Proposal

Name:

Visit Days

FiscalYear:

2018

Audience:

Student Affairs

Submitter:

Flaschner, Maura

Budget Manager:

Cocuzza, Michael

Project Manager:

Flaschner, Maura

Proposal Approvers

Dept. Chair:

King, Corey A

Local IT:

N/A

Dean:

King, Corey A

Facilities:

N/A

OIT:

Bagdonas, Joseph A.

Proposal Funding

Year 1:

$ 0.00

Year 2:

$ 0.00

Year 3:

$ 0.00

Total:

$ 0.00

Proposal Funding versus Average

Questionnaire

Narrative
Visit Days allows prospective students and family members to register for campus visits, open houses, off-campus receptions, and one on one meetings from the FAU website. it is a personalized and mobile friendly way of registering for, and receiving reminders for, a campus visit. Their methods decrease no-show rates by 10% or more at most institutions. VisitDays blends text messages, emails and a communication plan that encourages students to keep their appointment, allows for changing dates or cancellations all via their mobile or web platform. Students can register, check-in, and complete their event evaluation all on their mobile device. VisitDays works with Talisma CRM, Banner, WorkDay and many other solutions used in higher education.
Facilities
None
Hardware Requirements
None
Software Requirements
No additional software is needed. OIT will need to integrate some code on FAU Admissions webpages, and Admissions with OIT will need to import data into student information systems for tracking and communication flow.
Personnel Costs
No additional costs
Other Costs
The cost of the project is $9,444 annually with a $2,500 one-time implementation fee
Timeline
The project will take 6-8 weeks from start to implementation once a contract is signed and funding secured.
Sustainability
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will work to generate additional applications to use auxilliary funds to cover the annual costs for 2020 and forward.
Resource Matching
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions can cover 50% of the costs in the 2019 budget.
Implementing Organization
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Student Affairs Marketing, with OIT will implement this project.

Proposal Budget

Fiscal Year 1 Fiscal Year 2 Fiscal Year 3 Total
Hardware One-Time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Hardware Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Software One-time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Software Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Personnel One-time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Personnel Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Other One-time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Other Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Totals $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00

Supporting Documentation

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