Starfish Overview
University of North Dakota
Brief Overview
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Fall 2014
• Began using progress surveys
• Flags
• Kudos
• Student and advisor gets email notification
• Advisors – condensed daily email
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Spring 2015
• Added online courses
• 6 online courses
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Fall 2015
• Created separate survey for online courses
• 63 online courses
• 391 campus courses
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Spring 2016 Progress Survey
• 4th Week – Closes February 22
• 61 online courses
• 346 campus courses
• 10th Week
• Deploys March 25
• Closes April 6
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4th Week Progress Survey
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Example of 4th Week Email
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Example of 10th Week Email
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Resources Website
• Link
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Feedback From Students (Flags)
Students (Flags):
• “I have not been present in the last few weeks due to the
Accounting career fair and the interview process. I have been
very busy and I will be able to come to class next week and on. I
apologize about that and I take all of my classes very seriously
and plan to do well in this one. Thanks for the email.”
• “Hi, I’m contacting you for the reason of an upcoming test, with
the concerns on it and my current grade in intro to psychology.
I have been studying this entire week for the test, I will look
into getting extra help for this test because I want to do good
on it.”
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Feedback From Students (Kudos)
Students (Kudos):
• This email was sure a pleasant surprise! Thank you for the recognition and
encouragement, I will continue to work my hardest.
• Thanks for the great words of encouragement. I love the class and
especially his lectures!
• Thank u for this letter! I really enjoy the class and the teacher encourages
me a lot so that I can keep improving. Many thanks to him.
• I appreciate you taking the time to congratulate me on my performance in
this course. There is a lot of value in a simple message of encouragement
and positive reinforcement. Your message was very classy, and it made me
feel a sense of connection that often lacks in distance learning. I am
enjoying the course and look forward to continuing to improve as a writer.
Again, thank you.
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Feedback From Faculty
Faculty:
• “I just wanted to tell you that I love the Starfish program!”
• “Thank you Shari! I really appreciate you sharing this with me! I
hope you have a good weekend!”
• “Generally speaking, students realized that, as their instructor,
I’m concerned about them doing well in my class, and that the
University offers valuable academic support.”
• “I knew that the students had received notification of their
progress which allowed me a little additional peace of mind.”
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Fall 2015 Data
• Early Alert Online Progress Surveys
• Flags = 219
– Attendance Concern = 16
– In Danger of Failing—Assignments = 48
– In Danger of Failing—Test/Quizzes = 59
– Low Participation = 19
– No Show = 8
– Failing (10th week) = 69
• Kudos = 84
– Great work = 70
– Showing Improvement (10th week) = 14
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Dashboard
• Link
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Future Considerations
Data:
• Include class size in dashboard
• Compare courses using flags vs. those not
Expansion:
• Including additional classes
– ICan faculty working group
• Expanding to faculty advisors
– Professional advisors currently using
– ICan advising working group
– Pilot between Student Success Center and CoBPA
– Allows for online scheduling
Expanding to faculty advisors
• Training - CILT
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Questions?
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