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easy to use for a computer literate student wouldor thinkone thiswho wasis frustratingnot
able to do mini surveys
advisorlink probablyto candegree getaudit, SAPRcourses, ADVISORTRACgrades, EASEetc... (language of the software or the institution rather than plain language)
areability thereto boundariesavoid onlingo...let us name the appointments…whatpages, arecategories, theand reasonsprovide forbranded theinformation appointments?(plain atlanguage random,rather orthan whateverhigher ed language)
build in inventories (personal, career, academic, etc)
chat would(would allow students to clarify need for appointment or the right advisor communication system in general general)
conflictingneed directionscommunication re:tools SAPRto control of pushing out information to advisees from information pushed out from a central source
could use Outlook Calendar to do the sameneed thinggood ifreporting youtools couldand geta someonegood tocalendar do(outlook theor reportinggoogle)
degree audit that you can read accurate readable and legible to a student; student
user friendly. friendly
include degree plans like degree works
developmental advising hint: to do list for the student…follow up….action plan
developmental advising hint: did it have the effect you desired (assessment) with all students, that student, a group of students
did they have a conversation before making an appointment? drop down lists need to be in student language
early alert/faculty feedback/midterm grades
email or phone reminder systems
FAQs are not in the right place
follow the rules of the institution re advisor assignment or not
google calendar just as well…probably would be easier to do reporting graduation planner (University of Minnesota) as a model for degree plan
integrate communication into an on demand system
integrate with outlook calendar (or other calendars) so advisors don’t have to keep two calendars
let me choose a major but didn’t allow meadvisor toand findstudent themust rightbe advisorrelated
like it to talk to my outlook calendar
link together all the message about advising (depts. admissions, advising)
looks good
major was not there manage the content and results of the meeting with a student (visit notes)
need advisor assignments and access to them
need customized lists by type of student (prospective especially)
need to be able to pick more than one reason for the visit
needs a portal entry page before the link to appt and SAPR
not allow students to make/miss/cancel appointments outside of reasonable bounds
notneed to be clear instructions on how to make the appointment
notification to other advisors/faculty members about students interested in their discipline (referrals system)
places for open ended comments…we liked this at the reason for appointment
opportunity to record some reflective thinking (eportfolio)
phone contact information seems a little harsh
don't be prescriptive in nature
query tools to select subsets of students recognize assigned advisor; advisor
only make appointment with assigned advisor
record/register what info was given (visit notes)
build in reflective moments for the student, time to digest information reg?
relational database
reminder to the advisor too
RSS on home page for dates and deadlines
seek another advisor, but there is only one advisor send a reminder on advising appointment the evening before (to cell etc)etc vontoo)
should automatically generate an SAPRdocuments needed if they make an appointment with an advisor who requires SAPRsystem generated documents
should talk to SISinformation system and find courses, grades, degree audit, other info needed for advising
some advisors list no availability and no telephone; no link to that advisor
some majors have no advisors….most
sometimes we just want a real personperson; firstmake specializationit easy to do that
student workers could help by triaging students; make it easy for students to help us
could also benefit from integrated outlook calendar (smart phone)
students wouldn’t navigate it if there werehelp technology averse telephone number is small, not at the front end, but there is a phone number ten reasons for some advisors three reasonsbe forable othersto navigate
trigger follow up contacts
triggerstrigger fordesired student behavior
make it user friendly
walkins available-does the student know what that means?
want to pick the reason rather the advisor
watch the typos
week view may distract students from realizing there is a future week with different availability
What is SAPR??? Student Academic Progress Report where do you go for undecided??? where is the “general advisor” would have to communicate ahead of time what they were doing when they hit this link