Starfish

Starfish is an undergraduate student case management system used for notifying students of their course progress and for connecting students to faculty and support services at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

To help support first to third year undergraduate student retention, undergraduate faculty may be asked to submit course progress feedback in the system through completion of 5^th Week Course Progress Reports for select undergraduate courses during the long Fall and Spring semesters. In general, 1000, 2000, and select 3000 and 4000 level courses (LEC, STU, PRL, LAB w/ credit hours) will receive a 5^th Week Course Progress Report.

If submitted, Course Progress Report alerts send automated notifications to students either congratulating them on their progress (Kudos) or initiating a call to action for students to improve their performance (Flags). Outreach from members of the students’ Success Network (Academic Advisor, Academic Coach, or Scholastic Coordinator) will also take place after an alert has been created in the system.

Please note, not all faculty will be asked to submit a 5^th Week Course Progress Report for all undergraduate level courses taught during a given Fall or Spring term. If you are a faculty member who did not receive a 5^th Week Course Progress Report for a course and would like to create Starfish alerts (Kudos, Flags, Referrals) for students, you may do so by raising alerts manually outside of the Course Progress Report.

Goals:

Increase contact between students and faculty
Increase contact between students and staff
Increase student utilization of campus co-curricular programming
Increase undergraduate student course completion rates and persistence/retention

How to Complete a Course Progress Report

The following reference guide and instructional video are available to help guide faculty with completing Starfish Course Progress Reports.

How to Raise an Alert Outside of a Course Progress Report

Please see the following instructions on how to manually submit an alert or watch the instructional video on how to manually raise an alert for a single student.

How to Review the Status of a Submitted Alert

Please see the following instructions on how to review the status of a submitted item (flag, referral, to-do).

How to Clear a Flag

Please see the following instructions on how to clear a submitted item (flag, referral, to-do).

Have Additional Questions?

For additional information or assistance contact us at Starfish@tamucc.edu

Need Technical Assistance?

For technical assistance, submit a service ticket through the IT Service Desk Online Portal serviceportal.tamucc.edu