ONLINE ACADEMIC
FACULTY GUIDE TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS
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Winthrop University is an institution committed to providing our students a national caliber education, both in and out of the classroom, as well as preparing them for what’s ahead – whether that’s a career, continuing education, or anything else life has in store. We pride ourselves on our close-knit, family-like environment and our vibrant, diverse campus community. Every part of the university works together towards the success of each of our students – in academics, athletics, career, and life goals – and we have a tradition of excellence that earns us recognition on both regional and national levels as a top institution.
The world wide web is an excellent tool for teaching, research, and outreach missions associated with Winthrop University Winthrop encourages faculty, staff, campus departments, and administrative units to make use of the web as a tool for learning, communication, and scholarship.
The following pages will give you an overview of the tools we provide to help facilitate a collaborative learning environment
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 CourseDog 6 Wingspan 4 DegreeWorks 5 Blackboard EAB Navigate 10 Maxient 8-9 7
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View transcript, interim grades, and other student information of advisees
View Course offerings
View class rosters
Verify Class attendance (beginning of the semester)
Submit grades Wingspan
Managed by IT and the Office of Records and Registration
Gina Jones jonesgg@winthrop.edu
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Clear advisees for registration (advising menu)
Degree Works
Degree Works is a web-based auditing tool that allows students and advisors to monitor progress toward completion of program requirements It combines Winthrop’s degree requirements and the coursework that has been completed with easy-to-read worksheets These worksheets will show how completed courses count toward degree requirements and show which courses and requirements still need to be completed.
• Provides a way for students and advisors to plan for future courses by determining which requirements are still needed to complete a degree program
• Shows individual course grades, overall GPA, major and minor GPA, transfer credit
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• Provides a “What If” audit that allows students to see how a change of major or minor could impact degree progress
• Provides a “Look Ahead” audit to see how planned courses would meet requirements
• Provides a planner that allows students and advisors to map out courses by term
• Shows the progress toward the Cultural Events Requirement
• Provides a GPA calculator to determine what is needed to achieve a desired GPA
The Office of Records and Registration
Gina Jones jonesgg@winthrop.edu
HELPFUL LINKS
Degree Works for Faculty & Staff
Degree Works Tutorial
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Initiate curriculum action on a course or program
View curriculum actions already in progress
Manage course offerings
Request space for university events
Office of Records and Registration
Assistant Provost for Curriculum and Program Support
University Events
Coursedog
HELPFUL LINKS
Coursedog Scheduler
Scheduler Directions
Addendum
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CONTACT
HELPFUL LINKS
It is used to maintain users, courses, and enrollments. Each academic course at the institution has a corresponding Blackboard course. In addition to course delivery, Blackboard is used to run assessment reports, as a file-sharing repository, and for collaboration with internal and external constituents.
The Office of Online Learning
Kimarie W. Whetstone, Ph.D. Director of Online Learning whetstonek@winthrop.edu
Blackboard Portal
Blackboard Tutorial
Instructor Training and Resources
Blackboard FAQS
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Navigate is a Student Success Management System that links administrators, advisors, instructors, staff, and students in a coordinated care network.
Smart student profiles
Coordinated care, appointment
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Scheduling and multimodal student communication
Advanced search and campaign management
See descriptions on next page
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Managed by University College, BIDM, and IT
navigate@winthrop.edu
HELPFUL LINKS
Navigate- Faculty Access
Trainings and FAQs
Quickstart Guide
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SMART STUDENT PROFILE
Features of Navigate
Navigate provides a 360-degree view of the most actionable student data (academic, financial, and behavioral) to support holistic and strategic student care The Smart Student Profile includes:
• Personal information (photo, age, date of birth, pronouns, address, phone number, email)
• Key academic Indicators (numbers of Ds and Fs, withdrawn courses etc )
• Unofficial transcript, minors and class schedule
• GPA and credit trends by term
• Alerts and cases
• Assigned advisors, instructors and coordinators
You are also able to see academic standing, entry term, classification and if they are a transfer student, lives on campus etc.
COORDINATED CARE
Coordinate campus-wide student support through observational early alerts, case referrals, closed-loop reporting, and centralized interaction records like notes, documents, and scheduling.
APPOINTMENT
SCHEDULING AND MULTIMODAL STUDENT COMMUNICATION
Appointment Scheduling and Multi-Modal Student Communications: Engage with individuals and groups of students through email and text directly through the platform Provide faculty and staff with flexible appointment scheduling and tools to promote better planning and availability management
Advanced Search and Campaigns (only available to certain roles on campus): Identify segments of students based on a wide range of criteria including personal data, academic performance, and success indicators Use searches to generate campaigns, which allow you to improve advisor efficiency and promote proactive advising with targeted mass outreach to students, including responsive scheduling and tools to monitor campaign results
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ADVANCED SEARCH AND CAMPAIGNS
Maxient provides a place to easily manage records for your student body’s conduct and well-being. By improving communication and collaboration across the institution, Maxient helps to identify students in need of assistance and coordinate the efforts of departments to provide follow-up
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Used for filling out incident reports including conduct, sexual misconduct, care, academic misconduct, bias, and non-academic complaints.
Dr. Amber Slack, Dean of Students, slacka@winthrop.edu or deanofstudents@winthrop.edu
Maxient
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