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Registration Testing Back on Schedule
On Wednesday night, October 21, 2026, Ellucian notified the TCCS project team that they delivered a solution to one of the problems that halted testing of registration and related billing scheduled for this week. The problem prevented configuration of registration rules, course requisites, and grading in our Test and Dev environments. Ellucian's team is still researching the root cause of the problem.
The TCCS team created an updated testing schedule for the next two weeks and it is available on Box. It will also be sent to the registrars and student accounts managers later today, October 23, 2026. Testing will resume in the currently scheduled testing sessions. We will schedule the remaining degree audit test cases after a fix for elective pools is released. We do not have a date for that yet, but Ellucian has stated that it will be within the next month.
Roadmap and Release Calendar Updates for Anthology Student
Fall 2026 Roadmap: Ellucian released their Fall 2026 Anthology Student Roadmap on October 21, 2026. Key upcoming changes featured in the roadmap are:
- "move and lock" functionality for course categories on degree progress audits for greater control of exceptions,
- an AI transcript reader to facilitate importing transfer credit (approval remains with the system user),
- creation of course sections directly from a new "class schedule projections" screen, and
- ongoing regulatory updates, including those needed for compliance with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
The roadmap also provides an overview of the Ellucian Student Flex product built using the Anthology Student data model on the Ellucian Student platform which will be available beginning January 2027. In their webinar regarding the roadmap, Ellucian reiterated that they will continue to develop and support Anthology Student, stating that none of the functionality will be deprecated and current clients will not be required to transition to the new Ellucian Student Flex product.
For more information you can find the Anthology Product Roadmap presentation deck on Box. Log onto the Ellucian Customer Center (instructions for creating an account are below under Resources) to watch a recording of their Fall 2026 Roadmap webinar.
Updated 2026 Release Calendar: In addition, Ellucian provided the latest update to their 2026 Anthology Student release calendar on October 1, 2026. The next release, 26.3.1, will be in our Test environment by Monday, October 26 and will include a new CommonLine grade level field and SOR calculation features in compliance with OBBBA requirements. For more information you can review the full 2026 Release Calendar on Box. You can also find future Anthology Student release calendars and notes by keyword search on the Ellucian Customer Center.
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