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A New User Interface
A New User Interface
Introducing the FLUID User Interface! A new look and feel to our 9.2 Student Information System (SIS), which provides a more mobile-friendly and responsive SIS experience. Users will navigate through the system slightly different and will get used to some new terminology like Homepages, Tiles, Navigation Bar, Navigation Collections, etc.
FLUID Homepages
FLUID Homepages
A Fluid homepage organizes navigation in an easy, familiar way for the user to access key parts of the PeopleSoft system. Homepages are role-based and can be assigned to various user types. Users can also have multiple homepages.
Homepages offer navigational features such as Tiles and a NavBar. The option of returning to ‘Classic Home’ is also available using a tile (below) or Nav Bar.
User Homepages
User Homepages
The VCCS has developed the following Homepages, which accommodate a variety of user groups.
Staff Homepage
College staff will share a common homepage which will include some standard tiles as well as those that are associated with a user’s role security. For example, a Financial Aid staff person could see different tiles than an Admissions staff person.
Advisor & Faculty Homepage
Due to the frequent overlap in responsibilities for both Advisors and Faculty, these two user groups will share a homepage. Like the Staff Homepage, users will view and have access to tiles based on their role security.
Technical Homepage
SIS Security, Developers and other Technical Staff usually have very different business processes and related access than that of other college staff. This homepage allows for an easier separation of duties and provides for this user group’s unique needs.
Student users will have their own homepage that helps direct to the current, Student Center page and gives them a direct link to EAB Navigate which is specific to the authenticated user.
Tiles
Tiles
Tiles can point to both Classic as well as Fluid pages. In addition, a tile can point to a single page as well as a Navigation Collection.
For example, each tile could represent a common business process and the underlying Navigation Collection would include all the pages or links needed for completing the process.
Navigation Collections
Navigation Collections
Navigation Collections group together various SIS pages, or external links, that are used to complete a particular task or process.
Additional FLUID Elements
Additional FLUID Elements
A standard banner appears at the top of every Fluid page. The banner includes the page title and these standard buttons:
(Home) Select to return to the main User Homepage.
(Notifications) Select to view actions and alerts in a notifications window.
(Global Search) Search the entire system using keywords.
(Actions List) Select to see a list of available actions for the current window. The Sign Out command is always available under this menu; as well as Personalize Homepage, My Preferences, and Help.
(Navigation Bar) Select to use the Navigation Bar which provides handy navigation options such as Recent Places, My Favorites, and Navigator (which expands to show the Classic menu hierarchy).
The Navigation Bar
The Navigation Bar
The Navigation Bar (or NavBar) offers intuitive navigation across SIS. This Fluid structure is available as a dynamic window that slides out from the side of the page. On Fluid-enabled systems, the Navigation Bar is also available on Classic pages, creating a seamless experience for users as they navigate the system. It can include the user’s SIS menu, favorites, recently used links, and navigation tiles that help users access the parts of the system most important to them.
Recent Places:
This option displays the five most recent places in the application a user has been, and allows quick access to recent, frequently used pages.
My Favorites:
Displays any specified favorite pages. Favorites can be added through the Add To Favorites link in both Classic SIS or FLUID. This example illustrates using My Favorites. To remove a favorite, select Edit Favorites and modify the list as needed.
Navigator:
Displays the traditional menu structure as the user would see when accessing Classic SIS and using the Main Menu. Users can navigate through the set of links just as they would using the Main Menu in SIS Classic.
Classic Home:
Quick access to the familiar, ‘Classic’ version of SIS is available under the Nav Bar. This will allow users to switch between interfaces as they become more comfortable with FLUID.
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