Open Hours are great for dropping in to get a quick question answered or ask about a particular functional element; we recommend scheduling a two-hour block for new staff to get an overview of the system (as a supplement to departmental training).

For the Summer, Open Hours will be one hour per week (instead of the two [or three during peak times] per week).

• (Note time changes in bold)
• Wednesday, May 17, 9 – 10am
• Friday, May 19, noon – 1pm
• Tuesday, May 23, 1 – 2pm
• Thursday, May 25, 10 – 11am
• Tuesday, May 30, 11 – noon
• Tuesday, June 6, 1 – 2pm
• Wednesday, June 14, 2 – 3pm
• Wednesday, June 28, 2 – 3pm
• Thursday, July 6, noon – 1pm
• Tuesday, July 11, 2 – 3pm
• Monday, July 17, 11:30 – 12:30pm
• Wednesday, July 26, 2 – 3pm
• Monday, July 31, 2 – 3pm
• Tuesday, August 8, 1 – 2pm
• Tuesday, August 15, 1 – 2pm
• Tuesday, August 22, 10 – 11am
• Friday, August 25, noon – 1pm

Deeper Dives are opportunities for faculty and staff users to come together to have conversations about how to best use iAdvise. They are not designed as lectures or trainings, but rather as places for users to get their questions answered from other users and OAD staff.

We recently held our first Deeper Dive first session: “Dipping Your Toe into the Deeper Dive – Quick Reviews of Hot Topics.”

This interactive session included submissions that are reviews and quick overviews of aspects of the system where the iAdvise team gets quite a few questions:

• Reviewing Roles and Relationship including
  • Which units are in iAdvise? Do they have appointments or only notes?
  • Overview of Faculty Usage including
  • Info about Early Alerts, etc.
  • Visibility of Advisors
  • Live Q & A

Because the session involved looking at live student data in iAdvise, those who wish to view the recording will need to email iadvise [at] uic.edu.

Future Sessions:

The iAdvise Team has reviewed all of your suggested topics and used them to inform topics for our future presentations:

Please save the dates for the next iAdvise Deeper Dives Zoom sessions:

Thursday, December 8th 2:00 – 3:00 pm where we’ll be discussing Early Alerts [Part of Winter Advisor Week]
Thursday, January 26th 2:00 – 3:00 pm where we’ll be discussing Non-Cognitive Assets Profiles
Thursday, February 23rd 2:00 – 3:00 pm where we’ll be discussing Effective Filters
Monday, March 21st 2:00 – 3:00 pm where we’ll be discussing Early Alerts Best Practices And Reporting
*NOTE: Time Change (and Topic Selection)*
Thursday, April 20th 2:00 – 3:00 pm where we’ll be discussing Effective Notes

We encourage users’ curiosity to leverage iAdvise to improve student success. Bring your questions, even if they are quick, or if you feel you should already know the answers, to us. We’re happy to help!

If there isn’t a convenient time or method listed, additional opportunities are available by appointment. Email iadvise [at] uic.edu to arrange opportunities. Get in touch through email or Teams! No previously scheduled time needed. If we’re available, we’ll help right away! (And if we’re not, we’ll try to find a convenient time ASAP.)

Remember, if you need help from our iAdvise Helpdesk for technical issues, please email iadvisehelp [at] uic.edu.