Datatel Colleague Student e-Advising

Colleague Student e-Advising arms you with the right tools to guide your students through the completion of their desired academic programs, while simultaneously meeting the learning styles of your diverse student base – traditional undergraduate, graduate, adult-learner, part-time or full-time – with one solution.

Every institution’s advising strategy is unique to meet the needs of their students and advisors. With unparalleled flexibility, Colleague Student e-Advising supplements formal advisor/advisee relationship models, stabilizes walk-in advising centers, and enables self-service advising.

Highlights of the e-Advising solution include:

Advisors

Search for courses to add to the student’s educational plan, using the student’s program evaluation (course planning wizard) and/or specified criteria as a search filter.
Notify students by e-mail that a Student Educational Plan has been updated.
See the suggested plan of courses for a program that a student has entered on the course planning worksheet and approve the courses, making them part of the student’s educational plan.
See the student’s public comments about the plan.

Students

Create and modify a plan of courses for an academic program using course planning worksheets.
Select course sections for registration using a program evaluation as a search filter.
Add courses to their course planning worksheet, using their program evaluation as a search filter.
Indicate the planned term for taking courses and plan the number of credits for variable credit courses.
E-mail their advisors without leaving the program.
Run a program evaluation to check their progress in a current program, or run a “what-if” evaluation for another program the student is considering, to see what requirements of that program are met.
Enter Public Worksheet Notes that are seen by their advisors, as well as enter Private Worksheet Notes that cannot be seen by advisors.
See which courses and /or the Student Educational Plans that have been approved by their advisor.

Whether your institution uses a traditional one-on-one format, impromptu advising sessions, complete online self-advising, or a combination of all three techniques, Datatel has the solution to meet your business needs. Contact Datatel to learn more about Colleague Student e-Advising solution at 1.800.DATATEL.