NursingCAS Dispatch

   Recording Available: Echo Targeting Webinar

AACN hosted the Student Recruitment: Echo Targeting webinar last month. Review the webinar recording for more information on Echo Targeting, an affordable digital banner advertising tool that allows member schools to exclusively reach NursingCAS applicants while they surf the internet.

 Recording Available: NursingCAS Demo Webinar

Are any members of your team new to NursingCAS or in need of a refresher? Review the recording of the NursingCAS Overview: A Demonstration of the Student Application and Admissions Management Portal webinar held last month. Prospective and current NursingCAS users are encouraged to access the recording for a walk-through of the platform and an overview of best practices and useful tools in WebAdMIT.

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   NursingCAS Applicant Newsletter

The NursingCAS Applicant Newsletter, provided by AACN, is emailed to 160,000+ NursingCAS applicants the third week of every month. This newsletter is for programs affiliated with NursingCAS only. Program submissions are FREE and due the Friday prior to publication.

Posts must relate to a program’s Open Seats, any Deadline Extensions that have been implemented, or New Programs that have launched in the Application Portal since the previous newsletter.

We recommend including contact information for representatives or links to your website and the NursingCAS application within the announcement. Visit the Newsletter Archive for samples of previous submissions.

Submit an Item to the Applicant Newsletter today!

   NursingCAS Applicant Events Calendar

The NursingCAS Events Calendar allows you to publicize your program’s information sessions, virtual fairs, open houses, and other recruitment events that connect you with potential applicants! Submit an Item to the Events Calendar today!

   Follow NursingCAS on LinkedIn

NursingCAS is now on LinkedIn! Follow us to stay up to date with all NursingCAS and AACN events as well as the latest NursingCAS application updates, tips on managing application cycles, resources for getting the most out of NursingCAS, and much more. Let’s stay connected!

New Search Field to Filter Application Fields List

The following features now include a Search field that helps you quickly locate fields used to build your templates:

• List Manager
• Export Manager
• Email Templates (for merge fields)
• Scoring Models
• Applicant Header

Zip Code Added as Scorable Field in Scoring Models

You can now include the Permanent Mailing Address Postal Code field within scoring models. This allows you to award additional points to an applicant based on their residence. Note that this field is a string field, and you must build a point table to use it with your scoring model.

Annual Fall Lookup Tables

Many fields in the Applicant Portal contain predefined answer values that applicants can select; for example, the Country and County fields both have predefined answer values. These values are housed in shared “lookup tables.” Periodically, these tables are updated to include additional response options.

The new lookup table values include updates to colleges, degrees, languages, and majors. Review the Shared Lookup Table Updates page for a full list of updates. Note that the Master High School List will be updated in the next release.

If you created a “crosswalk” from our portals to your local data in your SIS/CRM, you may need to update this crosswalk for the newly-added options. For guidance on the optimal implementation of the new values, review the Shared Lookup Table Updates page.

• API
• Liaison Analytics
• Liaison Outcomes
• WebAdMIT

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WebAdMIT Release Notes provide a summary of enhancements and new features that are made available in the Applicant Portal, Applicant Gateway, Configuration Portal, Letters by Liaison, and WebAdMIT. Want to receive Release Notes emails? Subscribe here.

   WebAdMIT Sandbox Environment Refresh

Are you utilizing the WebAdMIT Sandbox? If not, you should be! Sandbox is a duplicate test platform useful for testing and training purposes; any actions performed in Sandbox will not affect the live data in production. This tool provides users with a safe, “near-production” environment to test applications and run sample exports, among other actions. The WebAdMIT Sandbox is a copy of the WebAdMIT production environment with sensitive applicant information (such as surnames, email addresses, etc.) obfuscated.

The WebAdMIT Sandbox is refreshed between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ET every Monday. If Monday is a US or Canadian holiday, deployment is the next business day and includes all system changes from the preceding release. The WebAdMIT Sandbox environment is refreshed with current (cleansed) production data and program configurations. Any test exports, custom fields, etc., in the current Sandbox will be overwritten.