RIO Education Glossary
Commonly used abbreviations and acronyms in RIO Education and Salesforce.
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Glossary
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AVETMISS
A required reporting for Vocational College in Australia.
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CE
An abbreviation for Course Enrollment.
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CMS
Content Management System https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.communities_dev.meta/communities_dev/communities_dev_cms.htm
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Community
It is a Portal technology to allow users (both internal/external) to login. It is leveraging the Salesforce Digital Experience technology to build.
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Course Connection
Same as Course Enrollment. EDA is using this as a label.
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Course Enrollment
Alternative name for Course Connection
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eCAF
Electronic Commonwealth Assistance Form.
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EDA
Salesforce Education Data Architecture, formally known as HEDA (Higher Education Data Architecture)
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EFTSL
Equivalent Full Time Student Load. A specific term used for Australia Vocational and Higher Education.
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Facility
A venue or a room for an Educational Institution’s campus account.
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Faculty
Refers to a University Department. eg. School of Business, Faculty of Art.
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Faculty Members
Members from a Faculty. It can be a tutor, teacher, trainer, lecturer or even a facilitator.
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FAO
Financial Aid Officer.
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FEE-HELP
An Australian government loan for Student Fees, for eligible domestic fee paying students.
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GPA
Grade Point Average.
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HE
Higher education.
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HECS-HELP
Higher Education Contribution Scheme. An Australian government scheme that assists eligible Commonwealth supported students to pay their student contribution amount with a loan.
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HEIMS
Higher Education Information Management System. From 2020, HEIMS is being gradually replaced with TCSI and HEIMS will be decommissioned once TCSI is fully operational and providers have transitioned.
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IPEDS
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Required reporting for institutions participating (or applying to) in any federal student financial aid program in the United States.
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LMO
Learning Management Organisation. This is a Salesforce org where RIO Education licenses are provisioned and assigned to customer orgs. For more info on License Management head to https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000333722&type=1&mode=1
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LMS
Learning Management System.
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LOA
Letter of Agreement.
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Location
A location can be a Campus. eg. Sydney Campus. Within a Location, we can define a list Faciities.
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LOO
Letter of Offer.
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LWC
Lightning web components.
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OOTB
Out of the box.
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RIO Connect
RIO Education's integration tool to connect to SaaS systems such as LMS, Finance. This is supplied by Cyclr.com.
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RIO Docs
RIO Education's document management tool, supplied by S-Docs.
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RIO Ed
RIO Education Student Information System
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RPL
Abbreviation for Recognition of Prior Learning.
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SF
Salesforce.com
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SIS
Abbreviation for Student Information System.
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SMS
Abbreviation for Student Management System.
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TCSI
Abbreviation for Transforming the Collection of Student Information. Instead of File Submission Reporting, Australia Government has tranformed using API Submission with TCSI.
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TDTM
Abbreviation for Table Driven Trigger Management.
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TEQSA
Abbreviation for Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. It is a required reporting for all Higher Education institutions in Australia.
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USI
Unique Student Identifier. An individual education number and record of VET training in Australia.
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VET
Vocational education and training.
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VSN
Victorian Student Number. A student identification number at government/non-government schools and VET institutions.