- 27 Jan 2025
- 3 minute read
- Print
- DarkLight
- PDF
Implementation Checklist
- Updated 27 Jan 2025
- 3 minute read
- Print
- DarkLight
- PDF
The implementation checklist is a project plan you can follow to build out essential operations in Slate.
Phase I: Preparation
Step 1: Establishing Your Team
Select Slate Admins
Select steering committee members
Initiate conversations with IT about integration with SIS
Initiate conversations with academic departments and other campus stakeholders
Schedule regular team meetings
Attend a Getting Started Community Conversation
Step 2: Get Slate Certified
Provision user accounts for Fundamentals course attendees
Register for Fundamentals of Admission and Enrollment in Learning Lab
Complete Fundamentals of Admissions and Enrollment
Step 3: Reviewing Current Processes
Define project scope and catalog your processes, needs, expected integrations, and deadlines
Document current processes
Phase II: Roadmap
Review Roadmap best practices
Roadmap Step 1: Slate Essentials
Initial configurations
Review configuration keys for high-level settings for your instance
Set up DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail)
Update default message group name from placeholder
Users and permissions
Customize the existing roles (Academic Advisor, Admission Counselor, and Admissions Inbox) as needed
Create additional roles and permissions
Establish population-based permissions
Add realms to your database
Enable multi-factor authentication
Add users, manually or by import
The person record
Customize the person record dashboard
Update the information on the custom tab
Customize the standard person record tabs
Create custom interactions
Learn how the Opt Out tag works
Create tags
Fields and prompts
Review field settings
Make adjustments to existing custom fields to suit your process
Create additional custom fields
Review prompt settings
Make adjustments to existing custom prompts to suit your process
Replace placeholder values for entry_term in 4 year models, term in 2 year models
Forms
Customize the Request for Information (RFI) Form, including form communications
Create Origin Sources
Queries
Familiarize yourself with the query elements
Explore the pre-configured queries and create more to suit your needs
Configure the Data Export - SFTP (Slate to SIS) query
Configure the Document Export query
Configure the Voyager: Domestic Travel Planning query (4 Year model only)
Automation
(Optional) Customize person record search criteria with person index/header rules
(Optional) Adjust, add new person status rules as needed
Customize existing staff assignment rules, create new ones as needed
Branding
Update the default βSlate Universityβ branding
Other data structures
Consider creating a custom dataset
Roadmap Step 2: Outreach
Deliver foundations
Familiarize yourself briefly with Deliver capabilities
Whiteboard a communication plan
Configure existing system emails, and optionally add your own
Customize the existing email template, or create your own templates from scratch
Create a drip marketing campaign
Create additional mailings as needed using dynamic content blocks and Liquid markup
Configure Inbox for email communications
More Deliver features
Send real-world print communications with Slate Print
Develop a calling campaign with Slate Voice
Learn how to engage applicants with Slate Video
Purchase Slate Credits as needed.
Events
Configure existing event templates
Create additional templates as needed
Configure existing event template communications
Interviews & appointments
(2 Year only) Configure Academic Advising Session interview template
Create additional interview templates as needed
Have users add their external calendars in Availability
Roadmap Step 3: Historical Data Migration
Import historical person records
Use Consolidate Records to handle duplicates
(Optional) Import historical applications
Roadmap Step 4: Processing applications
Configuring periods and rounds
Configure placeholder periods and rounds
The Slate-Hosted application
Configure, add, remove application pages as needed
Configure existing application creation form and its communications
Configure application submission requirements
Review application logic
Configure Slate-hosted recommendations
Imported applications
Configure application source import
Configure recommendations import
Additional application configurations
Configure the standard applicant status portal
Create additional application communications in Deliver as necessary
Customize application status, fee rules
Configure application sharing with Slate.org
Collecting application materials
Create materials collected as part of the application.
Create checklist items.
Automate checklist assignment via rules.
Optional: Create a missing checklist item recurring email.
Optional: Import Financial Aid Checklist items.
Reader and worfklows
Customize the application review workflow
Customize Reader Portal Dashboard
Customize Workflow Views
Configure Reader permissions
Customize and activate bin movement rules
Customize, create new Reader review forms
Create additional workflows as necessary
Decisions
Review, customize decision codes
(Optional) Create decision reasons
Customize letter templates
Customize decision reply form
Customize the decision notification system email
Configure, activate decision reply form rules
Configure, activate decision rules
Add financial aid letters and decisions
Test your decision release process
Roadmap Step 5: Integrations
Sending data to your SIS
Configure data export to your SIS
Managing recurring imports with source formats and Upload Dataset
Add and configure standard source formats from Source Format Library as necessary
Create custom source formats as necessary
Create service accounts for integration access as needed
Managing document imports with Batch Acquire
Use the Batch Acquire tool, or create a custom Document Import Processor source format
Managing duplicate records
If you havenβt already, familiarize yourself with the Consolidate Records tool
Payments
Establish how you will collect Payments through Slate: using Slate Payments or a third-party provider
Roadmap Step 6: Reporting & wrap-up
Add Ping to institutional websites
Build reports, dashboards as necessary
Conduct training for end-users
Prep for go-live
Phase III: Year one & beyond
Refine existing processes
Add more Slate functionality
Train staff
Practice good Slate Stewardship
Get Slate Certified Professional
Submit a Summit proposal!