Student Early Alert System (SEAS)

Instructors will login to the portal, find the SEAS channel/box and select the Student Early Alert System (SEAS) link. From there, they will select the course for which they are entering flags.

Instructors can flag individual students on any of four dimensions: attendance, participation, assignments, exams/quizzes.

The email will include the name of the course and the name of the instructor in the subject line.

The email is a supportive message that will indicate on which of the four dimensions the student was flagged, and explain why it is important to do well in the course.

Students are encouraged to contact their instructor to discuss how the student can reach a successful outcome for the course.

Students are given a choice to select "raise my hand" to receive help if they don't know what to do or where to go for help.

If a student responds to the email, the response will return to the instructor who flagged the student.

If a student selects "raise my hand" for help, they will be connected to a short form to request help.

Instructors should respond accordingly to any student who responds to an alert through email, helping the student understand what they need to do to be successful in the course. Refer to the links on this page to helpful campus resources, or visit the resources website for information.

A member of the Success Coach team will reach out to the students who selected "raise my hand" to better understand the student concern(s) and support them through coaching or connection to campus resources.

Instructors are reminded and encouraged to remove flags for students who show improvement.

Instructors will login to the portal, find the SEAS channel/box and select the Student Early Alert System (SEAS) link. From there, they will select the course for which they are entering flags.

Instructors can flag individual students on any of four dimensions: attendance, participation, assignments, exams/quizzes.

The email will include the name of the course and the name of the instructor in the subject line.

The email is a supportive message that will indicate on which of the four dimensions the student was flagged, and explain why it is important to do well in the course.

Students are encouraged to contact their instructor to discuss how the student can reach a successful outcome for the course.

Students are given a choice to select "raise my hand" to receive help if they don't know what to do or where to go for help.

Success Coaches will proactively reach out to the student and request the student schedule a meeting and offer help. This workflow is automated through alerts and cases in Navigate360.

If a student responds to the email from the instructor, the response will return to the instructor who flagged the student.

If a student selects "raise my hand" for help, they will be connected to a short form to request help.

If a student responds to the Success Coach, they will schedule an appointment to meet with the coach. 

Instructors should respond accordingly to any student who responds to an alert through email, helping the student understand what they need to do to be successful in the course. Refer to the links on this page to helpful campus resources, or visit the resources website for information.

Success Coaches will reach out to the students who selected "raise my hand" to better understand the student concern(s) and support them through coaching or connection to campus resources.

Success Coaches will meet with the students who respond to their outreach. If, during the interaction with the student, the Success Coach uncovers the student needs to speak with an academic advisor or financial aid advisor, the coach will notify the appropriate department that will then proactively reach out to the student to offer additional help.

Instructors are reminded and encouraged to remove flags for students who show improvement in the course.

If you are an instructor of record and your SEAS channel is empty, log out of the portal, clear your cookies and log back in.

No. At this time, there is only one instructor of record with access to SEAS for each course section.

If a course is team-taught and one instructor assumes responsibility at the midpoint, the department can account for this during the schedule-building process. When updated in that process, SEAS access will transition from the first instructor to the second at that designated point.

Instructors will be nudged through email during weeks 1, 3, 5, 8, 11 and 14 to place, adjust and/or remove flags.

There is no standard rubric for entering flags. Instructors should enter flags based on the academic expectations and learning outcomes of the course.

No. An email sent from Blackboard to the entire class would be a better way to communicate in that situation. Instructors should take into consideration how a student is doing overall in the course when flagging students. 

SEAS (the Student Early Alert System) is a tool used by faculty to identify students who, if they continue with their current academic behavior, are in danger of not doing well in their course. Faculty may go into the system at any time during the semester to flag your academic behavior for attendance, participation, assignments, quizzes and exams. The instructor will then send you an email encouraging you to seek assistance from them or other university resources. When you get the email you are not in trouble. It is a nudge for you to look at your current habits and see how you can improve. This message will also include a link to "raise your hand" virtually for assistance from the Student Success team if you need it.