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CAS Planning Guides: Advanced Strategies for Advisors
http://az.transfer.org/cas
Kristy Jacobs North, ASU
Amy Fountain, Arizona CAS
Arizona Academic Advising Conference – University of Arizona
Session 4, Tuesday May 18, 2004 - 10:45-noon
Overview
• What’s a Planning Guide?– Regular Planning Guides
– Cross Reference Planning Guides
• Why use Planning Guides?– Planning Guides vs. the CEG
– Planning Guides vs. Transfer Guides
• How can Planning Guides be used efficiently?– By Advisors
– By Students
• How can Planning Guides be understood?
• Questions & Contact Info
What’s a Planning Guide?
• Planning Guides are provided by schools offering degrees– ASU, NAU & UA
– Coming Soon? AGEC guides for community college students
• Planning Guides are created from within a CAS Account– CAS Account creation Planning Guides are interactive
– They apply courses to degree requirements
– They apply AGEC completion information
• Planning Guides are dynamic– They are processed in real time using current data
– (Go to CAS!)
How do I create a Guide?• Go to CAS!
(http://az.transfer.org/cas > ‘Go to CAS!’ quicklink)
• Log in as a member– Create a new account, using any
username/password you’d like– Log into an existing account
• Click “Planning Guides”– You may run guides whether or not
you’ve entered courses into your portfolio.
– Go to CAS!
Regular vs. Cross- Reference• Regular guides –
– Show the program requirements and how “your courses” transfer and apply
– Show how an AGEC transfers and applies
• Cross reference guides –– Also show all other courses at a school that could
transfer and apply
– Go to CAS!
Why use a Planning Guide?• Instead of the CEG?
– The planning guide automatically finds the equivalency rule for the correct year/term.
– The planning guide uses live data – the historical CEG pages are not refreshed regularly.
– The planning guide shows how a course will transfer AND APPLY to degree requirements!
– Go to CAS!
Why use a Planning Guide?• Instead of the Transfer
Guides– The planning guide uses
live data – the Transfer Guides are static.
– The planning guide shows how a student’s courses will transfer – the Transfer Guides are not personalized.
– Go to CAS!
Efficient use of Planning Guides• For advisors?
– Create a CAS account to store cross-reference guides for programs you advise towards
– Be familiar enough with the process of generating guides so that you can help students to learn
• For students?– Ask students to create a guide before they meet with
you – then use the guide to aid discussion
– Go to CAS!
Understanding Planning Guides• Planning guides are DARS reports
– Each school may have it’s own abbreviations and codes
– Reviewing ASU, NAU and UA Planning Guides
– Use the Your CAS Team link to ask questions about the guides
• “Find an Advisor” >> “Your CAS Team”
– Go to CAS!
Comments & Questions?
• Kristy Jacobs-North, ASU– [email protected]
• Amy Fountain, AzCAS– [email protected]