1. WORKSHOP Cohort Tracking Tool and Student Voice Assessment Naida Simon, Ph.D. Laura Woodward, Ph.D.

2. STARS Cohort Tracking Tool

3. Development of STARS Cohort Tracking Tool Designed and created by Robert Berman over the past few years Implemented on the web by Wuhong Lu Suggestions provided by Paul Moniodis Tom Wilhelm Donna Alexander and others

4. The Goals of STARS To provide a user-friendly tool for Faculty, Academic Staff and administrators To make student information more accessible and understandable To enhance student services To improve student retention

5. The Cohort Tracking Tool A special menu option in STARS Designed to help discover retention trends regarding special groups such as: Learning Communities Other special cohorts Using this module, you can discover GPA Retention Graduation Other

6. Entering the Program

7. Disregard this Error Message

8. Logon to STARS Reports Use Pipeline AccessID/Password

9. Click on Cohort Tracking and Census

10. Click Cohort Tracking Tool (CTT)

11. Choosing What You Want Determine what you are discovering about your LC Necessary Items Cohort Term Effective Report Report Type Output Type Term End

12. THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR Make sure all fields are what you want they are for the correct term it is the right report it is in the right format

13. Click on the Cohort Link at the TopCohort Opens a document about existing cohorts.

14. Cohort Names 2007-2008 Learning Communities LC-HonorsA LC-Busines LC-CBS LC-Comeric LC-DCE LC-EnBRIDG LC-Ed-FYE LC-HEALTH LC-Honors LC-Ed-IT LC-EdIntro LC-Ed-Kin1 LC-Ed-KinP LC-EnLSAMP LC-AVET LC-Motown LC-EdMorri LC-ASTRONG LC-NUR LC-EdTeach LC-MathCor LC-350MAT LC-Eme1800 LC-Eme2010 LC-Eme2020

15. “Term Eff” Drop-down box displays all terms for which the cohort is defined.

17. GPA Report

18. GPA Report-Detail NAMEBanner ID Cohort TermGPA_HOURS_CUMQUALITY_POINTS_CUMGPA_CUM Lin, Maya12345678920060935137.993.9426 Hussain, Amy Anna123456789200609331324 Eapen, Adnan12345678920060927102.353.7907 George, Michelle Maroune12345678920060937137.673.7208 Datta, Jane12345678920060929115.013.9659 Kandagatla, Tanuka12345678920060934127.993.7644 Smith, Sean12345678920060943166.693.8765

19. Retention Report- Summary

20. Click on Excel

21. Output in Excel

22. Playtime Pick a cohort to track (yours or another) Go into STARS. Find out how many students are enrolled in your cohort.

23. Contact Us Naida Simon n.simon@wayne.edu 313.577.3157 Laura Woodward laurawoodward@wayne.edu 313.577.4878