ARTICLE INTENDED FOR:
Faculty and Staff users of Starfish
INTRODUCTION:
Starfish early progress report surveys are administered at critical periods during a semester to help alert students to their overall progress. These surveys package your course roster with select Flags and Kudos that are relevant at that point in the semester. The progress survey is one of three Starfish methods instructors can use to to provide feedback to students and be in compliance with Faculty Senate policy. All of the possible alerts and their associated messages are on the Starfish Info website.
Important note: Once you click Submit on a progress survey, it will no longer be available to edit. If you wish to complete the progress survey in more than one sitting, use the Save Draft button.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Go to your Starfish Homepage (Go to starfish.psu.edu and click the “Log in to Starfish” button to get to your Starfish Homepage).
2. Select the Outstanding Progress Survey link on your Starfish Home page to go directly to the Progress Surveys tab in the Students section.
NOTE: The Progress Surveys tab is only visible when there are active surveys.
Opening a progress report will provide the following:
- Course Roster listed alphabetically
- "No Feedback" automatically selected for all students
- Options for feedback available as check boxes.
3. Select the checkbox associated with the student and the feedback you would like to deliver.
4. To add comments, click the comments icon that is displayed after you check a box.
5. If you need to stop and return to the survey later, use the Save Draft option.
6. When you are completely done with the survey, click Submit. NOTE: This can not be undone.
NOTE: Once you click Submit, Starfish starts generating emailsto students, their assigned advisers, and creating a tracking item in each student's Starfish folder. This can take some time to completely process.
NOTE: If you use a different Starfish option to provide feedback to students, you can leave the default "No Feedback" selected for all students and submit the survey. This will stop reminder emails from being sent to you.
LINKS:
- Log in to Starfish at http://starfish.psu.edu
- Use Canvas grades to report progress
- Provide feedback to students