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This is a glossary of some of the "terms" that you will hear being used by Brookdale employees in  Colleague related discussions.  It is hoped that this list will help you to better understand their meaning.

Colleague An intergrated computer software package designed to handle a wide range of college and university applications.
Collegis The company that is Brookdale's business partner and provides information technology support to the College.
Datatel The corporation that developed and sells the software known as "Colleague".
Directionals North, South, East, West.. are abbreviated N, S, E, W by the program.
Legacy System This is term used to describe the "old" computer system that College replaced.  Often referred to as "PDS".
NAE The Name and Address Entry screen
OIT The Office of Information Technology(OIT) is the local department of Collegis providing Brookdale with information technology support.
Release 16 The current level of Colleague that is now being used by Brookdale.
Screen The computer monitor display that Colleague presents to input or extract data.

 

 

 

 

 
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