Academic Exploration Tool(AET)

Tyler Gayheart, Director of Communication & Technology

Academic Exploration Tool

(AET)

Graduation Planning System+

Best in class technology for degree exploration, planning, registration and

auditing across higher education.

○ Introduction to AET○ Design & approach○ Functionality &

features

○ Introduction to GPS○ History, features &

demonstration

Agenda

Academic Exploration Tool(AET)

Why AET?

● No one way to search and explore a major UK

● Centralization existed, but very limited● PDF’s (Majors sheets) are inefficient● No one site addressed all academic

offerings at UK● Curriculum information was not

dynamic● Career exploration was disjointed● Not Mobile ready● Consistency of information ● Colleges/Programs needed control of

content● Research driven

2014 e-Expectations Report (Ruffalo Noel Levitz)

2015 e-Expectations Report (Ruffalo Noel Levitz)

What’s Unique?

1. Replacing how current major sheets are displayed, accessed and shared

a. Will not be eliminating major sheets

b. Inventory of majors will always be accessible

2. Users can search by: a. Type: undergraduate, minor, pre

professional, graduate, professionalb. Career Keyword - using UT's -

“What can I do with this major?”c. Program Keyword - “Biology,

Engineering, etc”d. View All - sort by degree, college or

alphabetically 3. Colleges have access to update, edit and

publish their pages w/EM approval a. Over 50 AET users across colleges

Campus wide degree program database

● Searchable● Scalable● Customizable● Indexed by google● UK’s most visited web property● No coding experience needed● Easier to edit than a Linkedin or Facebook page● Designed to work across all devices● Custom sharing integrations (social media)● Your new recruiting tool!

Multiple screens, separate systems and manual printing/paper based

Major Sheets Program Website

ww.bls.gov What Can I do With this Major?

Before

Combining and integrating systems, data and information

After

Planning & Research

● Undergraduate Education and Student Success

● UX/UI Designers● Prospective Student and

Current Student Feedback (SGA)

● Internal Feedback ● Best Practices● Web Experience● Peer Institutions

Degree Exploration

Academic Exploration Tool

Academic Exploration ToolSearch, Explore and Share

Based on non-cognitive phrases

Based on imported data from UT-Knoxville “What can I do with this major” Based on program description keywords

Web User Experience

Program Pages

Baseline information with ability to customize per

program/college

● Program title● College name● Statistics or Rankings● About program/description● Contact Information with

name, picture, email and phone number

● Multimedia (pictures, videos, bios)

● Dynamic Curriculum (major template)

● Related Programs● Inquiry form

2015 e-Expectations Report (Ruffalo Noel Levitz)

myUK: GPS Integration

Coming soon - fall

Real time data

bls.gov data

Careers, job outlook and similar occupations

Over 400Bls.gov approved careers and descriptions to choose from

Where are we now?

Summary

● All undergraduate, minor, preprofessional programs represented

● Changing the culture for digital communication and engagement

● Colleges and programs utilizing in creative ways

● Starting the conversation● Setting the standard across

higher education

Coming Soon...

● Important: Master’s, doctoral and professional, online and certificate programs

● User tutorials● Related programs in college ● Advisor/Table view - which will show

all program info at a glance● CRM Communication Plans● Social media integration - per program● Page and college level notifications● Inclusion of curriculum data feed from

myUK: GPS● Training/integrating into advising

outcomes

Summary

● All undergraduate, minor, preprofessional programs represented

● Onboarding Engineering graduate programs and many more...

● Over 50 AET Authors contributing content

● Over 6,000 keywords in the system● Over 18,000 total career keyword

searches since launch● 24,000 total interest matches since

launch● Over 370,000 page views ● Over 57k unique users● Setting the standard across higher

education

Thank you

EMPI@uky.edu