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POLICY online and offline learning strate- ing students facing strict health
INITIATIVES gies that were determined by the regulations on social mobility,
faculty based on their applicabil- social distancing, and mass gath-
Adoption of ity in the subjects they teach, and ering, the University advanced
Flexi-work schedules the prevailing conditions of both online pre-admission and online
from Civil Service
Commission the teacher and student in their enrollment system upon the de-
respective localities. It is in this velopment of Student Automated
Development of ISU manner that the University has College Admission, Registration,
CoViD-19 Emergency seen the potential of digitizing its Information and Accounting Sys-
Protocol instruction approaches, thereby tem version 1.0 (SACARIAS v1.0).
Establishment of Uni- fostering principles of Education The system had its debut on
versity CoViD-19 Task 4.0. the University’s first ever online
Force In support of this, the Univer- pre-admission application last
Gearing of Minimum sity established Learning Resource June 2020. Modules of SACARIAS
Health Practices in all Management Center (LRMC) v1.0 provide automation of the
Campuses which served as versatile and following enrollment services: Stu-

Flexible Learning sustainable learning hub designed dent Module, Registration Module,
towards the attainment of a virtual Admission Module, Scholarship
educational environment. It also Module, Accounting Module, Ca-
functioned as a multi-functional shiering Module, and Faculty Mod-
center for training and seminars; ule. Currently, the system is used
capacity building for faculty mem- by ISU Echague (Main Campus),
bers, staff, and students; and hous- ISU Angadanan, ISU Jones, and ISU
ing of ICT equipment for faculty Santiago Extension.
members. The University has also re-
The learning hub facilitat- inforced other SUCs in digitizing
ed identification of appropriate their admission schemes. In July
Learning Management System 13, the University extended the
(LMS), a software application that use of SACARIAS v1.0 to Quiri-
is used to administer, document, no State University, followed by
track, report and deliver the learn- another tech transfer engagement
ing programs, with customizable with Batanes State College in July
interface to suit learning experi- 17.
ence of users. ISU Cabagan thru At the same time, the similar
Training and Competency-based system- Student Automated Regis-
Certification, Extension and Re- tration, Information, and Account-
search Center (TraCCER), together ing System (SARIAS)- also geared
with ISU Ilagan- pioneered Moo- online enrollment for ISU Cabagan,
dle-based LMS with names SeDi ISU Ilagan, ISU Cauayan, and ISU
(Self-Directed) and TelEdu, respec- Roxas.
tively.
Program Accreditation Status
Pre-Admission and Online ISU assures that its pro-
Enrollment grams meet quality standard by

With majority of the incom- continuously subjecting them to

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