PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: iAdvise News and Tips – Looking for your new first-year students – filter for them!

Posted on August 29, 2021

The iAdvise Project Team has a tip or you:

Looking to get a contact list for your first-year students? You can filter for your first-year students!

You can filter for quite a bit of information in iAdvise including students of different types - at this time of year, it can be helpful to get a list of the first-year students you are working with...

To filter for first-year students prior to the tenth day, you can do the following:

  1. Go to your Students Menu;
  2. Make sure you have the connections you need - for assigned advisees you will need to be in Primary Advisor, for success units ensure you are using your role where students are associated to you; or if you're administrator make sure to pick your college or unit role;
  3. Click "Add Filter";
  4. Got to the "Attributes" section;
  5. Click "Add Attribute" and select "Student Type" under "Attribute";
  6. In Value - select "Specific Value";
  7. In the text box enter *Freshman* - don't forget that the asterisk (*) is a wildcard and putting it in front and in back of the word will get you any combination of words that include Freshman
    1. You've now selected the first-year student type, but you want to make sure that you're getting this year's new students...
  8. Now select an additional "Attribute" and add "First Term";
  9. In the Value section, select "Specific Value" and add 220218 for the term;
  10. Press Submit and you should get your list of this Fall 2021 first-year students.

After the 10th day of the term, it's gets easier to filter - you can filter for only one "Attribute" - select "Banner Cohort" and make a specific value "220218FRSH". Banner cohorts get added to iAdvise after the 10th day of the term.

If you need help from our iAdvise Helpdesk, please email iadvisehelp@uic.edu. iAdvise Web Link - iadvise.uic.edu. OAD hosts iAdvise Open Hours EVERY WEEK and the hours are posted there - just come by and ask any question you want or give us a call! No previously scheduled time needed.