Transcript Ivy Advising: Starfish

2013 Adjunct Faculty Conference
February 23, 2013
IVY Advising: Starfish
What is Starfish?
 Part of Ivy Advising
 Student success programs to improve student
retention
 Online student success environment, facilitating
programming for academic advising
Background
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Business requirements gathered
RFP
Vendor chosen – Starfish
Implementation in phases
Went live October 1, 2012
Student Demo
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Starfish from the student perspective
Student flag raised
Process and what the student sees
Interaction with faculty
Interaction with advisor
Starfish Dashboard
Raising a Flag
Student View – Dashboard (future)
Success/Statistics
Fall 2012 Flags Raised
 1st Class Missed
 Academic Concern
 Academic Plan Concern
 Attendance/Participation
 General
 Missing/Late Assignments
 Low Grade
Total
183
46,308
78
18,906
307
16,126
831
82,739
Success/Statistics
Fall 2012 Kudos
Positive Academic Performance
Showing Improvement
Total
40,356
7,024
47,380
Total Unique Student’s reached 53,429
Phase I Functionality
 Early alert capabilities
 Flags and Kudos
 Interface with Banner for Name, C#, Email and Phone (all
demographic information)
 Prioritize and track flags
 View personalized Student List and Student Folders
 Send a message to the student – email, text/sms, Facebook
private message
 Send a message to the students’ instructors, the flag raiser, or
the students’ advisors
 Add a comment to the flag
 Resolve a flag
 Create an action plan to resolve the concern with a series of
to-dos and referrals the student can see
Phase II Functionality
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Uploaded IAP available in Starfish, interactive IAP
available in Phase III
Ability to filter students based on their participation in an
ASA course (or any other course) and review their
performance in those courses
Ability to search student lists /students with tracking
items based on course or program
System flag on students who are repeating a course
that they had previously taken
Student To-Do’s and Referrals
Enhanced Reporting Developed
Future Plans
 Phase IIB (Spring 2013)
– Appointments
– Student View
– Student Reminders
 Phase III (May, 2013)
– Automates Individualized Academic Plan
– Reporting
 Phase IV (August, 2013)
– Case Management
– Financial Aid Early Alert