To maintain accurate and up-to-date advising assignments, departments should view, assess, and if necessary, update advising assignments on a quarterly basis. Viewing and assessing advising assignments can be completed through the Inspire advising platform. However, actual updates of advising assignments need to be completed in Banner. To view detailed instructions for viewing, assessing, and updating advising assignments, watch the video below or download the Advisor Updates Quick Guide below.
The video tutorial provides detailed instructions for updating advisors in Banner. Feel free to jump to any of the chapters of the video above to view information on a specific topic by hovering over and clicking the white hamburger icon, located in the left hand corner (directly below the title bar) of this video. It is also recommended to view the video in full-screen to see particular screen-sharing components.
Advisor Update Review Timeline
- Week(s) 0-2 of each quarter: Departments review advisor assignments.
- Ongoing: As a student declares a major, the faculty/program advisor should be assigned
Advisor Assignment Assessment Checklist
Reviewing advisor assignments should include the following:
- Assigning advisors to students who have no faculty advisor assignment but do have a declared major/degree
- Updating/removing advisors for students who have no declared major but do have a faculty advisor assignment (this may indicate the student has changed majors and may warrant student outreach for confirmation)
- Temporarily updating advisor assignments for faculty advisors on leave from DU
- Removing and reassigning advisors for faculty advisors who have left the University