2013 Adjunct Faculty Conference2013 Adjunct Faculty ConferenceFebruary 23, 2013

2013 Adjunct Faculty Conference2013 Adjunct Faculty ConferenceFebruary 23, 2013

IVY Advising: StarfishIVY Advising: StarfishIVY Advising: StarfishIVY Advising: Starfish

What is Starfish?What is Starfish?

Part of Ivy Advising Student success programs to improve

student retention Online student success environment,

facilitating programming for academic advising

BackgroundBackground

Business requirements gathered RFP Vendor chosen – Starfish Implementation in phases Went live October 1, 2012

Student DemoStudent Demo

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/StatisticsSuccess/Statistics

Fall 2012 Flags Raised1st Class Missed 183Academic Concern 46,308Academic Plan Concern 78Attendance/Participation 18,906General 307Missing/Late Assignments 16,126Low Grade 831 Total 82,739

Success/StatisticsSuccess/Statistics

Fall 2012 Kudos

Positive Academic Performance 40,356Showing Improvement 7,024Total 47,380

Total Unique Student’s reached53,429

Phase I FunctionalityPhase 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 FunctionalityPhase II Functionality 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 PlansFuture 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