Implementation of ILP
Meet the Implementation Team
Ellucian
| Name | Role | |
| Lascelles James | ILP Project Manager | lascelles.james@ellucian.com |
| Paul Czarapata | Senior Director | paul.czarapata@ellucian.com |
| Liliana Niembro | SAS Platform Consultant | liliana.niembro@ellucian.com |
| Greg Peters | Principal Consultant | greg.peters@ellucian.com |
System Office
| Name | Role | |
| Chris Wasko | ILP Project Manager | waskoc_ctr@nccommunitycolleges.edu |
| Kathy Davis | AVP, Distance Learning Technologies | davisk@nccommunitycolleges.edu |
| Birch Barnes | Director of Library Services | barnesb@nccommunitycolleges.edu |
| Ken Ramos | AVP, Infrastructure and Operations | kramos@nccommunitycolleges.edu |
Ellucian’s Intelligent Learning Platform (ILP)
Serves as the integration layer between Canvas, or any learning management system (LMS), and an ERP such as Colleague. It enables secure, automated data exchange by synchronizing student, faculty, and course information from Colleague (or Banner) to the LMS in near real time. ILP automates the provisioning, updating, and deactivation of user accounts, ensuring individuals have access to the appropriate courses and roles when needed. By eliminating manual account management, ILP reduces administrative effort, improves data accuracy, and maintains consistency across institutional systems.
Timeline
- The State Board of Community Colleges approved the purchase of ILP for all 58 community colleges at its May 15, 2026, meeting. The contract with Ellucian was signed June 30. The term is 7/1/26-6/30/27. (FC-04-Contract-for-Intelligent-Learning-Platform.pdf)
- Implementation of ILP is intended to be a parallel process with the Canvas Transition
- Find updated information at Transition to Canvas LMS - NCCCS
- Memo to Colleges from Patrick Fleming, 7/7/26
- Meetings with Ellucian ILP Team, 7/7/26 - present
- July 17 Memo to Colleges with Next Steps
- July 28 - Welcome to the Information Meeting to all colleges introducing the rollout schedule
Recommended Process for Implementation
Submit a response to the ILP survey which will address:
* Readiness Checklist confirming:
- Ethos Integration fully set up (test)
- Ethos Integration fully set up (prod)
- EDX triggers loaded and working
- GUID Generation complete
(Ellucian will provide a guide explaining the Readiness Checklist.)
Ellucian requests that each college provide names and emails for the following roles:
- Canvas LMS Administrator
- Colleague / ERP technical lead
- Registrar
- Other team members chosen by the college
- When all information is received, an Ellucian ILP Subject Matter Expert (SME) will be assigned to work with each college.
- SME will schedule two 4-hour training meetings to facilitate ILP set up. Set up meetings are scheduled with individual colleges.
- SME will troubleshoot issues arising during implementation.
Alternate Process for Implementation:
- Colleges may choose to set up ILP on their own using documentation provided by Ellucian. However, SMEs will be scheduled with other colleges if issues arise.
Three options for ILP Support are provided by Ellucian and the System Office IT Team
Submit a ticket to Service Now with an ILP Implementation tag. Tickets will be routed to the System Office IT Team under the guidance of Ken Ramos.
- 16 members of the System Office IT Team received Ellucian ILP training on July 23 and 24.
Escalation of a ticket by SO IT Team to Ellucian for Colleague integration issues.
Weekly office hours begin Thursday, August 13, 3:00-4:00, LINK.
These open meetings will be hosted by Ellucian ILP SMEs and the System Office IT team. College colleagues are encouraged to attend to have questions answered and to collaborate with other institutions regarding ILP implementation and management.
NCCCS Colleges With Existing ILP Contracts
Rollout Schedule for Colleges – 40 Colleges + System Office
Canvas Cohorts 1 & 2
(Priority implementation to support Canvas transition and Go Live)
Brunswick, Central Piedmont, Davidson-Davie, Wake Technical, Forsyth Technical, Halifax, McDowell Technical, Mitchell, Randolph, Sandhills, and Vance-Granville.
Initiation of rollout process has begun with Central Piedmont, Wake Technical, Sandhills, and Mitchell. These colleges will test the process and provide feedback on documentation and support.
Next Step: Information requests to be sent to additional eight Cohort 1 & 2 colleges.
Canvas Cohorts 3 & 4
ILP implementation will run parallel to Canvas transition. ILP process will initiate after Canvas kickoff meeting.
ILP and Canvas Go Live will be in synch.
Colleges included in this rollout (26 Colleges)
- Alamance
- Bladen
- Central Carolina
- College of The Albemarle
- Craven
- Edgecombe
- Gaston
- Haywood
- Isothermal
- James Sprunt
- Lenoir
- Martin
- Mayland
- Nash
- Pamlico
- Piedmont
- Richmond
- Roanoke-Chowan
- Sampson
- Southeastern
- Southwestern
- Tri-County
- Wayne
- Western Piedmont
- Wilkes
- Wilson
Existing Canvas Colleges
Rollout of ILP to three existing NCCCS Canvas colleges without ILP (Cape Fear, Durham Technical, Stanly) will proceed on the timetable recommended by each college.
ILP implementation will follow the same process.
Reimbursements to eighteen (18) colleges are based on individual college contract terms. The ILP System Contract term is July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027. Colleges will receive a reimbursement based on payments issued by the colleges prior to July 1, 2026.