WHAT’S IN YOUR ADVISING TOOLKIT Rachel Hall Assistant Director Pre-major Advising Center Pre-major Advising Center

Personal Introduction Been with Radford for almost 11 years Became an advisor in 2010 Work primarily with new freshman With all of the issues new students come in with such as transition, first gen, financial concerns, not being sure what they want to do, I became increasingly interested in advising efficiency and technology I co-created the Advising Website Member of the Agile Advisor Implementation Alert liaison for the past academic year Member of the Starfish Implementation team I love students and care deeply about their success and campus interactions, I wanted to do this presentation to help you become more familiar with the tools available to students, parents, professional staff and advisors Pre-major Advising Center

Academic Advising Website www.radford.edu/advising The AA website was created in 2013. Our goal was to create a centralized location for students, parents, faculty and advisors to find information for all of the academic advising centers on campus. The website also contains resources for professional and faculty advisors. -portal to other advising centers -faculty advising resources -Student Resources Net Tutor FOCUS 2 Pre-major Advising Center

FOCUS 2 https://www.focuscareer2.com/Index.cfm FOCUS 2-very useful for students trying to learn more about themselves as well as strengths and weaknesses. Generates RU majors based on student answers as well as possible careers. Great for parallel plans Students are often limited in their knowledge of careers. This helps to students to learn about possible careers. It’s getting a new look. Make sure you look out for emails from the Career Center or ask your Career Center Representative about the upcoming changes. Pre-major Advising Center

Desire 2 Learn from the MyRU portal Presentation at 10:30 will go in depth of D2L can be used for advising Show them D2L Point out advising syllabus and importance of an advising syllabus Online modules can be as complicated and simple as they wish Pre-major Advising Center

iGrad www.igrad.com Pre-major Advising Center Financial literacy tool Can be found on the Financial Aid website Financial management course Fundamentals of money management, career development and how to pay off student loans Use Job Genius to find personalized job opportunities and track your high priority searches. With the Job Genius Resume Analyzer, you can improve your resume by automatically analyzing potential jobs for the keywords you should add to your resume to help get noticed by employers! Student loan repayment calculators Personal Finance Webinars Your account continues after you graduate Pre-major Advising Center

OrgSync from the MyRU portal Can be accessed from the MyRU portal OrgSync creates an online community for campus that helps departments, programs, and all member-based organizations streamline processes and drive engagement. Say something about the importance of student engagement and retention Not only is it the hub for Greek organizations, it also connects students to clubs that reflect their own interests as well as service opportunities Pre-major Advising Center

NACADA https://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources.aspx Advising Theory Professional Development Opportunities Clearinghouse Scholarly articles on advising hot topics written by other NACADA members Pre-major Advising Center

Pinterest www.pinterest.com You must create an account Can be used to find graphics or visuals Also great for specific topics Pre-major Advising Center

What’s Coming? Pre-major Advising Center

STARFISH Pre-major Advising Center Starfish We recently purchased Starfish Connect and Early Alert at the beginning of April Project sponsors are Dr. Scartelli, Mark Shanley and Danny Kemp Starfish launch date of August 8th Implementation is currently underway There is a representative from every college as well as representation from Career Services, the LARC and Student Affairs Calendar for appointments Student Notes Alerts and Kudos Pre-major Advising Center

Degree Works Student Educational Planner VPN issue before would not allow students onto the system to update their planner The Registrar’s Office has been working with Ellucian to get the problem fixed. Ready to launch for fall semester Will allow students and advisor to create academic plans and goals within Degree Works If a student wants to make changes to their major, it will allow students to choose What-If scenarios . Will take the classes they are currently taking and plug them in to the requirements of another major. Will let a student know they are off track with their current major. Pre-major Advising Center

Transfer Equivalency Self-Service is an online tool for prospective students that lets you check your transfer course credits and college credit examination scores. Quickly see how your classes and test scores will count towards a degree Students can choose an intended degree, major, and their admitted academic term Choose the school from which you are transferring from and enter the grade, credits, and term for each course taken OR Choose the college credit examination you completed and enter your score You'll receive an unofficial academic degree audit that lists the courses remaining to complete your degree Pre-major Advising Center

PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN IN YOUR EVALUATION AND THANK YOU FOR COMING! Pre-major Advising Center