{"id":8393,"date":"2026-06-16T15:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/?p=8393"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:50:06","slug":"auto-graduation-whats-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/auto-graduation-whats-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto-Graduation: What&#8217;s Changing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an overview of information on activities for transitioning to the Auto-Graduation process. Participating Schools\/Colleges will be given additional information throughout the implementation.<\/p>\n<h5>Current vs. Auto-Grad<\/h5>\n<p>This comparison outlines the major differences between the current graduation process and the auto-graduation process.<\/p>\n<table class=\"redTable\" wdith=\"100%\" style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Current Graduation Process<\/th>\n<th>Fully Implemented Auto-Graduation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Driven by internal department graduation application processes and\u00a0Expected Graduation Term (EGT).<\/td>\n<td>Driven by Degree Progress Report (DPR) data and Expected Graduation Term (EGT).\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Departments play a critical role during the process, directly updating Graduation Tracking page.<\/td>\n<td>Departments play a critical role before automation begins, verifying DPR &#038; EGT data (Grad Tracking not used).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graduation processing determined by <strong>\u2018Graduation Review Status\u2019<\/strong> values on the Graduation Tracking page.<\/td>\n<td>Graduation processing determined by <strong>\u2018Degree Checkout Status\u2019<\/strong> values on the Graduation Processing page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"265\">More flexible timing for CPP record updates via workflow.<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">CPP record <strong>changes must be finalized before<\/strong> batch processing begins. After degree checkout statuses are applied, changes should only be made in rare circumstances (<em>resource coming soon<\/em>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5>Transition\/Simulation Process<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Before the Term leading up to first Auto-Graduation in MyBU Student production, important activities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schools\/Colleges Staff: continue performing the current graduation process tasks.<\/li>\n<li>OUR Staff: reviewing simulated Degree Checkout Status data (occurs in a test system).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"alert\">\u24d8<strong> Before automation begins, it&#8217;s imperative to verify the accuracy of program\/plan data, expected graduation term, and Degree Progress information.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">Related Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sis-training\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/Auto-Graduation-Process-for-Staff.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auto Graduation Process for Staff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sis-training\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/Auto-Graduation-Queries.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auto Graduation Queries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><p style=\"padding-bottom:1rem;\">This page was last updated October 2026. To download a PDF copy of this resource, print this webpage as a PDF.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-top: 10px solid #669999; text-align: right; margin-block-end: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/mybu-student-glossary\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Glossary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sis-training\/files\/2025\/06\/Glossary-icon.png\" alt=\"Glossary Icon - Click here for MyBU Student Glossary.\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an overview of information on activities for transitioning to the Auto-Graduation process. Participating Schools\/Colleges will be given additional information throughout the implementation. Current vs. Auto-Grad This comparison outlines the major differences between the current graduation process and the auto-graduation process. Current Graduation Process Fully Implemented Auto-Graduation Driven by internal department graduation application processes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[28,6,45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8393"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9605,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393\/revisions\/9605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sis-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}