Does the solution allow for management of a course catalog?
B-122
Does the solution support multiple credit formats, including Continuing Education?
B-123
Does the solution provide the ability for individual course history including initial course offering, last date offered, etc.?
B-124
Does the solution allow for the differentiation of classroom types including traditional classrooms, laboratories, workshops, practicums, and learning communities?
Does the solution provide cross listing functionality
B-127
Does the solution provide the ability to link courses (i.e. learning communities)?
B-128
Does the solution provide the ability to support complex pre-requisite and co- requisite capabilities?
B-129
Does the solution provide the flexibility to charge different charge fees?
B-130
Does the solution provide course level notation viewable to the student including variations of meeting times, dates, and places?
B-131
Does the solution provide the ability to list multiple site locations?
B-132
Does the solution provide automatic catalog copy to include features of the previous year into the next?
B-133
Does the solution provide the ability to export class data to create a hard copy catalog?
B-134
Does the solution provide the ability to present the catalog in various methods—print, web, etc.?
ID
Required Functionality
Code
Code Explanation
B-135
Does the solution have the ability to track general education requirements and document completion of those requirements?
B-136
Does the solution support multiple refund dates?
B-137
How does the solution solve course exceptions (i.e. extraneous meeting times)?
B-138
Does the solution have the capability create the course title from a course number?
B-139
If so, is this done from a predefined list of course names?
B-140
If so, can this list be changed manually?
Financial Aid
ID
Required Functionality
Code
Code Explanation
B-141
Does the solution provide integration with PowerFaids?
B-142
If so, explain.
B-143
If not, please compare the major features/functionality of the solution’s financial aid component to those of PowerFaids.
B-144
Does the solution provide the ability to permit automation of processes to adjust variable financial aid factors (i.e. dependent on credit hours)?
B-145
What is the process for submitting pending and posting of Aid from FinAid to the Business Office?
B-146
Does the system integrate with EdConnect?
B-147
If so, explain.
B-148
Does the system calculate and figure Work Study Payroll?
ID
Required Functionality
Code
Code Explanation
B-149
If so, explain.
B-150
What is the process the system utilizes for automated awarding & disbursing of financial aid?
B-151
Does the system load all files received via the SAIG mailbox into the systems (CRPN, CREC, CRSP, etc.)
B-152
Does the system calculate loan fees?
B-153
Does the system accept import from MHEC reports and rosters?
B-154
Does the solution allow for automated award letter notification? Does this include online and email?
B-155
Does the system handle the FAD?
B-156
Does the solution allow for automated document tracking?
B-157
Does the system allow for export and import to the ELM network?
B-158
Does the solution allow for the implementation of the Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy in order to generate necessary letters and to track warning/termination status based on each POE?
B-159
Is the system windows based and user friend?
B-160
Does the solution provide integration with Crystal reports?
B-161
Does the solution calculate R2T4?
B-162
How many times a year does the solution typically receive updates and/or upgrades the software to handle new regulations?
ID
Required Functionality
Code
Code Explanation
B-163
Does the software vendor offer FinAid specific training?
B-164
Does the solution’s vendor host an annual conference to discuss new features, educational impacts, future developments, etc.?
B-165
Does the solution allow the ability to print numerous reports in different sort order?
B-166
Does the solution provide the ability to automate processes to adjust variable financial aid (dependent on credit hours)?
B-167
What is the process for submitting pending and posting of Aid from FinAid to the Business Office?
B-168
Does the solution provide a net price calculator?
B-169
If not, does it provide the data for the Federal net price calculator template?
B-170
Does the solution provide data for gainful employment reporting?
B-171
Does the solution provide the capability to upload the Maryland Scholarship roster?
B-172
Does the solution provide the capability to upload the Maryland Foster Care roster?
