Staff, Professional Advisors, and Faculty can issue a flag, known as an Ad-hoc Kudos / Referral / Alert(s) (at any given time), on a specific student based on student requests and/or first-hand interactions with the student in order to draw attention to student needs and/or prompt a referral with another department.
Alerts can be issued throughout the platform, including your staff, a student’s profile page, and the Advanced Search. Alerts are viewed primarily on the student’s profile page, Professor Home, and in the Reporting section of the platform.
Alerts provide Staff, Professional Advisors, and Faculty Advisors (under Staff home) with the ability to draw attention to students or prompt a referral with another department using the platform.
The ability to create and view Kudos / Referral / Alert is permission-based by user role.
Step 1: Click the “Issue a Kudos / Referral / Alert” link in the upper right-hand corner of your home page. See first image on the right.
Step 2: Search for the student for whom you’d like to issue an alert (using name or ID). See second image on the right. You can also issue a Kudos / Referral / Alert from the Student's Profile.
Step 3: Select the Kudos / Referral / Alert reason(s) you believe the student needs assistance. The reason(s) you choose will connect the student with the appropriate office. See more details on the specific alert reasons.
Step 4: If the Kudos / Referral / Alert is associated with a particular class, fill out that field.
Step 5: Lastly, please provide any relevant context around your reason for submitting the Kudos / Referral / Alert in the comments section. Comments will help the team and individuals reviewing alerts to connect the student with the right resources in a timely fashion.
Step 6: Issuing a Kudos / Referral / Alert may open a case. You will receive an email notification when the case has been
Step 1: Switch to Professor's Home page by clicking the drop-down menu next to your name from your home page. See the first image on the right.
Step 2: You will find a list of the students within your courses. Select the student by checking the box next to their name that you would like to send out a Kudos/Referral/Alert on. Then go to the action dropdown menu, and select Issue Kudos/Referral/Alert. See the second image on the right. You can also issue a Kudos / Referral / Alert from the Student's Profile.
Step 3: Select the Kudos / Referral / Alert reason(s) you believe the student needs assistance with. The reason(s) you choose will connect the student with the appropriate office. See more details on the specific alert reasons.
Step 4: If the Kudos / Referral / Alert is associated with a particular class, fill out that field.
Step 5: Lastly, please provide any relevant context around your reason for submitting the Kudos / Referral / Alert in the comments section. Comments will help the team and individuals reviewing alerts to connect the student with the right resources in a timely fashion.
Step 6: Issuing a Kudos / Referral / Alert may open a case. You will receive an email notification when the case has been