Demos

Take a look at the faculty/staff view and student view of Starfish. Find step-by-step instructions on these features in our how-to guides.

Faculty/Staff View

• Progress surveys and tracking items
  • Completing a progress survey — Video walkthrough for instructors and teaching assistants on the steps to complete a progress survey (3 minutes, 0 seconds)
    • Tracking items on progress surveys – List of feedback options available in Starfish for the Early Indicators and the Mid-Semester Progress Surveys, along with email messages sent from those tracking items
  • Manage course-based tracking items (for advisers) – Video tutorial on how to use the tracking tab and the assign function to manage outreach to students with course-based flags, follow up with students, and resolve flags (6 minutes, 36 seconds)
  • Resolve a to-do – Video tutorial on how to resolve a to-do in Starfish, whether a standalone to-do or a to-do that is part of a larger Success Plan (51 seconds)
  • Manage progress survey outreach (for advisers) – Recorded webinar on using Starfish to find students who may need additional advising support, discussing recommended practices for documenting outreach and follow-up efficiently (44 minutes, 23 seconds)
• New Student Orientation (NSO) – Video tutorials for NSO Advisers and others for using Starfish functionality for New Student Orientation
• The Graduate School – Video tutorials for Graduate School processes manage through Starfish
• College of Medicine – Video tutorials for College of Medicine processes managed through Starfish
• Nese College of Nursing – Video tutorials for College of Nursing processes managed through Starfish
• World Campus – Video tutorials for World Campus faculty/staff on how to use campus-specific features
• Kiosks and services
  • Review and update your Starfish kiosks – Video tutorial on how to review and update your Starfish kiosk, including an overview of the touchless in-person and remote drop-in kiosk options (4 minutes, 22 seconds)
  • Remote drop-in kiosks – Video walkthrough of the student and faculty/staff provider views of the remote drop-in kiosk (5 minutes, 24 seconds)
  • Touchless in-person kiosks – Video walkthrough of the student view of the Touchless In-Person Kiosk check-in process (2 minutes, 22 seconds)
  • Review and update your Starfish services – Video tutorial on how to review and update your scheduling and check-in services (2 minutes, 36 seconds)
• Starfish Role Management (SRM) — Video tutorials on how to use the SRM to assign roles for Starfish Role Managers

For all videos, see the Penn State Starfish channel on Kaltura.

Student View

• Tour of the Starfish student view: My Success Network, Dashboard, and Profile – Students see a simpler interface than faculty/staff users and primarily use Starfish to find and connect with people and offices. Take a video walkthrough of Starfish navigation and key features for students (3 minutes, 16 seconds)
• Make an appointment in Starfish — Video tutorial for students on how to make appointments in Starfish, as well as how to update or cancel existing appointments and troubleshoot problems with scheduling (5 minutes, 41 seconds)
• Mark your to-dos complete in Starfish —Video tutorial for students on how to mark to-dos complete in Starfish (1 minute, 48 seconds)

 –For all student videos, see the Penn State Starfish “Student View” playlist on Kaltura.