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Starfish Early Alert & Connect
Student support through early academic identification and interventionSlide2
Starfish OverviewAccessing Starfish
Using Starfish
Communication Items & Progress ReportsFinding Students in Starfish
ObjectivesSlide3
What is Starfish?
Starfish is a retention software tool, embedded in Black Board, that allows students, instructors, and campus service providers to easily connect and communicate with one another.
“Student Success Network”
Specific to each student
Starfish allows Success Network members to easily:
Report student academic progress
Track/monitor student progress
Refer students to campus services
Schedule
appointments onlineSlide4
Why use Starfish?
Inform students of their course progress.
Encourage students to use programs like tutoring and supplemental instruction.
Support staff academic intervention through student early alert identification.Slide5
Accessing Starfish
A quick walkthroughSlide6
To access Starfish you must first sign in to Blackboard
bb9.tamucc.edu
Click “Log Into Blackboard Learn”Use your TAMUCC Credentials
Sign in to BlackboardSlide7
To access Starfish, simply click the “Starfish” link in the tools menu on the left side of your Blackboard screen
Accessing Starfish
CLICK HERESlide8
Starfish will prompt you to set up your profile for studentsThis process will include:
Setting Office Hours
First time in Starfish?
To skip, select CloseSlide9
Starfish Dashboard
Starfish Dashboard can be used to :
Access Starfish Progress Reports
(course hyperlink below System Announcement)
Add Office Hours
Record AttendanceSlide10
Communication Items & Progress Reports
Understanding and
Raising Items in StarfishSlide11
Using Starfish: Communication Items
Starfish has four
primary communication Items:Flags –
course progress warnings or alerts
Referrals –
student referrals to programs or services
To-dos –
student reminders
Kudos –
commendations
for
student effort/performanceSlide12
How does Starfish work?
Communication items and notes submitted in Starfish (Flag, Referral, To-do, or Kudo) are simultaneously communicated to both the student and the students’ success network of advisors, mentors, and other support personnel.
Campus support personnel prioritize academic intervention outreach depending on the frequency and magnitude of feedback submitted for students in Starfish.Slide13
Progress Reports
Starfish progress reports are administered at critical periods during a semester to help track the overall progress of students enrolled in Developmental, Freshmen, and Sophomore level courses.
Survey Period: approximately the 4
th
and 8
th
week of the long semester.Slide14
Faculty teaching Developmental, Freshmen, and Sophomore level courses will receive a Starfish progress report invitation via email.
The invitation includes:
InstructionsSurvey Open & Close dates
Progress Report Course List
Link to Starfish’s Progress Survey
video
Progress ReportsSlide15
When administered, Starfish progress reports will be located as a course hyperlink at the top of your homepage
Simply open the link and follow the instructions provided.
Progress Reports (continued)Slide16
Opening a progress report will provide the following:
Course Roster listed alphabetically
Options to submit “No Feedback” for students.Options to submit Kudos, Flags, and To-dos for students.Options to include unique messages for students when submitting
feedback.
Progress Report(continued)Slide17
How to Complete a Progress Survey (link)
Progress Report ExampleSlide18
To Access your students, Select “Students”, and then “My Students from the drop down options.
Access Your Students
CLICK HERESlide19
Search students individually, orStudents can be filtered by:
Course/section (Connection)
Semester term
Access Your
Students (continued)
Filter by Course
Search for Student
Filter by TermSlide20
Filter students according to Section.
Access Your
Students (Filtering)Slide21
For More Information
Visit the CASA website: http://
casa.tamucc.edu/starfish.phpContact:
Offices for Retention Support and Analytics
Center for Academic Student Achievement (CASA)
Glasscock Student Success Center 101A
361.825.3653
John Fortiscue - John.Fortiscue@tamucc.edu