Resources

Students-

Documentation:

DARS – SelfService Features Workbook for Students

  • A short help-text explaining the basic features of DARS.

DARS – SelfService Student Documentation

  • Instructions on how to view your Audits and Transfer Coursework.

DARS – Credit for In-Progress Courses – Tutorial Presentation

  • Credit for In-Progress courses is not yet activated in the system. This documentation is present for advance use by advisors.
  • An introduction to how In-Progress courses will now display on your degree audit.
  • Presented in presentation format to work well with group info-sessions held by advising departments.

DARS – Credit for In-Progress Courses – Student Workbook

  • Credit for In-Progress courses is not yet activated in the system. This documentation is present for advance use by advisors.
  • An introduction to how In-Progress courses will now display on your degree audit.
  • Covers the same topics as the Tutorial Presentation.

DARS – Audit Interpretation – Student Guide

  • Includes information on Requirement and Subrequirement status indicators, course codes, special grades, and exception types.

DARS – What-If Audits – Student Guide

  • Includes information on how to run a What-If audit.

Roadmap and Plan Builder – Introductory Video Presentation

  • A video introducing the DARS system and its features to students

Roadmap and Plan Builder – Tutorial Presentation

  • A beginner’s overview for how to use the Plan Builder.
  • Presented in presentation format to work well with group info-sessions held by advising departments.

Roadmap and Plan Builder – What Roadmap Should I Use?

  • A simple guide to choosing the correct Roadmap for your year, major, and GenEd status.

Roadmap and Plan Builder – Student Workbook

  • An in-depth guide for students using the Plan Builder, containing both a full explanation of features and an FAQ.

Advisors-

Documentation:

DARS – Exceptions from the Self-Service Audit (effective March 9, 2020)

  • A presentation on various DARS exception types and how to add them.
  • Showcases the new capability to enter exceptions from the audit and the enhanced exception types associated with it.

DARS – Legacy Exception Manual

  • A presentation on various DARS exception types and how to add them.
  • Deprecated documentation designed to work with the portal channel – exceptions from the audit are now the primary exception entry method. This documentation will be removed when the portal exception channel is fully phased out.

DARS – SelfService Audit Workbook

  • A quick guide showing advisors how to run audits for students.

DARS – Credit for In-Progress Courses – Advisor Workbook

  • Credit for In-Progress courses is not yet activated in the system. This documentation is present for advance use by advisors.
  • An in-depth look into how In-Progress coursework will display for students, including a guide to how differences in requirements can cause changes to display formatting.

Roadmap and Plan Builder – Roadmaps Workbook for Advisors

  • A full guide to creating Roadmaps and helping students use the Plan Builder.

Roadmap and Plan Builder – Style Preferences

  • A short guide to current style preferences for Roadmaps.

Roadmap and Plan Builder – Operational Procedure

  • Important notes on proper operational procedure for advisors using the system.

Student Plan Builder Report – Report Instructions

  • How advisors can run a report to gather data about student Plan usage.