The following article will show you how to add early alerts to students in Starfish.


1.

Select the 3 lines in the upper left corner.

Image of starfish drop down condensed menu

2.

From the pop-up menu, select Students.

Options for starfish menu drop down

3.

You can search for a student two ways

  • By Name
  • By the Connection (course) that you have with the student
Screenshot of portal to search for students to add flags too

4.

Select the student in which you want to add a flag.

Then click Flag.

Button to add a flag to a selected student

5.

Select the following;

  • Flag: The type of flag that you would like to raise
  • Course Context: The class that you are raising the flag for
  • Comment: Add any comments you would like to this flag. Please be aware that the students will be able to see these comments
  • Permissions: This will show you who has permissions to view the flag that you raised
  • Never Mind: Closes the alert and does not send the alert to the student.
  • Save: Notifies the student and those with permission to view the alert and saves to the student's record. 

 

Window option to select reason for flag on student

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