Academic Advising

Find resources here to help with your Advising and Tutoring Appointment System and academic advising work in SIS. Resources on this page have recently been updated and reorganized - let us know if you have any questions at sis@msu.edu.

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Advisor Dashboard Overview

• Advisor Dashboard Video Tutorial

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Student Service Center (Student Advising)

• Student Services Center
  • Student Services Center Video Tutorial
  • Student Services Center Overview Job Aid
• Degree Audit
  • Degree Audit for Undergraduate Advising - Video Tutorial
  • Degree Audit for Graduate Advising - Video Tutorial
  • Undergraduate View, Graduate View and Student View Job Aid
  • D2L Self-Paced Course
  • Unmet Degree Requirements Report Job Aid
• What If Report
  • • What-If Report Job Aid
    • What-If Report Video Tutorial
• Substitutions
  • D2L Self-Paced Course
  • Substitutions Job Aid
• Transfer Credit
  • Viewing transfer credits in SIS Video Tutorial

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SIS Student View

• SIS Student View Video Tutorial
• SIS Student View Job Aid

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Career, Program, Plan (CPP)

• CPP Overview
  • CPP Overview D2L Self-Paced Course
  • CPP Overview Video Tutorial
  • Career, Program, Plan Overview - Job Aid
• Changing/Adding Majors, Minors, and Subplan
  • Adding a Second Major in a Different Program Job Aid
  • Changing a Major/Minor - Different Program Job Aid
  • Changing a Major/Minor - Same Program Job Aid
  • Changing Subplan (Plan A/Plan B or Concentration) Job Aid

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Advisor Assignments

• Assigning an Advisor Video Tutorial (Graduate Students)
• Advisor Assignment (Graduate Students)

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Advising/Tutoring Appointment System

• Appointment System Basics
  • Creating Appointment Availability Video Tutorial
  • Viewing Scheduled Appointments Video Tutorial
  • Scheduling an Appointment on behalf of a student Video Tutorial
  • Student View of the Advising/Tutoring Appointment System/Video Tutorial for Students
  • Viewing Group Advising Appointments Job Aid
• Appointment System Features & Options
  • Appointment System Features & Options Guide
• Impromptu Appointments
  • Individual Impromptu Appointments Job Aid
  • Bulk Upload for Impromptu Appointments
    • Video Tutorial
    • Job Aid
  • Editing Impromptu Appointments Job Aid
• Obtaining Appointment Data
  • Advising Appointment Search Options Job Aid
• New Student Orientation Appointments
  • Creating NSO Appointment Blocks Video Tutorial
  • Video Tutorial for Students to Schedule their NSO Advising Appointment

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Class Search

• Class Search Overview Video Tutorial
  • Class Search Job Aid

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Degree Clearance

• Degree Clearance Job Aid

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GradPlan

• GradPlan Video Tutorial

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Milestones

• Milestones Overview - Advisors & Staff - Job Aid

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Service Indicators

• Service Indicators Video Tutorial
• Service Indicators Job Aid

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Student Groups

• Student Groups Video Tutorial
• Student Groups Job Aid

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Submitting Service Requests

• Requesting Access
  • Requesting Access to the Advising/Tutoring Appointment System Video Tutorial
• Requesting/Deleting/Changing an Appointment Reason

  Advising/Tutoring units can request to have an appointment reason created, deleted, or have the name and length of the appointment reason changed. To request an appointment reason to be created, deleted, or changed, please submit a TDX ticket.

  

• Submitting Tickets for Other Advising/Tutoring Appointment Concerns

  Enhancement requests or additional issues that arise when using the Advising/Tutoring Appointment System can be submitted through the TDX ticketing system. Select either Feedback or Enhancement Request depending on the concern.