Starfish for Faculty: What Happens When I Raise a Flag?

See the images below for an overview of the Starfish workflows based on the flag raised.

To see the automated email templates sent to students based on the flag raised, see the following link: Starfish Flag Automated Email Templates

Academic Flag

What happens when I raise an Academic Flag?

Danger of Failing Flag

What happens when I raise a Danger of Failing Flag?

Kudos

What happens when I raise a Kudos?

Behavior/Mental/Physical Health Flag

What happens when I raise a Mental/Physical Health Flag?

Transfer Out Flag

What happens when I raise a Transfer Out Potential Flag?

Non-Academic Concern/Hopkins 360 Flag

Starfish for Faculty: How to Raise a Flag Inside a Progress Survey

To Raise a Flag Inside a Progress Survey:

Option 1

1. On the home page, select “Outstanding Progress Surveys” at the top.

Select outstanding progress report at the top left of the page.

2. You may need to select the survey for the current semester from the drop-down menu.

3. Once in the open survey, your list of students will populate alphabetically by last name.

4. Click the appropriate flag to raise, if any. Add any notes and select “SUBMIT” at the bottom of the page.

Choose survey on Progress Survey page within Starfish

Option 2

1. Select the three lines at the top left of your Starfish home screen.

2. Select “My Students” in the menu that slides out.

3. A list of your students will populate alphabetically by last name.

4. You can either select the student you would like to raise the flag for (3A) or search for the student by name or connection (3B)

 

5. Hover over the student’s name.Select the “Flag” button directly under the student’s name.

6. Select the flag type, enter the course content, and write comments that would help clarify the reason the flag was raised.

 

Starfish for Faculty

How to log in

How to remove the office hours set up from the home page when you log in

How to raise a flag in a progress survey

What happens when I raise a flag?

 

How to log in

    1. To access Starfish, log in to Canvas.
    2. Enter your course from the Canvas Dashboard.
    3. Starfish is linked in the course navigation menu on the left side of the window.
    4. Click on the Starfish link to access Starfish.
    5. Use the other course navigation menu items on the left side of the window to return to your course content.

How to access Starfish within a Canvas course.

If you do not see a link for Starfish in your course navigation menu, you can access Starfish directly by going to https://t.jh.edu/starfish.

How to remove the office hours set up from the home page when you log in:

To remove the office hours set up from the home page when you log in, simply uncheck the box next to “Show me this Office Hours Setup Page again next time I login if I don’t have any Office Hours.”

How to remove office hours setup from home screen.