The new Early Alert System (EAS) is available for faculty use. We believe that the EAS will play a pivotal role in identifying student needs.
The EAS is a tool designed to allow faculty to provide “just in time” feedback to students, advisors and the staff in University College so that critical academic and non-academic interventions and support can be provided to our students when needed. The program is easy to use and provides a comprehensive range of information to University College coordinators, academic advisors and our students. To learn more about Early Alerts, watch this overview video.
You can submit an early alert by logging in at earlyalert.wilkes.edu. You can also access Early Alert through a single sign-on in LIVE under the More Tools dropdown menu in the navigation bar of a course.
This new EAS was developed in-house, utilizing the feedback provided by many of you throughout our open forums during the past spring semester. Some of the improvements that we’ve implemented include:
- Easier access, reducing the number of clicks through the portal by providing a direct link
- An internal tracking system for follow-ups to an early alert report, such as who has viewed alert reports, the ability to log interactions with the student, and the ability of an instructor to “clear” an alert when the student has improved on a previous concern
- The ability to apply the same early alert report to multiple students in a course, reducing time in situations such as submitting reports for all students who had unsatisfactory performance after an exam
To learn more about how to use the system and learn more about some of the new features, watch the videos below:
We encourage all faculty to utilize the EAS as much as possible, in particular those faculty teaching courses targeted primarily to first- and second-year students. While we emphasize these courses, the system is available for all undergraduate courses. We believe that our EAS has continued to play a significant role in our ability to reduce the percentage of first-year students on academic probation.