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Raising Flags Manually

Raise a Flag or Kudo for one of your students

Progress surveys will be sent at the 20% point of the term but you can raise a flag or a kudo when you have a concern with a particular student(s).  Use Starfish Connect to communicate your observations to students.

There are two ways to manually raise a flag or kudo.  The first way is to select a student when you are in the Students tab and then click on the Flag or Kudo button.

Method 1

Click on the Students tab.

This image displays some of the tabs, if clicked will open up menu options. The Student Tab is circled in red.

Once in the Students tab, you can filter by connection to see only students enrolled in a particular course.

This image displays the options available to faculty when clicking on the arrow to right Connections. The image also shows the options available to faculty members when clicking on Connections.

Select the student or students you would like to raise a flag or kudo for by clicking on the box to the left of the student's name. Then click on the flag button or the kudo button to open up a menu of flag or kudo choices.  When raising flags and kudos, multiple students can be selected.  Students will receive individual email notifications with no indication that any other students also had this flag raised.

Click the down arrow to the right of the flag box. Select the desired flag.

This images displays the raise flag box which lists flags choices (viewable after clicking the down arrow to the left of flag. A highlighted message under each flag reads Disclosable under FERPA.

Once you have selected a flag, you can also select your course.  You can enter text in the comment box.  Finally, be sure to click the Save button to raise the flag for a student or students. Remember to click Save to raise the flag.

 This image displays the Raise Flag Box. Flag is listed at the top and Course is listed beneath that. Both Flag and Course have a down arrow to the right. The down area can be clicked for menu choices. There is comment box and a Save button shown.

Method 2

The second way to raise a flag or kudo for a student is to open the student's folder.  You can access a student's folder by entering a student's name or J number into the Search box OR by clicking on the student's name displayed in blue font within the Student Tab.  The student's name is a hyperlink to their record.

Note: When you enter a name or J number into the search box, Starfish will search for that student among all the students in Starfish.  Once it has located that student's record in the system, a box will appear with a student's name and J number.  Once this box appears, click in the box to open the record.  Be careful if you are searching by name and the name is a common name, such as John Smith, because your search may bring up more than one John Smith.  Be sure you select the correct student (by matching your student's J number and CCP email address which will appear in the box.

This images displays the search box in Starfish which is located on the far right-hand side of your screen when you are using Starfish. the image)

 Once the student's Starfish record opens, you can click the flag or Kudo buttons displayed at the top of the record.  Clicking the buttons within the record will open the same box as clicking the buttons in the Student tab

This image displays a Starfish student record. Information about the student is shown in the overview (such as GPA and placement test scores). A flag and kudo button are listed at the top left hand side of the record.

Notes:

You can use the same process to give a Kudo to a student or to make a Referral to campus support services.

The Permissions area lists roles that have permission to view the selected flag and the notes you include in the Comment box.