CONNECTED
Navigating the Student Success Collaborative
Division of Student Academic Success
Email: raptorconnect@camden.rutgers.edu
Website: https://rucamden.campus.eab.com
Phone: (856) 225-6702
It is difficult to imagine our campus facing a more extraordinary set of challenges than what we are seeing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This issue of CONNECTED continues focus on specific features of RaptorConnect that can help to manage workflows, support our collective teamwork and foster an integrative approach to student success. During this uniquely stressful time, we hope you and your loved ones are well.
Planning for Impact | Setting Up a Student Support Strategy
Using Campaigns for Proactive Outreach
Campaigns are an effective way to proactively target key student populations with personalized communication and intervention. By focusing on specific students, advisors are able to maximize the impact of their overall efforts. Use the Targeted Campaign Tracker to help plan your fall 2020 student support strategy.
Click here for step-by-step instructions to create an appointment campaign.
New V2 Standard Reports
Click the video tutorial on the right to learn more and check out the V2 Reports Index to reference new versions of legacy reports and for a detailed description of each report.
Using Reports and Advanced Search for Student Outreach
Incoming Students
Who's new to Rutgers Camden? Easily locate Fall 2020 incoming students. Use advanced search to filter categories (in all of these) "Fall 2020 Incoming AC" and "First Year Admit" / "Transfer Admit".
Students Not Registered
Find students who were enrolled last term, did not graduate and not yet enrolled for fall classes. Use the enrollment history filter in advanced search, enrolled in Spring 2020, not enrolled in Fall 2020, and the 'not in any of these' category of UG Degree Conferred 20201.
Understanding and Designing Interventions for Pivotal Moments
Students encounter a series of pivotal moments along their college journey and how well they navigate these crossroads often can mean the difference between success and failure. While experiences may vary from student to student, there are key underlying reasons why students often struggle at these pivotal moments.
The infographic details pivotal moments students encounter, what can go wrong as students attempt to navigate these moments, and how you can help them on along their journey.
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Get Set, GO! Term Tasks To Do Before Fall 2020
Update Appointment Availability
If you use RaptorConnect to allow students to schedule appointments, remember to update your availability for the upcoming semester, keeping in mind scheduled time off, university holidays and needed administrative time!
It is also very important to check your Outlook calendar to make sure non-student appointments are marked as 'Busy'.
Review Open Cases
Open your Case file, the File Folder Icon on the red side-bar to see Cases that have been assigned to you. Close cases that may have lingered from past semesters.
Update Cohort Lists
"Watch Lists" Are Now "Student Lists"
EAB changed the name of "Watch Lists" to "Student Lists" throughout the Navigate platform. Student Lists can be found, created, or used in several parts of the platform: the user profiles of Staff/Faculty who have created a Student List; the “Lists and Searches” page (found on the left-hand sidebar); within search options in Advanced Search and Reports.
Student Lists are a static group of students that you can continually monitor over time. Student Lists do not change, even if students no longer fit the criteria of the original search. They are useful for identifying a list of students, taking action on them later, or selecting subsets of students from searches for later use to save time and effort.
You can also track the effectiveness of program participation by saving a Student List and using it in the Intervention Effectiveness Tool. If you do not have access to the intervention effectiveness tool and want to learn more, email raptorconnect@camden.rutgers.edu.
Did you know?
You can upload existing Excel lists to create Student Lists in RaptorConnect, including exported lists of students from Population Health Dashboards. (Excel file must be a .CSV to be uploaded).
To Upload an Excel List
- Navigate to the Lists and Search page.
- In the Actions menu of Student Lists, select Upload Student List.
- Create a new Student List or add the students in your list to an existing student list.
- Select the file and upload it.
- Choose the column that represents Student ID and then finish the import.
Resource Center
Podcast
Race, Education, and Protest: A Conversation with Hamline University’s President
Virtual Presentation
4 Things to do Now to Retain More Students this Fall
Blog
What do early indicators tell us about equity gaps in fall 2020?
RU (Virtually) Connected?
Do your students know how to connect with you virtually?
Here are few suggestions to incorporate into your virtual communication plan:
- Update your email signature and Out of Office automatic reply messaging to include Click Here to Schedule a Virtual Appointment. Use the hyperlink, https://rucamden.campus.eab.com to direct students to RaptorConnect and the student scheduler.
- Include a Make Appointments/Get Tutoring link in your social media messaging to students.
- Create an appointment campaign and invite students who you haven't met with this semester. Click here for instructions to identify students. Be sure to include your personal WebEx link in your campaign availability.
- Encourage students to log-in to RaptorConnect to check for active appointment campaigns and unread messages in their communication folder.
EAB's managers guide to effectively collaborate virtually with staff.
Running Effective Remote Meetings
How to run effective meetings in a virtual environment.
Request New User Access / Change User Access Form
Please use this form to request or change access to RaptorConnect. After your supervisor’s approval for access, new users must review and agree to follow FERPA guidelines for accessing student data.
Text Messaging
Student Messaging Through the Platform
- Alert Notifications
- Recording Attendance
- Case Notifications
- Appointment Communications
How to Thrive During Peak Advising Times Webinar
As a member of EAB, Rutgers Camden Faculty & Staff are invited to utilize EAB's extensive library of higher education research and resources. To access EAB’s research and resources, you must Click here to create an account.