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Starfish: An Early Alert Tool with a 360-degree
View of At-risk Students
Starfish Implementation Team
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Arthur Corradetti, Academic Affairs
Christina Deonandan, Information Technology
Margot Edlin, Faculty Fellow
Paul Marchese, Academic Affairs
Ed Molina, Academic Affairs
Emil Parrinello, Information Technology
Karen Steele, Academic Affairs
Raj Vaswani, Information Technology
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Backgroundof the project Academies Early Alert single system
Original Early Alert system IBM grant fall 2010 system piloted in spring 2011
Scaled up through Spring 2013; 37% of facultyparticipation
CUNY SSRP (Student Success Research Project)grant assessment of effectiveness of system (spring2013)
Gates Foundation grant disseminate information tofaculty and staff (spring 2013).
Starfish Early Alert with referrals to learning centerslaunched Fall 2013, 50% faculty participating by mid-November
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Priority Concerns
Support of revamped and expanded Academy model
Single technology with extensive functionality
Flags to Advisers, Referrals to Learning Centers
Clearer communication of student issues
Documented follow-up
Measurable outcomes for assessment of system andimplementation effectiveness
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EvaluateStudent
Performance
Advisor
InterventionFlag is Raised
Learning
Center
Intervention
Student
Action
Flag is Resolved
Referral is Cleared
Referral is Created
Student
Action
Receive
Provide Faculty
Faculty Feedback Loop
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Survey Email
Email notif ication sent to Instructors, includes survey
instructions, and a listing of the semesters course load.
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Sample Survey
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Progress Survey Tab
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Survey ReminderThere is an option in the admin screen to set up to two email
reminders before the survey expiration date.
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Setting Flags on Demand External from Survey
Step 1 Identify Student(s)
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Setting Flags/Referrals/Kudos
External from Survey
Step 2 Select Tracking Item(s)
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Step 3 Enter Comments
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Learning Centers/Advisors manage and clear tracking items at
the conclusion of an appointment. An email notice is sent to both
the instructor and student upon clearing a tracking item. Learning
Centers/Advisors are able to sort items by column.
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Dashboard Faculty, Advisors & Learning Center
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earn ng en er v sors c ear rac ng ems an
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earn ng en er v sors c ear rac ng ems anprovide feedback to the instructor.
Thereby closing the loop
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Calendar Manager Role
Book appointments for tutors/advisors
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Book an Appointment
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Document appointment outcomes
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SPEEDNOTES
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SPEEDNOTES
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Flag view may be organized using filters and through
column sort feature
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Advanced Search
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Advanced Search
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Installation and Configuration
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Hosted environment Starfish Solutions Faculty and Staff are authenticated via LDAP
Security Based on Relationships (Faculty, Advisor, LC)
Relationships based on student groups, academic plans,
subplans and enrolled courses by term CSV files used to build relationships
Data load via SIS Adaptor Java application
Incremental Data Loads
Nightly scripts extracts data from 805/856 local database
Blackboard Building Block Integration
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Statistics as of 11/07/13
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Q&A
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Contact Information
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Arthur Corradetti, Academic Affairs [email protected] ina Deonandan, IT [email protected]
Margot Edlin, Faculty Fellow [email protected]
Paul Marchese, Academic Affairs [email protected] Molina, Academic Affairs [email protected]
Emil Parrinello, IT [email protected]
Karen Steele, Academic Affairs [email protected] Vaswani, IT [email protected]