Faculty and the Early Alert Process

Early Alert provides faculty teaching designated courses with a streamlined process to notify students of performance concerns early in the semester. Receiving this feedback well before midterm allows students to seek academic support or adjust their habits in time to positively impact their final course grade. When an Early Alert is submitted, the relevant Student Success unit (Advising, the SMART Center, the Writing Center, Supplemental Instruction, or Academic Coaching) is also notified. Student Success units reach out to students directly to open a dialogue, assess need, and share available support options that empower students to succeed.   
Faculty working on early alert

How Does Early Alert Help My Students?

  • Early Alerts address more than grades; they also highlight concerns such as effort, attendance, and class engagement. 
  • A student struggling in multiple courses may signal a larger issue, providing advisors with important insight to guide targeted intervention and support. 
  • That faculty participation in Early Alerts promotes timely student connection to campus resources and support services, thus allowing for earlier intervention to address academic or personal challenges.  

Data shows that students receiving an Early Alert who subsequently engaged with student success services consistently earned higher GPAs and were more likely to reenroll than students who did not. 

Early Alert Process

  • Beginning Monday, January 26, faculty teaching courses designated by their college for Early Alerts (lists below) will receive an email from Associate Director, Student Success Systems, Sarah Matta, with a link to their class roster(s) in Navigate360.
  • All instructors of designated classes are expected to complete Early Alerts, even if they are not flagging students as “at risk.”
  • Use the link provided in the email to complete the Early Alerts  to ensure they are routed to the appropriate student success unit.
  • Faculty should communicate with students when an Early Alert is submitted and explain that its purpose is to connect them with resources to address challenges and support success in the course. 
  • Early Alert submissions are due by 5PM, Friday, February 13. 
How to Manage Progress Reports in EAB Navigate (Video)

Alerts

Each Alert reason routes to a specific student success unit (Advising, SMART, Supplemental Instruction, Writing Center, Academic Coaching) for targeted follow-up. Choosing only one reason facilitates this outreach. 

Faculty can also submit “High Fives” to encourage students performing well in the course. 

Alert Reason

  • Attendance Concerns/No Online Course Engagement
  • Missing Assignments
  • Needs Time Management/Study Skills
  • Needs to Discuss Grade with Instructor
  • Needs Tutoring

What Courses Participate in Early Alert?

    • EDUC 2110
    • EDUC 2120
    • EDUC 2130
    • EDUC 2270
    • ISCI 2002
    • INED 3300
    • INED 3304
    • ITEC 3100
    • LDT 3100
    • LDT 3200
    • LDT 4100
    • LDT 4200
    • LDT 4300
    • MAED 3316
    • MAED 3317
    • All courses
    • ACCT 2100
    • ACCT 2102
    • ACCT 3100
    • BLAW 2200
    • CYBR 2310
    • CYBR 3100
    • CYBR 3153
    • CYBR 3210
    • CYBR 4200
    • CYBR 4220
    • ECON 2105
    • ECON 2106
    • ECON 2300
    • ECON 3300
    • ECON 4510
    • ECON 4550
    • ENTR 3001
    • ENTR 4002
    • FIN 2500
    • FIN 3100
    • INS 4500
    • IS 2200
    • IS 3020
    • IS 3100
    • IS 3260
    • IS 3560
    • MGT 3100
    • MGT 3200
    • MGT 4173
    • MGT 4199
    • MKTG 3100
    • MKTG 3150
    • MKTG 3800
    • MKTG 4500
    • MKTG 4820
    • MKTG 4990
    • CS 3305
    • CSE 1321 and 1321L
    • CSE 1322 and 1322L
    • IT 1114 and 1114L
    • STAT 1401
    • BIOL 1107
    • BIOL 1108
    • BIOL 2251
    • BIOL 2252
    • CHEM 1151
    • CHEM 1152
    • CHEM 1211
    • CHEM 1212
    • CHEM 3361
    • CHEM 3362
    • MATH 1111
    • MATH 1113
    • MATH 1190
    • MATH 2202
    • MATH 2390
    • PHYS 1111
    • PHYS 1112
    • PHYS 2211
    • PHYS 2212
    • SCI 1101
    • SCI 1102
    • All ART
    • All ARH
    • All ARED
    • All ANIM
    • DANC 1107
    • DANC 2000
    • DANC 3110
    • DANC 3120
    • DANC 3310
    • DANC 3330
    • DANC 3500
    • DANC 4300
    • DANC 4500
    • DANC 4900
    • MUSI 1107
    • MUSI 1121
    • MUSI 2122
    • MUSI 2165
    • MUSI 2212
    • MUSI 2312
    • MUSI 3112
    • MUSI 3122
    • MUSI 3166
    • MUSI 3313
    • MUSI 3314
    • MUSI 3318
    • MUSI 3335
    • MUSI 3350
    • MUSI 3351
    • MUSI 3360
    • MUSI 4421
    • MUED 3308
    • MUED 3351
    • MUED 3353
    • MUED 3355
    • MUED 3357
    • MUED 3366
    • MUED 3370
    • MUED 3371
    • MUED 4000
    • MUED 4301
    • MUED 3005
    • MUSI 1111
    • MUSI 3000
    • MUSI 3168
    • TPS 1107
    • TPS 1500
    • TPS 1600
    • TPS 1713
    • TPS 2202
    • TPS 2203
    • TPS 2813
    • TPS 3000
    • TPS 3015
    • TPS 3201
    • TPS 3213
    • TPS 3223
    • TPS 3243
    • TPS 3403
    • TPS 3510
    • TPS 3610
    • TPS 3700
    • TPS 3703
    • TPS 3710
    • TPS 3713
    • TPS 3740
    • TPS 3810
    • TPS 3815
    • TPS 3853
    • TPS 4323
    • TPS 4333
    • TPS 4513
    • TPS 4533
    • TPS 4543
    • TPS 4813
    • TPS 4823
    • TPS 4999
    • HON 1100
    • HON 1200
    • HON 3497
    • ENGL 1101
    • ENGL 1102
    • HIST 1111
    • HIST 1112
    • HIST 2111
    • HIST 2112
    • PHIL 2010
    • POLS 1101
    • PSYC 1101
    • PSYC 2500
    • PSYC 3000
    • PSYC 4100
    • PSYC 4499
    • CE 3201
    • CE 3501 
    • CE 4177 
    • CPE 2200 
    • CPE 3000 
    • EE 2301 
    • EE 2501 
    • EDG 2160 
    • ENGR 1000
    • ENGR 2214
    • ENGR 3122
    • ENGR 3125 
    • ENGR 3131
    • ENGR 3305
    • ENGR 3325
    • ENGR 3343 
    • ENGT 2000
    • IET 1001L
    • IET 2000
    • IET 2449
    • IET 3322
    • IET 3403 
    • ISYE 2600 
    • ISYE 3400 
    • ISYE 3600 
    • ISYE 4901 
    • ME 1311
    • ME 3101
    • ME 3440
    • ME 4141
    • MET 2124 
    • MET 3126 
    • MET 4112 
    • MTRE 2110 
    • MTRE 2710 
    • MTRE 3610 
    • MTRE 3720 
    • MTRE 4710 
    • ES 3900
    • HHS 2100
    • HHS 3240
    • HHS 3500
    • HHS4800
    • HPE 2050
    • HPAL 2100
    • HPAL 2250
    • HPAL 3750
    • HPE 3670
    • HS 2100/
    • HS 2200
    • HS 2300
    • HS 2410
    • HS 2420
    • HS 2430
    • HS 3000
    • HS 3110
    • HS 3200
    • HS 3300
    • HS 3400
    • HS 3600
    • HS 3650
    • HS 3950
    • HS 3960
    • HS 3980
    • HS 3990
    • HS 4100
    • HS 4200
    • HS 4500
    • HS 4600
    • HS 4700
    • HS 4900
    • HS 4950
    • IHS 4445
    • PH 2000
    • PH 2400
    • PH 4350
    • PH 4500
    • PH 4720
    • PH 4750
    • SM 3200
    • WELL 2000

Ad-Hoc Progress Reports

If you would like to submit an alert for a non-participating course, you may complete an Ad-Hoc Progress Report* by following the guide linked below.

Ad-Hoc Progress Report Instructions

*This feature is not available while Progress Report Campaigns are active (Weeks 3-5)

Contact

Sarah Matta
Associate Director, Student Success Systems
smatta1@kennesaw.edu