Thinner:
Let the Portal Fit the Need
(Director’s Cut)

myMICA
2001: PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 8.1
2002: PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 8.4
2004: PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 8.4+
2007: PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 9

“Thinner”

The “MICA Web” is not simply the college’s
“Web site,” but the full range of digital
communications vehicles

Establish trust by supporting peoples tasks and
information needs

Develop guidelines and design patterns to
support distributed publishing
How to permanently identify business
process and information owners?
This is the Gordian knot – anyone with a
sword see me after this presentation.

Publish with genres in mind
How to define segmentation and overlap?
. . . young learner, precollege student,
prospect, applicant, student, resident, alumni,
employee, parent, lifelong learner, volunteer,
donor, trustee . . .

Create spaces and functions for members of
the MICA community to connect online
How to connect owners to audiences ?
Once they are connected, how do you get
them to communicate with one another?
(Hint: don’t ask IT to send them an email.)

Success?
Announcements/blog
Faculty grades online
Information supporting transactions
Online enrollment
myMICA for life

Refining myMICA

Questions?