ARC Intranet System
The ARC System is a fully comprehensive and effective management information system
to support the administration of students and courses within academic institutions.
The system manages the planning, organization, administration of Students, and in
particular it excels in comparison with other system with regards to student clinical
placements module, as it provides aid in the allocation, monitoring and auditing
of clinical areas. Features of the system such as the automatic allocation function
makes the system designed to increase efficiency in the administrative process.
The administration of Academic activities such attendance, assessment and course
requirements are all captured in the system. The system holds comprehensive information
in relation to course, placement environment and student personal details. The software
is designed to assist with statutory reporting and production of flexible reports
using key data. The ARC system comprises three core modules:
Student record management
The System maintains comprehensive demographic records for all students, past and
present. The system has the ability to integrate biographical and personal details
with central university student information system which is achieved through generic
importing procedure (Site specific) that utilizes either an ODBC or ADO to connect
to an external data source. It is then configured to match fields tables from ARC
to field tables from the external data source. Examples of the common records kept
are; personal details, past work experience, educational and professional qualifications,
Details of all placements, absences, reason for absence, assessment/ examination
results and student theoretical and practical attendance.
Placement Profiling
The ARC system has ability to record the details of student placement areas i.e.
specialty, location tagging, maximum number of students and numerous information
in relation to the placement. It is also capable of generating a suite of reports
on all data entered on the placement module. The system shall record the following
data in relation to placements:
- Name of placement
- Placement address
- Type of placement
- Category of placement
- Current status of placement
- Contact details of placement
- Shift pattern of placement
- Uniform requirements
- Accessibility
- Placement constraints
- Audit details
- Date audit completed
- Date next audit is due
- Student placement number allowed
Course Management
The ARC System has the ability to be customized to each academic institution in
order to provide a comprehensive tool in the administration of all course requirements
whether in relation to assessment or clinical placements. ARC provides an interactive
facility to allocate students to study and practical experience placements. This
is accompanied by an on-screen comparison of the placements being made, with the
course plan. The system also warns if the placement does not provide the requested
experience or if the maximum number of students accommodate at the proposed placement
is exceeded, according to the universities own specifications. This process can
also be achieved through the systems automatic allocation component. Our flexible
reporting ability allows all courses current and future to be analyzed, to enable
the academic institution university to predict its income and expenditure over a
five-year period.
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