Showing posts with label Advising History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advising History. Show all posts

Monday, July 18, 2011

Follow-up on Comments

Similar to marking a Comment on a student's record as "Critical", you can now mark a Comment on a student's record for "Follow-up". Advisors experience great demands on their time and attention, and it can be difficult to keep track of the various students who require follow-up. With the new Follow-up feature for Comments in the Advisement Database, you can set a reminder in the student's record and the system will remind you on the date you specify.

To set a follow-up reminder, just enter a Comment onto the student's record, check the "follow-up" box towards the bottom of the Comment screen and enter the date you would like to receive the follow-up reminder. Once the Comment is saved, the Follow-up Flag icon will be turned on in the student's record.

You will be able to search the Student List for all students with a pending Follow-up Flag set by you. On the date you have specified for follow-up, you will receive a system email including the student information and the text of the previously saved Comment. Once the date of follow-up have passed, the Follow-up Flag will be turned off for that student.

Announcement Email Tab

Emails categorized as "Announcement" will now be separated from other advising content in a separate "Announcement" tab. This will help advisors see the more critical items in a student's advising history without having to sift through numerous announcement emails.

All emails labeled as "Announcement" and group emails sent before the email categories were implemented in July 2009 will be listed under the Announcement tab.