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.

For fullest context (e.g., to see emails sent to students and suggested syllabus language for faculty), be sure to review the other Early Alerts pages (in the menu on the upper left). 

New This Term: Never Attended

NEW This Term:

Early Alert Courses in Math, the First-Year Writing Program, and ENGR 100/101 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

We have also added the ability to filter for students who are in any Early Alerts course(s) by using the “in Early Alerts Course(s)” cohort in the My Students and Tracking tabs of iAdvise.

The “Let Us Know How We Can Help” To-Do that LARES piloted in response to “Please Work With Your Advisor” level flags is still available. This gives the student a method of responding to the outreach directly through iAdvise and informing those in the network at the same time.

Workflow documentation

Instructions to a student on how to complete the To-Do are available on the student Early Alerts page.

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

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.