Just a Squirrel in this Crazy Advising
World Trying to Collect Acorns
Efficiently:
The Tips and Tricks, to Help Make the Busy
Advisor More Effective
Arif Fazel & Todd Spinner
The School of Chemical
Sciences
Academic Advising
Who We Are…
2/3rds of the SCS
Academic
Advising Team
Creators of the
Academic
Advising
podcast
ILLIAAC Chair
and Tech Chairs
#ACADV Techno
Gurus
Are we nuts
about advising
or just plain
nuts?
Feel Free to Tweet!
Twitter ILLiAAC Official Hashtag
#illiaac14 and can use #acadv
to hit up global advisors
worldwide!
Please tweet out as you see fit!
How Busy are you?
The Advising Team When One
of the advisors quits in middle
of Registration
How Many Nuts are you
burying?
Time Management Resources
for Advisors and Students
 How
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much time are you wasting?
Are you a procrastinator?
Time Management
Resources for
Advisors and
Students

Time Management
Calculator can help you
free up time!

Time Management
Calculator
Study Skills Resources for
Advisors and Students
 Materials
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for helping students study
How to Study
Study Skills Videos
UIUC Tutoring Resources
DRES Study Resources
Students in Crisis?!
Helping Students Calculate
where they are academically.
 You
can spend hours calculating GPA’s or
you can use a calculator to help!
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
Illinois Registrar GPA Calculator
UM Improvement Calculator or moment of truth!
 Grade
Replacement Calculator There is a
2nd chance!
HELP… I need somebody…
HELP!
 Student
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Support on Campus
Counseling Center
McKinley Health Center
Emergency Dean
Conflict Exam
DRES
 Kognito
At-Risk Training
I am an advisor and HELP…
I need somebody… HELP!
 Advisor
Support on
Campus

Faculty/Staff
Assistance
Program

ILLiAAC Monthly
Meetings, Snack
Bytes and
Networking Socials
No Squirrel (Advisor) should
ever be caught on a highway
or on BANNER!
 BANNER
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TIPS and Tricks
A Necessary Evil? Or Awesome Tool?
Banner Resources
 SOAHOLD
– Put holds on Students
 SFASTCA - Tells when a student
adds/drops
 SFAREGQ - Real time Course
Registration
Where’s the party at?!
 Social
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Media Hints and Hacks
Staying in touch and keeping students up to
date
Networking; #AcAdv #HigherEd #Illiaac14
 Keep
it short and entertaining!
Where’s the party at?!
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Facebook
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Twitter
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Networking; #AcAdv #HigherEd #Illiaac14
140 Character limit, utilize images (.png, .jpg, .gifs)
Blogs
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Easy to use and reach students
Students check social media constantly
Publish.illinois.edu
Can be updated frequently without spamming
Less formal than a website
Easily share blog posts through other SM outlets
YouTube
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Record videos via webcam or even phone
If you have Gmail you have a YouTube channel!
Easily share via various SM outlets
Simple and free editing software available
How do you do that?!
 Google
search for standard images
 Memegenerator both a website and
mobile app.
 Giphy.com: Gif database
 Create your own gifs!
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Find a YT video, paste in
http://makeagif.com/youtube-to-gif
Create/Edit gifs with ezgif.com
I have a Quick Question
 Common
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from Advisors and Students
Amazing that Google “Question + UIUC” answers most
questions!
Or… Search Anonymously
 Startpage.com
ILLiAAC Live Binder
 Free
 Can
use to build your own resources
 ILLiAAC
Live Binder
STRESSED?
Laughter is often the best
cure!
 Websites

Academic Advising Burn Book

Mo Solo, Rebel Advisor

Two idiots who run a podcast
Working Out Before and After
ILLiAAC Networking Social
 Immediately
after conference
 Fat City Saloon (Behind Jet’s Pizza)
 Last Big Drawing for prizes
The End…
 Questions?
 Other
Resources we could add?