Let’s celebrate our vibrant advising community! Thank you for all of the work you do supporting students and helping them accomplish their dreams. You are an important part of the journey students take from orientation to graduation. On this page you will find links to commonly used forms, self-service training materials, a link to the advising handbook, and resources to further your advising training and development- things to help you keep your advising game sharp!
All-Advisor Meeting Schedule and Teams Links
Check out the All-Advisor Meeting Schedule and grab the Teams links to join.
Updates and Training Requests
Advisor or Coach Update Form
Supervisors use this form to inform Advising Systems of employee changes like onboarding new hires, offboarding staff who are leaving, or letting us know about someone on extended leave. After submitting this form supervisors are provided with an automated email detailing next steps.
Request SSC Navigate Training
Chairs and department leads use this form to request SSC Navigate training for their faculty or staff. We can do individual or group sessions either in person or virtually. Filling out this form starts a conversation about your training needs and schedule. Learn about our training process plan here.
Forms and Handouts
Training and Development
After an initial training period, advisors continue to receive training and have frequent opportunities to check in and learn from the advising community. Training is provided through:
Monthly All-Advisor Meetings
Advisors come together monthly to engage in professional development topics and trainings. Meetings are open to advisors and success coaches across colleges, schools, and student service departments. Examples of past trainings include:
- Transfer Topics
- Integrative Academic and Career Advising
- Exploration Days: Utilizing True Colors
Department or College Specific Trainings
At the request of a particular college, school, or department, members of the Advising Systems team may engage advisors in professional development topics and trainings. Examples of past trainings include:
- Appreciative Advising as an Approach
- Assessing Student Learning Outcomes Associated with Advising
Tool or Process Specific Trainings
Often, Advising Systems is asked to present to the advising community as a whole, or a particular college, school, or department, on advising tools and new processes. Examples of past trainings include:
- Faculty Facing: Using Navigate To Showcase Advising Interaction
- Reviewing Graduation Processes with the Office of the Registrar
New members of the advising community at MSU Denver have access to a wealth of training opportunities and materials developed within Advising Systems. These opportunities and materials are available to professional staff advisors, faculty advisors, program coordinators, and more.
Online, In-Person, Shadowing, and More
Onboarding advisors across an institution as large as MSU Denver takes skill and coordination. That’s why MSU Denver has chosen to adopt a series of online training modules aimed at educating advisors on the basics, and exposing them to new ideas, concepts, and connections on campus. New advisors access the online training modules through the Advising Handbook linked from the Faculty and Staff Hub. The framework laid by the online training modules is then built upon by in-person training, shadowing, and opportunities to meet with departments across campus for an in-depth look at the student experience.
The Advising Coordinator for Training and Development works in partnership with the advising lead in each academic program area (or student support area, in some cases) to detail the level of engagement a new advisor needs to have with the online material as well as departmental visits.
Connect with Advising Systems To Get Started
Supervisors: If you are anticipating a new advising member within your area (or they’ve already started), please connect with the Advising Coordinator for Training and Development to map out potential training opportunities.
New Advisors: If you are a new advisor (professional advisor or faculty advisor) on campus and have not been connected with the Advising Coordinator for Training and Development through your supervisor, please reach out to get started.
Advising Coordinator for Training and Development
Brandy Swanson
MSU Denver utilizes a number of advising technology tools, both advisor facing and student facing. Read on for additional information about each tool as well as how to secure access, receive training, and report issues. Training resources are available in the Advising Handbook linked above.
Note: Advising Systems is not responsible for providing access to any of the advising facing tools listed below. For access that requires a Banner component, be sure to submit an IT ticket. For access that requires Banner AND a secondary form, please ensure the form is submitted to the correct office. If an issue does arise with one of the tools, please submit an IT ticket – doing so ensures the information is routed correctly and addressed in a timely manner.
For access to our trainings, see Supervisor Materials.
Advisor Facing Technology
- Degree Progress Reports
- There are trained trainers in each academic department on campus available to provide one-on-one new user training for both CAPP and Degree Works. If those trainers are not available, contact the Advising Coordinator for Training & Development within the Advising Systems office.
- Degree Works access is automatic, as determined by HR records. For users whose HR records do not grant access by default, their supervisor can complete the manual permissions request here.
- Student Success Collaborative Navigate
- There are trained trainers in each academic department on campus available to provide one-on-one new user training for SSC Navigate. If those trainers are not available, or you are looking for group training for your department, use this form to request a trainer.
- Access is initiated by the Banner set up. If Banner access is up and running, and SSC Navigate is not, complete an IT ticket to request access.
- Banner
- Banner training is covered within each department, though a general overview may be provided by the Advising Coordinator for Training & Development.
- Access to Banner is initiated by an individual’s supervisor through an IT ticket.
Student Facing Technology
- Degree Progress Reports
- Students access their degree progress report from the Student Hub, which utilizes a single sign on.
- Student Hub
- Student Hub is the interface for students for everything from email, to course registration, to Financial Aid information. Student Hub utilizes the MSU Denver single sign on, and students should become very familiar with this interface.
- Student Success Collaborative Navigate Mobile App
- SSC Navigate Mobile is a student facing mobile application that students can customize to send push notifications when campus dates and deadlines are approaching – keeping them aware of campus resources and events.