Responding to progress surveys? Use these resources to manage your workload and guide outreach: Check best practices for resolving flags in our Starfish Info FAQs Find and manage tracking items that academic advisers should be addressing (or watch the video demo) Find...
News and Updates
Sharing student progress after surveys close
Mid-Semester Progress Surveys have closed for the spring 2024 semester. Once the survey period is over, individual progress surveys cannot be reopened. However, we recognize there are reasons why instructors may be unable to complete the survey within the survey...
Dates for spring 2024 progress survey periods
Instructors and TAs will be asked to provide feedback to students in their full-semester undergraduate courses at two points in the spring semester. Early Indicators Survey: Monday, January 22 – Wednesday, January 31 Mid-Semester Progress Survey: Monday, February 19 –...
Known Issue: Emails and Outlook Calendar Integration
Update (11/30/2023, 11:30 a.m.): The issue causing Starfish not to communicate with email and calendars has been resolved. Please check your Starfish Dashboard or Appointment Calendar for communications that may not have been sent while this functionality was down....
Manage progress reporting outreach (for academic advisers)
Training update: View a recorded webinar on using Starfish to manage outreach when following up on progress surveys.
Dates for fall 2023 progress reporting
Instructors and TAs will be asked to provide feedback to students in their full-semester undergraduate courses at two points in the fall semester. Early Progress Report (EPR): Tuesday, September 5 – Wednesday, September 13 Mid-Semester Progress Report: Monday, October...
New Attributes for Semester Transitions
New attributes are now visible in the “Overview” screen of the Starfish student folder. These attributes are intended to assist you in helping students transition from one semester to the next in their enrollment (e.g., during course registration or academic reviews).
Sharing student progress after surveys close
The Mid-Semester Progress Reporting period has closed for the spring 2023 semester. Once the reporting period has closed, individual progress surveys cannot be reopened. However, we recognize there are reasons why instructors may be unable to complete the survey...
Dates for spring 2023 progress reporting
Instructors and TAs will be asked to provide feedback to students in their full-semester undergraduate courses at two points in the spring semester. Early Progress Report (EPR): Mon., Jan. 23 – Wed., Feb. 1 Mid-Semester Progress Report: Mon., Feb. 20 – Mon., Mar. 20...
New attributes and display in the Starfish student folder
Over winter break, updates will be made to the “Overview” screen of the Starfish student folder to make Starfish attributes more user friendly: (1) Attributes will be reordered under headers, sorting student information by topic. (2) Several new attributes will be visible with this update, and several more are in active development. The updates will make finding attributes on the “Overview” screen easier and more intuitive and add actionable pieces of information for supporting students.
