New Marine Corps Institute Command Unit Verification Reports Application and Digital DP-37 MCI Exam Answer Sheet
This MARADMIN announces the Marine Corps Institute's new Command Unit Verification Reports (Command UVR) application and Digital DP-37 MCI exam answer sheet system, effective August 1, 2005. All units must transition from the legacy UVR system to the new Command UVR application, which provides enhanced security and enables training personnel to manage course enrollments and submit exam answer sheets electronically with immediate pass/fail results.
Issued: July 28, 2005
1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES THE MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE'S (MCI) NEW COMMAND UNIT VERIFICATION REPORTS (COMMAND UVR) APPLICATION AND THE DIGITAL DP-37 MCI EXAM ANSWER SHEET, AND PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR USE. 2. SITUATION A. COMMAND UVR: THE COMMAND UVR IS THE NEXT GENERATION UVR APPLICATION BUILT WITH THE LATEST WEB TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE GREATER ACCOUNT SECURITY, CONFIDENTIALITY AND RELIABILITY. IT ENABLES TRAINING OFFICERS AND NCOS TO GROUP AND MANAGE SUBORDINATE UNITS BY MONITORED COMMAND CODE (MCC)/REPORTING UNIT CODE (RUC). ACCESS TO COMMAND UVR IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MARINE'S MCI ONLINE ACCOUNT. COMMAND UVR ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR RANK REQUIREMENTS REMAIN CAPTAIN AND ABOVE OR 1STSGT/MSGT. DUE TO MCI REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAM PROCTORING, SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY, ACCESS TO THE NEW DIGITAL DP-37 ANSWER SHEET APPLICATION WILL BE THROUGH THE COMMAND UVR APPLICATION. B. DIGITAL DP-37 MCI EXAM ANSWER SHEET: THE DIGITAL DP-37 APPLICATION IS A FASTER, MORE RELIABLE AND SECURE MEANS TO SUBMIT PAPER-BASED COURSE EXAM ANSWER SHEETS TO MCI FROM ANY COMPUTER WITH INTERNET ACCESS. THE DIGITAL DP-37 PROVIDES IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK; MARINES WILL RECEIVE INSTANTANEOUS PASS/FAIL RESULTS FOR ALL EXAMS SUBMITTED USING THIS APPLICATION. MCI STUDENT RECORDS WILL BE UPDATED IMMEDIATELY UPON EXAM ANSWER SHEET SUBMISSION, THE NUMERICAL GRADE WILL POST TO THE MCI DATABASE FOR VIEWING ON MCI ONLINE IMMEDIATELY, AND THE STUDENT'S MCTFS STUDENT RECORDS WILL BE UPDATED THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. STUDENT RECORDS IN OTHER SYSTEMS, INCLUDING MARINE ONLINE, WILL BE UPDATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION POLICY. 3. MISSION. ALL UNITS WILL TRANSITION FROM THE CURRENT "LEGACY" UVR TO THE NEW COMMAND UVR APPLICATION. MARINES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR MCI PAPER-BASED COURSE EXAM ANSWER SHEETS ELECTRONICALLY USING THE NEW DIGITAL DP-37 APPLICATION. UNIT TRAINING PERSONNEL MAY CONTINUE TO SUBMIT COMPLETED MCI PAPER-BASED COURSE EXAM ANSWER SHEETS VIA MAIL, FAX OR AS A SCANNED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EMAIL ATTACHMENT. IF FAX OR EMAIL MEANS ARE USED, CONTACT MCI BEFOREHAND TO ALERT STUDENT SERVICES AND PROVIDE POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION. 4. EXECUTION A. EFFECTIVE 1 AUGUST 2005, UNIT ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATORS SHALL REQUEST NEW COMMAND UVR ACCOUNTS FOR THEIR UNITS. MCI WILL NORMALLY ISSUE NEW ACCOUNTS WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY OF APPLICATION. NEW ACCOUNT HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE E-MAIL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ADD AN MCC/RUC TO THEIR ACCOUNT AND GRANT ACCOUNT ACCESS FOR THEIR TRAINING OFFICERS AND/OR NCOS. (1) TO ACCESS YOUR UNIT'S COMMAND UVR ACCOUNT, USERS SHALL GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEB LINK: WWW.MCI.USMC.MIL/COMMANDUVR. TO ADD OR MANAGE COMMAND UVR USERS, ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATORS SHALL GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEB LINK: WWW.MCI.USMC.MIL/COMMANDUVR/ADDUSERS. TO ADD OR MANAGE AN MCC/RUC, COMMAND UVR ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATORS SHALL GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEB LINK: WWW.MCI.USMC.MIL/COMMANDUVR/ADDRUCMCCS. (2) ALL TRAINING PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED ACCESS TO A UNIT'S COMMAND UVR ACCOUNT WILL BE ABLE TO USE COMMAND UVR TO ENROLL UNIT MARINES IN MCI COURSES, MANAGE UNIT ENROLLMENTS, SUBMIT ANSWER SHEETS ONLINE WITH THE DIGITAL DP-37 APPLICATION, AND GENERATE AND SAVE UNIT TRAINING REPORTS. DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS AND TUTORIALS FOR COMMAND UVR ACCOUNT USERS ARE POSTED ON THE COMMAND UVR WEBSITE. B. EFFECTIVE 1 AUGUST 2005, MARINES ENROLLED IN EITHER MCI (REDBOOK) OR DISTANCE PME (DPME) PAPER-BASED COURSES ARE AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THEIR COURSE EXAM ANSWER SHEETS ELECTRONICALLY USING THE DIGITAL DP-37 APPLICATION THROUGH THEIR TRAINING OFFICERS/NCOS. C. THE "LEGACY" UVR APPLICATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR EXISTING ACCOUNTS. HOWEVER, NO NEW "LEGACY" UVR ACCOUNTS WILL BE CREATED AND ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL DP-37 APPLICATION IS ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NEW COMMAND UVR APPLICATION. 5. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS A. REFER MCI COURSE ENROLLMENT AND EXAM QUESTIONS TO MCI'S STUDENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES AT 800-MCI-USMC OR THE PME HELP DESK AT 202-685-7622 (DSN: 325). B. REFER QUESTIONS CONCERNING COMMAND UVR AND DIGITAL DP-37 TO EITHER: (1) MCI DEPUTY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; MAJ S. C. BRZOSTOWSKI, COMMAND UVR AND DIGITAL DP-37 POLICY POC (202) 685-7517 (DSN: 325), OR (2) MCI WEBMASTER; MR. MATT G. DYOR, COMMAND UVR AND DIGITAL DP-37 TECHNICAL POC (202) 685-7493 (DSN: 325). 6. COMMAND AND SIGNAL. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE TOTAL FORCE MARINE CORPS. BT