries in a DataBlock. There are unique advantages to each...
How I Came to Realize the Importance of User Acceptance Testing
Testing is an important concept and practice when it comes to technology, regardless of what industry you’re in. When it comes to Higher Education, it defines the collaboration between IT and the various functional teams with whom they work. The...
Best Practices for DataBlock Design, Part Three: The Value of Good Documentation
If you’re just joining us, welcome to the third and final installment of our series on good Argos DataBlock design. Our first two chapters covered Planning Your Ideal DataBlock and Getting The Look Just Right. Now, we’ll examine an often-overlooked...
Best Practices for DataBlock Design, Part Two: Getting the Look Just Right
Welcome to our second installment of our Best Practices for Argos DataBlock Design series. If you were following along with our last post, you should now have everything you need to get started with the visual design of your DataBlock. There are a...
Best Practices for DataBlock Design, Part One: Planning Your Ideal DataBlock
When it comes to Evisions Argos, jumping into DataBlock design can be a bit overwhelming at first. There are many objects to choose from, and many more possibilities on how to use them. To make this prospect a little less daunting, we’ve put...
The Anatomy of a DataBlock
When talking about institutional reporting, it’s easy to get lost in a discussion of the data itself. What information should a given report include? How do these metrics correlate (or not) with one another? Which definition of ‘FTE Student’ are we...
Three Steps to Building a Comprehensive Security Strategy
A successful security strategy should include a close look at the broader security environment in which you’re doing your reporting. To make sure you have all your bases covered, we recommend taking the following steps when building a security...
Best Practices for Using Extract Reports
Anyone involved with institutional reporting or sending data to other vendors will tell you that, when it comes to the end results, one report definitely does not fit all. Submitting reports to third parties—be they government agencies, financial...
Cloud vs. Client: Where Do You Want to Keep Your Higher Ed Data?
The abundance of data available to institutions of higher education is staggering. It’s found in ERPs, data warehouses, data marts, and other systems and databases used throughout campus. For years, these data sources were, in fact, on campus (aka,...
Higher Ed: Moving Beyond a Crisis
Now that there is a light at the end of the tunnel that has been the COVID-19 pandemic, there remain many questions and uncertainties within the Higher Education industry. How do we move forward post-COVID-19? Is it back to business as usual, or do...
Evisions CO-OP: Top 10 Most Viewed FormFusion Templates
The Evisions CO-OP User Community is a collaborative place where clients can share ideas, experiences, development, forms, DataBlocks, and reports with their peers. To give you an idea of what fellow FormFusion users are doing and looking at, we...
Synchronous vs Asynchronous Learning: What’s the Balance for Success?
Rounding the corner of a wild year where both instructors and students scrambled, and sometimes struggled, to succeed with remote learning, we now need to look forward to what’s next. Do we go back to in-person learning and teaching? Do we continue...
Success Equals IT Having a Seat at the Executive Table
Would having an information technology representative at the executive table of a higher education institution positively impact the decisions made there? If so, how? To answer these questions, and to address broader issues around data-informed...
Recruiting, Admissions & Marketing: Solving Enrollment Challenges Together
For many colleges and universities, maintaining or increasing enrollment has been an ongoing challenge. (And the recent COVID pandemic did not help the situation.) When enrollment figures are stagnant or down, there is additional scrutiny on...