CAS Planning Guides: Advanced Strategies for Advisors Kristy Jacobs North, ASU Amy Fountain, Arizona CAS Arizona Academic Advising Conference – University of Arizona Session 4, Tuesday May 18, :45-noon

Overview What’s a Planning Guide? –Regular Planning Guides –Cross Reference Planning Guides Why use Planning Guides? –Planning Guides vs. the CEG –Planning Guides vs. Transfer Guides How can Planning Guides be used efficiently? –By Advisors –By Students How can Planning Guides be understood? Questions & Contact Info

What’s a Planning Guide? Planning Guides are provided by schools offering degrees –ASU, NAU & UA –Coming Soon? AGEC guides for community college students Planning Guides are created from within a CAS Account –CAS Account creation Planning Guides are interactive –They apply courses to degree requirements –They apply AGEC completion information Planning Guides are dynamic –They are processed in real time using current data –(Go to CAS!)Go to CAS!

How do I create a Guide? Go to CAS! ( > ‘Go to CAS!’ quicklink) Log in as a member –Create a new account, using any username/password you’d like –Log into an existing account Click “Planning Guides” –You may run guides whether or not you’ve entered courses into your portfolio. –Go to CAS!Go to CAS!

Regular vs. Cross- Reference Regular guides – –Show the program requirements and how “your courses” transfer and apply –Show how an AGEC transfers and applies Cross reference guides – –Also show all other courses at a school that could transfer and apply –Go to CAS!Go to CAS!

Why use a Planning Guide? Instead of the CEG? –The planning guide automatically finds the equivalency rule for the correct year/term. –The planning guide uses live data – the historical CEG pages are not refreshed regularly. –The planning guide shows how a course will transfer AND APPLY to degree requirements! –Go to CAS!Go to CAS!

Why use a Planning Guide? Instead of the Transfer Guides –The planning guide uses live data – the Transfer Guides are static. –The planning guide shows how a student’s courses will transfer – the Transfer Guides are not personalized. –Go to CAS!Go to CAS!

Efficient use of Planning Guides For advisors? –Create a CAS account to store cross-reference guides for programs you advise towards –Be familiar enough with the process of generating guides so that you can help students to learn For students? –Ask students to create a guide before they meet with you – then use the guide to aid discussion –Go to CAS!Go to CAS!

Understanding Planning Guides Planning guides are DARS reports –Each school may have it’s own abbreviations and codes –Reviewing ASU, NAU and UA Planning Guides –Use the Your CAS Team link to ask questions about the guides “Find an Advisor” >> “Your CAS Team”Your CAS Team –Go to CAS!Go to CAS!

Comments & Questions? Kristy Jacobs-North, ASU Amy Fountain, AzCAS