PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: This week’s iAdvise News and Tip – Staff Preferred First Name and tips for filtering!

Posted on February 09, 2020

Here's this week's news from the iAdvise Project Team and a tip about how to use a "wildcard" when using filtering:

  • Staff Preferred First Name - For those staff members who have a preferred first name that they use, we have an update! As announced at the Fall Advising Summit, iAdvise accommodates preferred first name for both students and staff. For those staff members who have had a preferred first name in the UIC Phonebook, your preferred name is now your first name in iAdvise. For those staff members who would like to use a preferred first name that is not currently in the phonebook, please visit the My Profile section of My UI Info and follow the directions for name changes. There may be further changes to this staff preferred name process and we will keep you updated as we hear more!
  • Using a Wildcard for Filtering Overview Data - Filtering can be helpful in iAdvise, and you can filter on the Students Tab or the Tracking Tab using any criteria you see in the Overview. But we know that filtering can be a bit tricky, so one of the best advantages you have at your fingertips is using a wildcard to have iAdvise search based upon a pattern. In iAdvise, you use an asterisk (*) in place of data to get all results that match the portion of the criteria you've chosen. Here's an example:
    • If you're filtering for all of your students who started as first-year students, you can use the Banner Cohort item from the overview and use a wildcard to get students from different entering first-year cohorts by using the following pattern - *FRSH.
    • Come to iAdvise Open Hours and we can work with you on filtering if you want to practice with us!

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.