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Advising Management Systems Your campus student information system has all the student data you need to do your work, but sometimes it’s hard to get the data you need when you need it. Third party tools are often used "to get the data out." Some such tools are being developed to respond to the specific needs of academic advising. These provide advisor scheduling, data management, contact information, advising notes and communication, assessment tools, and more all in one place. How do we make decisions about these tools, which most often are purchased and require the time and resources of more than one unit on campus? Hear about a few tools, and see what they might do for you. In addition, get some tips on how to think through whether an advising management system is right for you.

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What do you need to be able to do that would make your academic advising/adminstrative work more manageable?
Assume for a moment that time, knowledge, and resources are not at issue.
What do you do "by hand" that you can envision could be done digitally?
What do you wish you could do that you can't do but you think can be done?


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MKEscobar What would make your academic advising work more manageable? 2 Feb 20 2009, 4:25 AM EST by JoAnnSchrass
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I would like to be able to type in advising notes to the student's electronic file and save them. We are using a PeopleSoft product, but the advising module has not yet been rolled out so we have no such capability yet. What are others using? Purchasing a new campus wide system is not an option.
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kthurmnd What would make your academic advising work more manageable? 9 Mar 6 2009, 1:40 PM EST by starfishsolutions
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What do you need to be able to do that would make your academic advising/adminstrative work more manageable?
Assume for a moment that time, knowledge, and resources are not at issue.
What do you do "by hand" that you can envision could be done digitally?
What do you wish you could do that you can't do but you think can be done?

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kthurmnd Vendors in our midst 0 Feb 26 2009, 3:32 PM EST by kthurmnd
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You may have noticed that we have attracted some vendors, notably AdvisorTrac and Starfish Solutions. This is an excellent connection between our brain blow out of "things we want to see in the first advising management system" and the people who have the potential to actually put such a product out there for us to buy. There has also been some interest on Twitter in our list. So make sure to add things to the list if you don't see your hopes an dreams represented. Where's "the list?" See AMS Specs.
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