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Quick Start to AREAS

AREAS stands for Accudemia Referrals & Early Alert System. The purpose of this system is to increase student retention by identifying at-risk students and helping them before it is too late. It can be accessed by simply clicking on the Referrals menu item.

1. Create the Early Warning Form

The system administrator can create an Early Warning form that will be used by college faculty to issue the warnings. This is a web-based form that can be accessed online by instructors or staff. The System Administrator can create the form with whatever questions they like and indicate who will get a copy of the form when it is submitted.

Keep in mind that the above are just example questions and you are free to design the form with whatever questions you see appropriate.

2. Use the Early Warning From

Once the form is created, it can be accessed by instructors or other staff online to issue the early warning and help the student. The instructor or staff member can fill in the form and click “Submit”. This will cause two things to happen:

3. Take Action

The academic support staff will get the warning message and they will be able to log in and enter follow up information on each warning. The system will track the follow ups and will show the status of each warning as you proceed with your response to the warning.