There are multiple ways in which you can issue an alert. We will discuss three of them below. You can issue an alert through your homepage, an Advanced Search (or any list of students), or a student’s profile.

Method 1: Your Homepage

To issue an alert from your homepage, click the “Issue an Alert” button under the Actions menu on the homepage. See below under "Composing the Alert" for how/what to enter once you've opened the alert dialogue box.

Method 2: List of Students

To issue an alert from a list of students, whether that be a list acquired from Advanced Search, a Student List, or your assigned students, simply choose the student(s) you wish to issue an alert for, and from the “Actions” drop down menu select “Issue an Alert”. See below under "Composing the Alert" for how/what to enter once you've opened the alert dialogue box.

Method 3: Student’s Homepage

To issue an alert from the student’s home page, navigate to the student’s homepage by using advanced search or quick search, and under the “Staff Alerts” menu on the right-hand side of the page, select “Issue an Alert”. See below under "Composing the Alert" for how/what to enter once you've opened the alert dialogue box.

Composing the Alert

Once you have selected “Issue an Alert” through one of these methods, the alert dialogue box will appear.

Alert Reason: Select an alert reason(s). You CAN select multiple alert reasons, so you do not need to send multiple alerts per student.

Association with Specific Course: You have the option to associate this alert with a specific course. You can only select one course per alert.

Additional Comments: Enter all comments related to this alert. Add a description as to why you are issuing the alert, or what specific support the student needs.

Note: None of this is visible to the student, but will be viewed by the appropriate department.

Once the alert has been issued, you can view alerts through the student’s profile. To view alerts on a student’s profile, first navigate the student you are interested in seeing alerts for. Then, on the right-hand side of the profile, under "Staff Alerts" you will see an option that says "1 Alert’" or whatever number of alerts that particular student has.

As noted earlier, upon submitting an alert, you will receive an email confirmation from the office to which the alert was assigned. Unfortunately, due to the volume of alerts, you will not receive detailed updates regarding outcomes. However, if you'd like to check in regarding the details of a particular case, please reply to the confirmation email that was sent to you.