Information for Advisors
Purpose of Early Alerts
The purpose of early alerts is to provide a means of communication between faculty, students, and advisors so that:
- Students can address issues promptly enough in the semester to hopefully prevent serious consequences;
- Advisors can assist students in navigating their academic experience, and;
- Advisors can make referrals to campus resources, etc.
New This Term: Never Attended
NEW This Term:
ENGR 100/101 and the First-Year Writing Program (ENGL 150 – ENGL 161) will be entering a new “Never Attended” alert during weeks One and Two for students who have not attended (in hopes that those students will either start attending or drop the course before incurring penalties).
Never Attended Instructions for Advisors
Also, LARES continues to pilot the “Let Us Know How We Can Help” To-Do that they will raise on LARES students in response to “Please Work With Your Advisor” level flags. This gives the student a method of responding to the outreach directly through iAdvise and informing those in the network at the same time.
Instructions to a student on how to complete the To-Do:
OPEN SESSIONS for Managing Alerts in iAdvise
We have some open sessions for instructors and advisors. Visit our iAdvise page for our regular Open Hours.
Downloadable Guides for Advisors
The Early Alerts Implementation Working Group has provided those who get alerts for their students with a downloadable information guide:
Quick Guides
The full packet is broken down into helpful quick guides:
Early Alerts Dates and Deadlines
Never Attended Alerts
Spring Never Attended Alerts will be entered for First Year Writing Program courses and ENGR 100/101 between the Friday of Week 1 (January 17th) and the Wednesday of Week 2 (January 21st).
First-Year Seminar Alerts
Spring 2026 alerts will be deployed and entered between Monday, January 26th through Monday, February 3rd.
Business Core Alerts
Spring 2026 alerts for the Business Core courses (ACTG 210 & 211; BA 200; FIN 300; IDS 200, 270 & 355; MGMT 340 & 350; and MKTG 360) will begin on Monday, February 2nd and end on Sunday, March 1st.
Foreign Language Courses
Spring 2026 Alerts entry will begin on Monday, February 2nd and Early Alerts are due by Monday, February 9th for foreign language faculty.
First Year Writing Program
Spring 2026 Alerts entry will begin on Monday, February 9th and Early Alerts are due by Monday, February 22nd for First Year Writing Program faculty.
Math Courses
For Spring 2026 instructors of MATH 105, 108, 110, 121, 125, 140, 141, 160, 165, 170, 180, 181, 210, 220, STAT 101, and STAT 130 alerts open on Monday, February 2nd and end on Sunday, March 1st on the following schedule:
- MATH 105: Monday, February 9th – Sunday, February 22nd (Week 5 through Week 6)
- MATH 108: Monday, February 9th – Sunday, February 22nd (Week 5 through Week 6)
- MATH 110: Monday, February 16th – Sunday, March 1st (Week 6 through Week 7)
- MATH 121: Monday, February 9th – Sunday, February 22nd (Week 5 through Week 6)
- MATH 140: Managed via iAlert (i.e., flags will be raised independently)
- MATH 141: Managed via iAlert (i.e., flags will be raised independently)
- MATH 160: Monday, February 16th – Sunday, March 1st (Week 6 through Week 7)
- MATH 165: Monday, February 16th – Sunday, March 1st (Week 6 through Week 7)
- MATH 170: Monday, February 2nd – Sunday, February 15th (Week 4 through Week 5)
- MATH 180: Monday, February 2nd – Sunday, February 15th (Week 4 through Week 5)
- MATH 181: Monday, February 9th – Sunday, February 22nd (Week 5 through Week 6)
- MATH 210: Monday, February 2nd – Sunday, February 15th (Week 4 through Week 5)
- MATH 220: Monday, February 2nd – Sunday, February 15th (Week 4 through Week 5)
- STAT 101: Monday, February 9th – Sunday, February 22nd (Week 5 through Week 6)
- STAT 130: Monday, February 16th – Sunday, March 1st (Week 6 through Week 7)
Chemistry Alerts
Chemistry alerts will be completed based on the exam schedule of the individual courses, starting February 2nd.
Kinesiology - Anatomy and Physiology Alerts
For Spring 2026, instructors of Kinesiology Anatomy and Physiology course alerts open on Monday, February 2nd.
Instructional Videos for Accessing and Managing Early Alerts in iAdvise
Our iAdvise Project Team have produced videos for accessing iAlert, the alerting component of iAdvise, which is powering Early Alerts. Advisors will be able to access their alerts in real time.