Inspire enables users to find or create groups of students based on certain criteria available in the filter list. Filters appear in the application across Advanced Search, Groups, and Reports.
Note: Video shows old Inspire dashboard.
1. Navigate to "All Students" or "My Assigned Students"
Upon logging in, users can search for students by clicking 1) View Students in the Quick Actions tile on the Inspire dashboard or 2) clicking Students in the menu. Once on the student page, select whether you'd like to view "All Students" or "My Assigned Students" on the left-hand side of the screen.
Note: students listed in the “My Assigned Students” tab are students who have an advising relationship with you as designated in Banner. Some users may not have any assigned students. (View additional information about how to view, add, and update advising assignments.)
2. Use the Advanced Search to find distinct groups of student
To search for students based on selected criteria, select the blue "Advanced Search" option above the list of students.
1) Toggle between including all students in your search or limiting a search to students who are assigned to you.
Users can also filter based on 2) active student status 3) persistence prediction, and 4) change in persistence prediction.
Below the persistence information, several categories of filters are available to filter for distinct groups of students, including:
- Academic Information
- Demographics
- Progress to Degree
- Courses
- Enrollment
- Advising
- Academic Alerts
It is important to note that Inspire filters operate using “and” logic, meaning that students will only appear in the results if they meet ALL selected criteria. See full filter definitions below.
To include columns of information in your search without actually limiting the search criteria, simply check next to the general category option. When you have entered all search criteria, select the blue “search” button at the bottom of the screen.
3. Decide what to do with your list
Inspire will provide a list of students who have met the specified criteria. Above the student list, users then have the option to 1) create a group, 2) download the list, or 3) message the listed students.
Filter Definitions
| Name of Filter | Category in Advanced Search | Filter Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Active/Inactive | Prioritized filter outside of advanced search. At the top of the page. | Active: Currently enrolled in a live term. Inactive: Incoming admitted students not yet enrolled for a future term, Incoming admitted students enrolled in a future term, Students who were previously registered for a section in a term that was active in the last 4 calendar years but not currently enrolled in a live term. |
| Degree | Academic Information | Credential sought by the student in the academic career term. Example: certificate, associate’s bachelor’s, etc. |
| Degree Program | Academic Information | Indicates the degree and college the student is pursuing. This custom filter was built to delineate programs that use the Degree Program field in Banner to distinguish student program instead of the Major field. |
| Department | Academic Information | Identifies the student’s Department designation as Department. Is defined in institution data. Example: Deeper dive into college, psychology department within the College of Arts and Sciences |
| Enrolled Next Term | Academic Information | Students who have or have not enrolled in courses for the next term(s). |
| Full-time vs. Part-time | Academic Information | Breakdown of students by full-time or part-time status. Undergraduate students: 12+ credit hours. Graduate students: 9+ credit hours. Options: FT, PT, N/A (when the student is unenrolled) |
| Undergraduate Type | Academic Information | Indicates an undergraduate student’s admit type (what they were most recently admitted as). Options: FTIC, Transfer, Readmit, High School Dual Enrollment |
| Leave of Absence: Expected Return Term | Academic Information | Indicates the term for which a student on Leave of Absence is planning to return to DU. |
| Major | Academic Information | The major a student has declared during their current academic career. The major field additionally delineates program at the graduate level. It is important to note that some graduate programs use Major to distinguish student program, while others use Degree Program (see above). |
| Concentration | Academic Information | Indicates the concentration a student is pursuing within their degree program (if applicable). |
| GPA | Academic Information | Cumulative GPA for students enrolled in current term. |
| Academic Standing | Academic Information | Student's academic standing in the current term. (Institution values are mapped to Civitas values in filter: Good Standing, On Probation, On Warning, Dismissal, Prevent Registration) |
| College | Academic Information | Identifies the student’s College designation as College is defined in institution data. |
| Minor | Academic Information | The minor a student has declared during their current academic career. |
| Academic Level | Academic Information | Academic level or grouping typically associated with student program enrollments and term, often referred to as Academic Career. Typically includes Graduate and Undergraduate, with programs such as MBA rolling up under Graduate. (UG, GR) |
| Persistence Prediction Score | Actionable Analytics | This is a way to filter based on our definition of “Very Low” “Low” “Moderate” “High” or “Very High,” as part of persistence prediction. |
| Assigned Advisor | Advising | Indicates a specific advisor that is assigned to a caseload of students at the institution. |
| Student has met with advisor or scheduled time to meet with advisor | Advising | Indicates a student who has met or scheduled time with an advisor using the system. |
| Hold Type | Advising | Indicates the holds that may be attached to the student in the current term. |
| Advisor Type | Advising | Indicates the type of advisor assigned to that particular student. Advisor types can be configured by the institution. Examples: Faculty Advisor, Major Advisor, Student Success Coach, etc. |
| Student Modality | Advising | Indicates the primary modality in which the student takes courses (online, in person, blended). |
| Alert Type | Alerts | Indicates whether an alert raised for a student is a "checkpoint" alert or "general" alert |
| Alert Status | Alerts | Indicates whether an alert is open or resolved by an advisor or faculty member |
| Course Number | Courses | Indicates the institutions course number for a course taken (current, past, future) |
| Grade | Courses | Indicates the grade in which a student received in a particular course. |
| Credits | Courses | Indicates the number of credits attached to a course. |
| Term | Courses | Indicates the academic term a course has taken place. |
| Course Type | Courses | Indicates where the course was taken and whether it is credit bearing: abroad, transfer, at institution, AP, non-credit course, etc. |
| Section ID | Courses | Section ID associated with a Course. |
| Gender | Demographics | Student’s gender: male, female or unknown. Unknowns are any student whose gender isn't 'M' or 'F'; some institutions have other labels that we don't recognize. |
| First Generation College | Demographics | Identifies student as first in their family to attend college (student reported). |
| Student Activity/Attribute | Demographics | Lists activity and attribute codes associated with students, including options such as Honors Program, Business Interest, Dual Degree Student, Pre-Health Student, etc. |
| Military Affiliation | Demographics | Binary flag that identifies whether a student is affiliated with the military. Typically, affiliation includes more than just an active duty individual. This also includes individuals such as those with Veteran status as well as children, spouses, etc. of the military individual themselves. Options: Affiliated or Not Affiliated |
| Student Athletic Team | Demographics | Identifies if they are a student athlete. Options Y/N |
| Varsity Sports | Demographics | Identifies which sport/team the student plays at the institution |
| Start Term/Year | Progress to Degree | Identifies the first term and year of enrollment at the institution for each student AND for their current academic career (e.g. if a student was an undergraduate student and now is a graduate student, this will display start term for their graduate career). |
| Credits Earned | Progress to Degree | Cumulative count of credits earned across all enrolled terms including credits that don't count towards the student's GPA (e.g. Pass/Fail courses) |
| Completed Terms | Progress to Degree | Cumulative count of terms completed by the student (calculated by Civitas). Completed terms include all terms a student was enrolled past the census date and received a passing grade in at least 1 hours (i.e. did not fail or withdraw from all courses). |
| Transfer Credits | Progress to Degree | Cumulative count of transfer credits earned at another institution. This includes credits transferred in upon entry as well as transfer credits earned at another institution. |
| Applied to Graduate | Progress to Degree | Identifies that the student has applied to graduate within the institution's system. |
| Graduation Application Term | Progress to Degree | Identifies the term and year the student has applied to graduate for (i.e. a student aiming to graduate in Spring 2022 will list Spring 2022 as their Graduation Application Term). |
| Last login date | System Activity | The last time the student logged into the Inspire application. |
| Last appointment | System Activity | The last time a student met with an advisor using the Inspire application. |
| Next appointment | System Activity | The next time a student scheduled time to meet with an Advisor using the Inspire application. |
| Date account created | System Activity | The date the student account was created in the Inspire application. |