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Revision as of 15:46, 20 September 2022
This page highlights some of the recent changes made to the TracCloud platform, and how you can utilize them on your own instance. A list of past changes and a full changelog can be found in the tabs above.
If you have any questions about these changes, feel free to reach out to us on our helpdesk.
- Choose to Block Students on List
- Show resources widget on the student dashboard
- Adds a widget to the student dashboard to review currently reserved or checked out resources.
- Allow students to reserve a resource via the dashboard
- Expands the above functionality to allow students to reserve resources for themselves.
- Expands the above functionality to allow students to reserve resources for themselves.
- Maximum # outstanding reservations overall
- How many total outstanding reservations can a student hold for your resources?
- How many total outstanding reservations can a student hold for your resources?
- Maximum # outstanding reservations for one resource
- How many total outstanding reservations can a student hold for a single resource?
- How many total outstanding reservations can a student hold for a single resource?
- Maximum # of days for an individual reservation
- How many days can a student reserve a resource for? For example, allowing the student to reserve the resource from the 11th of the month to the 17th, but no longer, would mean this preference needs to be set to 7.
- How many days can a student reserve a resource for? For example, allowing the student to reserve the resource from the 11th of the month to the 17th, but no longer, would mean this preference needs to be set to 7.
- Minimum time needed (days hrs:min) prior to reservation
- Choose the minimum amount of time in advance needed in order to reserve a resource. This is to prevent students from reserving items in the very near future.
- Choose the minimum amount of time in advance needed in order to reserve a resource. This is to prevent students from reserving items in the very near future.
Profile Preferences
Prefs
Appointment Display
Both students and consultants will see upcoming appointments on their dashboard, and staff will see them from the schedule view. The formatting of these appointment info boxes can be customized in your profile settings, allowing you to provide the necessary information in a visually appealing format.
Student View
Students will be able to view their upcoming appointments on the right-side of the dashboard. The fields visible and the format they're in is entirely customizable by modifying the Appointment Display preference.
Consultant View
Consultants have a similar view to students, which can be modified independently.
Schedule View
Lastly, the staff schedule view, which allows us to view and manage our consultants’ availabilities and upcoming appointments. The appointment text is also customizable.
Customization
Within the Appointment Display menu, you will see a text box available for Students, Staff, and the Schedule view for Staff. There's also a preview section beneath each text box allowing you to easily see how your changes will display.
These text boxes support HTML and Twig. HTML support is standard, allowing you to easily tag text as <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, or <u>underlined</u>, or add hyperlinks. Twig on the other hand allows you to pull data from TracCloud into the message, as well as include logic that determines whether or not a portion text is included. For information on Twig, please take a look at our dedicated Twig article here.
Other > Other Options > Profiles > [Your Profile] > Prefs > Scheduling > Appointment Display
If you want to reset to the default configuration, simply click on the clipboard icon on the right, which will confirm if you want to erase the existing configuration in favor of the standard one.
Here are a couple examples of how you can configure the schedule and upcoming appointment views. This is more-so to give you an idea of how this feature works rather than a direct suggestion of what to use (although you’re welcome to copy these as-is if you’d like). Hopefully this gives you an idea of how the feature can be used, and how you can configure it on your own system.
Schedule View
Here’s a configuration that provides basic information about the appointment. The student’s name and appointment time in bold lettering, the subject and reason, and the consultant’s name. The if statement checks if the appointment has a Reason, and if it does, include a comma after the subject then print the reason.
<div style="float:left; width: 75%;">
<p style="font-size:9px">
<b>{{Student.Full_Name}}</b> at <b>{{Appointment.StartTime}}</b><br>
{{Course.SubjectCourse}}
{% if Reason.ReasonName != "" %}
, {{Reason.ReasonName}}
{% endif %}
<br>With {{Consultant.FirstLast}}
</p></div>
Student View
Here’s an example student view configuration. This one reads more like a spoken paragraph, with the important information bolded. Whether the appointment is in-person or online determines the text in the second half.
<div style="float:left; width: 75%;">
{{Appointment.Icon|raw}}
<b>{{Center.Name}}</b><br>
Your appointment with <b>{{Consultant.NameToStudent}}</b> has
been booked for <b> {{Appointment.StartTime}}. </b><br>
{% if Appointment.Online == "1" %}
This is an online appointment, please select the right arrow icon to join your session.
The icon will only appear within 10 minutes of your appointment start time.
{% else %}
This is an in-person appointment taking place at <b>{{Appointment.Location}}</b>.
If any assistance is required, please reach out to <u>{{Consultant.Email}}</u>.
{% endif %}<br>
{% if Reason.ReasonName != '' %}
Reason: {{Reason.ReasonName}}<br/>
{% endif %}
{% if Course.Subject != '' %}
Subject: {{Course.Subject}}<br/>
{% endif %}<br>
</div>
<div style="line-height: 2;" >
{{Appointment.CancelLink|raw}}<br/>
{{Appointment.ActionLink|raw}}<br/>
{{Appointment.EnterOnlineLink|raw}}<br/>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
Consultant View
This one has a few more moving parts. Near the top, we’re saying “if the appointment has been cancelled, say “CANCELLED:” and strikethrough the rest of the contents.” We also have a series of “if this field isn’t blank, include it in the list” as well as the time saying the word “Today” rather than a standard date and time. A unique option available in the consultant view is the ability to start and stop a visit directly from the dashboard. This can be implemented by including the {{Appointment.LoginStudentToAppt|raw}} Twig tag in your appointment display configuration. It will display as a clickable button to your staff.
<div style="float:left; width: 75%;">
{{Appointment.Icon|raw}}<br>
{% if Appointment.isCancelled == 'true' %}
CANCELLED: <span class="linethrough" >
{% endif %}<br>
<b>{{Center.Name}}</b>
<span title="{{Student.ID}}">{{Student.FirstLast}}</span> - {{Student.Email}}<br>
{% if Reason.ReasonName != '' %}
Reason: {{Reason.ReasonName}}<br/>
{% endif %}
{% if Course.Subject != '' %}
Subject: {{Course.SubjectCourseTitle}}<br/>
{% endif %}
{% if Appointment.Location != '' %}
Location: {{Appointment.OnlineText}}{{Appointment.Location}}<br/>
{% endif %}<br>
When: <strong>{{Appointment.DisplayDate|raw}}</strong> at
<strong>{{Appointment.DisplayTime|raw}}</strong><br/><br>
{% if Appointment.isCancelled == 'true' %}
</span>
{% endif %}<br>
</div>
<div style="line-height: 2;" >
{{Appointment.CancelLink|raw}}<br/>
{{Appointment.ActionLink| raw}}<br/>
{{Appointment.EnterOnlineLink|raw}}<br/>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
- Online appointment link text
- Allows you to modify the hyperlink/button visible to students within online appointment records. Default is "The location for this online appointment is here."
See Also
2022-08-09 | Availabilities that aren't booked can now become drop-ins automatically
A new System Preference has been added (Other > Other Options > Preferences > Search Availability Options > Unbooked availabilities become dropins to students on search availability). If this is enabled, any in-person availabilities that remain unbooked by the time your "schedule no sooner than" limit is reached will automatically become drop-ins for students.
As an example, this test system doesn't allow students to book appointments within an hour of the session starting. At more than an hour out, it appears normally.
However, once we pass our 1-hour example threshold, the availability on the staff schedule looks normal, but students will now see this time as an available in-person drop-in session.
Search Availability Options
These preferences allow you to modify the behavior of the Search Availability widget on the dashboard. There are 3 sets of settings by default, as you can have up to 3 Search Availability widgets at once. For example, if you had an AdvisorTrac and a TutorTrac profile in the same instance, you may want reason to be a required search criteria for Advising, but only require Subject for Tutoring. These options allow you to offer a separate widget for each profile. If your campus needs more than 3 widgets, this can be added at an additional cost. Reach out to sales@go-redrock.com for more information.
- Activate primary/secondary/tertiary search availability option
- This allows you to enable additional search widgets when needed. The primary option is enabled by default.
- This allows you to enable additional search widgets when needed. The primary option is enabled by default.
- Search Availability Title
- This allows you to modify the name of the Search Availability widget on the dashboard. Also displays within the header of the subsequent search results page.
- This allows you to modify the name of the Search Availability widget on the dashboard. Also displays within the header of the subsequent search results page.
- Default Search Option
- This determines whether the Schedule an Appointment dashboard utility defaults to “First Available” or “Choose Date.” The latter will prompt staff and students to select a Profile, Center, and Date Range for their search results. Hide Search Option will hide this choice, preventing users from using anything but the default. Require Center can be used in combination with Default: Choose Date and Hide Search Option to always require that students select a center to find availabilities.
- This determines whether the Schedule an Appointment dashboard utility defaults to “First Available” or “Choose Date.” The latter will prompt staff and students to select a Profile, Center, and Date Range for their search results. Hide Search Option will hide this choice, preventing users from using anything but the default. Require Center can be used in combination with Default: Choose Date and Hide Search Option to always require that students select a center to find availabilities.
- Show Profile Option to Student
- When “Choose Date” Is used when searching for availabilities, the user is asked which Profile and Center they want to search in. This option provides the ability to disable the Profile choice for students.
- When “Choose Date” Is used when searching for availabilities, the user is asked which Profile and Center they want to search in. This option provides the ability to disable the Profile choice for students.
- Show Search Center on Widget
- If enabled, a center choice will be shown above the subject/reason menus on the search availability widget.
- If enabled, a center choice will be shown above the subject/reason menus on the search availability widget.
- Show Search Consultant on Widget
- If enabled, a consultant choice will be shown below the subject/reason menus on the search widget. Show Search Center on Widget must be enabled first.
- If enabled, a consultant choice will be shown below the subject/reason menus on the search widget. Show Search Center on Widget must be enabled first.
- Allow Search Subject/Reasons
- Allows you to disable the Subject or Reason search options within the Schedule an Appointment utility.
- Allows you to disable the Subject or Reason search options within the Schedule an Appointment utility.
- Search Subject/Reason Prompt
- Allows you to modify the phrasing of these drop-down fields in the Search Availability box on the dashboard. Search Conjunction determines whether the two fields are separated by an And or an Or.
- Allows you to modify the phrasing of these drop-down fields in the Search Availability box on the dashboard. Search Conjunction determines whether the two fields are separated by an And or an Or.
- Allow Special Skills
- If enabled, students/staff will see the skills and accommodations search field when searching for availabilities. This should be enabled if using this functionality.
- Linked Special Skills
- This allows you to restrict which skills/accommodations are available in this widget. Default is blank (all).
- This allows you to restrict which skills/accommodations are available in this widget. Default is blank (all).
- Allow user to adjust chosen special skills
- If checked, users can specify which skills/accommodations they want to search for. If unchecked, all available special skills will be chosen (as determined by Linked Special Skills).
- If checked, users can specify which skills/accommodations they want to search for. If unchecked, all available special skills will be chosen (as determined by Linked Special Skills).
- Load Skills from Student
- Automatically select student skills/accommodations based on Linked special needs to student lists detailed above.
- Auto Choose Modality
- If a modality is chosen in this field, only availabilities matching that modality will appear in search results. For example, you may have an in-person search availability widget and a separate online search availability widget. Unless this kind of configuration is needed, it's recommended to leave this field blank (i.e., all modalities).
- If a modality is chosen in this field, only availabilities matching that modality will appear in search results. For example, you may have an in-person search availability widget and a separate online search availability widget. Unless this kind of configuration is needed, it's recommended to leave this field blank (i.e., all modalities).
- Search Availability Instructions
- A custom message that displays during the Search Availability process for staff/students. This field supports HTML.
- A custom message that displays during the Search Availability process for staff/students. This field supports HTML.
- Hide Dropins from Students
- If enabled, Drop-in-type availabilities will not appear in availability search results for students.
- If enabled, Drop-in-type availabilities will not appear in availability search results for students.
- Do not stack similar results
- By default, TracCloud will stack similar availabilities in search results. This requires that the availabilities have the same meeting type, start time, end time, and center. Clicking on the stack expands the availabilities, where students can choose the consultant they want to work with. Enabling this option disables this functionality, so that availabilities are never stacked.
- By default, TracCloud will stack similar availabilities in search results. This requires that the availabilities have the same meeting type, start time, end time, and center. Clicking on the stack expands the availabilities, where students can choose the consultant they want to work with. Enabling this option disables this functionality, so that availabilities are never stacked.
- Linked Profiles & Linked Centers
- This option allows you to only show availabilities from a particular profile or center (or multiple profiles/centers). The default for both is blank, meaning availabilities from all profiles/centers will be shown. Center choice does not override profile choice, if you select Profile 1 and a center from Profile 2, the Profile 2 center will not appear in search results. Profile 2 must also be linked to the widget, or the linked profiles field can be left blank.
- This option allows you to only show availabilities from a particular profile or center (or multiple profiles/centers). The default for both is blank, meaning availabilities from all profiles/centers will be shown. Center choice does not override profile choice, if you select Profile 1 and a center from Profile 2, the Profile 2 center will not appear in search results. Profile 2 must also be linked to the widget, or the linked profiles field can be left blank.
- For Students on List
- This allows you to only display this search widget to this List of Students. Leave blank to disable.
- This allows you to only display this search widget to this List of Students. Leave blank to disable.
Additional settings can be found beneath these settings. These apply to all search availability widgets.
- Additional Instructions
- Optional text that appears for those using the 'Choose a Date & Center' option for availability search. "Appointments must be scheduled at least 12 hours in advance" in the example screenshot below.
- Optional text that appears for those using the 'Choose a Date & Center' option for availability search. "Appointments must be scheduled at least 12 hours in advance" in the example screenshot below.
- Prompt for choosing which profile/center of services and Title for All Profiles/Centers option
- Change the phrasing of these choices within the 'Choose a Date & Center' option.
- Change the phrasing of these choices within the 'Choose a Date & Center' option.
- Default search availability date choice
- Sets the default date choice within the 'Choose a Date & Center' option.
- Sets the default date choice within the 'Choose a Date & Center' option.
- Unbooked availabilities become dropins to students on search availability
- If checked, in the event that an in-person availability block is not booked within the allowed limit of your profile scheduling restrictions, the availability block will continue to be shown to students as an in-person drop-in to allow the time slot to still be utilized. You can make exceptions to this rule via permission groups under the "Scheduling" tab.
- If checked, in the event that an in-person availability block is not booked within the allowed limit of your profile scheduling restrictions, the availability block will continue to be shown to students as an in-person drop-in to allow the time slot to still be utilized. You can make exceptions to this rule via permission groups under the "Scheduling" tab.
- Hide number of slots found when the campus rules 'too soon' message is displayed
- When searching for availabilities beyond what your "Schedule no sooner than" preference allows, TracCloud will inform the user/student that there are X number of availabilities on that date, and to come back later. If you'd prefer that TracCloud did not give a total number, this preference can be enabled.
- Master List for Search Availabilities Subject
- Allows you to restrict Search Availability to a specific list of sections, overriding the Center and Consultant course lists.
- Allows you to restrict Search Availability to a specific list of sections, overriding the Center and Consultant course lists.
- Name for...
- These options allow you to change the phrasing of availabilities types in your Trac System. For example, if your students find 'Multi-person' more clear than 'Group', it can be changed here. Default phrasing will be used if these are left blank.
- These options allow you to change the phrasing of availabilities types in your Trac System. For example, if your students find 'Multi-person' more clear than 'Group', it can be changed here. Default phrasing will be used if these are left blank.
- Format to display Search Subject
- Allows you to modify the format of subjects within the Search Availability widget. E.g., including or excluding Title, Section, Faculty, etc.
- Allows you to modify the format of subjects within the Search Availability widget. E.g., including or excluding Title, Section, Faculty, etc.
- Allow Course Lists to be assigned to availabilities
- Allows you to choose a course list in the availability subject field as a form of section group. If a course list is selected on a drop-in availability and the student joins with the ad-hoc QR code, the closest matching section from their registrations will be automatically chosen, similar to SI Batch Visits.
- Allows you to choose a course list in the availability subject field as a form of section group. If a course list is selected on a drop-in availability and the student joins with the ad-hoc QR code, the closest matching section from their registrations will be automatically chosen, similar to SI Batch Visits.
- Allow move appointment to earlier time
- This allows you to move appointments to a past availability slot with the "Move" button in appointment records, and how many hours in the past are allowed. The recommended value for this option is 0.
- This allows you to move appointments to a past availability slot with the "Move" button in appointment records, and how many hours in the past are allowed. The recommended value for this option is 0.
- Relax Availability Reasons restrictions for Specialties (use Center Reasons only)
- By default when creating availabilities and appointments from the staff schedule, the consultant's reason specialties are used to filter the list of available reason choices. Checking this box bypasses that filter, showing all reasons for the center regardless of the consultant's specialties. This does not apply to the search availability dashboard widget(s), where reason specialties will still apply.
More information on this feature can be found in its own dedicated article here.
- Setting for Report Unable to Find Appointment
- This adds a utility to the Search for Availability screen allowing staff and students to report that they weren’t able to find an availability that works for them. Button Label can be used to change the student-facing phrasing of this option.
- This adds a utility to the Search for Availability screen allowing staff and students to report that they weren’t able to find an availability that works for them. Button Label can be used to change the student-facing phrasing of this option.
- Off disables this functionality.
- Off disables this functionality.
- Standard provides a standard form where students can write out what they searched for and what they did (or didn’t) find. These reports can later be reviewed and managed by staff with the appropriate permissions.
- Standard provides a standard form where students can write out what they searched for and what they did (or didn’t) find. These reports can later be reviewed and managed by staff with the appropriate permissions.
- Custom lets you enter a custom URL that students will be taken to after selecting the “Report Unable to Find an Appointment” button.
- Custom lets you enter a custom URL that students will be taken to after selecting the “Report Unable to Find an Appointment” button.
- Button Label
- Changes the label of the button that students would click when using this utility. Report Unable to Find Appointment by default.
- Changes the label of the button that students would click when using this utility. Report Unable to Find Appointment by default.
- Instructions
- This text appears within the "Unable to Find Appointment" prompt for students & staff, and can be used for additional instructions or contact methods.
- This text appears within the "Unable to Find Appointment" prompt for students & staff, and can be used for additional instructions or contact methods.
Search Availability Options
These preferences allow you to modify the behavior of the Search Availability widget on the dashboard. There are 3 sets of settings by default, as you can have up to 3 Search Availability widgets at once. For example, if you had an AdvisorTrac and a TutorTrac profile in the same instance, you may want reason to be a required search criteria for Advising, but only require Subject for Tutoring. These options allow you to offer a separate widget for each profile. If your campus needs more than 3 widgets, this can be added at an additional cost. Reach out to sales@go-redrock.com for more information.
- Activate primary/secondary/tertiary search availability option
- This allows you to enable additional search widgets when needed. The primary option is enabled by default.
- This allows you to enable additional search widgets when needed. The primary option is enabled by default.
- Search Availability Title
- This allows you to modify the name of the Search Availability widget on the dashboard. Also displays within the header of the subsequent search results page.
- This allows you to modify the name of the Search Availability widget on the dashboard. Also displays within the header of the subsequent search results page.
- Default Search Option
- This determines whether the Schedule an Appointment dashboard utility defaults to “First Available” or “Choose Date.” The latter will prompt staff and students to select a Profile, Center, and Date Range for their search results. Hide Search Option will hide this choice, preventing users from using anything but the default. Require Center can be used in combination with Default: Choose Date and Hide Search Option to always require that students select a center to find availabilities.
- This determines whether the Schedule an Appointment dashboard utility defaults to “First Available” or “Choose Date.” The latter will prompt staff and students to select a Profile, Center, and Date Range for their search results. Hide Search Option will hide this choice, preventing users from using anything but the default. Require Center can be used in combination with Default: Choose Date and Hide Search Option to always require that students select a center to find availabilities.
- Show Profile Option to Student
- When “Choose Date” Is used when searching for availabilities, the user is asked which Profile and Center they want to search in. This option provides the ability to disable the Profile choice for students.
- When “Choose Date” Is used when searching for availabilities, the user is asked which Profile and Center they want to search in. This option provides the ability to disable the Profile choice for students.
- Show Search Center on Widget
- If enabled, a center choice will be shown above the subject/reason menus on the search availability widget.
- If enabled, a center choice will be shown above the subject/reason menus on the search availability widget.
- Show Search Consultant on Widget
- If enabled, a consultant choice will be shown below the subject/reason menus on the search widget. Show Search Center on Widget must be enabled first.
- If enabled, a consultant choice will be shown below the subject/reason menus on the search widget. Show Search Center on Widget must be enabled first.
- Allow Search Subject/Reasons
- Allows you to disable the Subject or Reason search options within the Schedule an Appointment utility.
- Allows you to disable the Subject or Reason search options within the Schedule an Appointment utility.
- Search Subject/Reason Prompt
- Allows you to modify the phrasing of these drop-down fields in the Search Availability box on the dashboard. Search Conjunction determines whether the two fields are separated by an And or an Or.
- Allows you to modify the phrasing of these drop-down fields in the Search Availability box on the dashboard. Search Conjunction determines whether the two fields are separated by an And or an Or.
- Allow Special Skills
- If enabled, students/staff will see the skills and accommodations search field when searching for availabilities. This should be enabled if using this functionality.
- Linked Special Skills
- This allows you to restrict which skills/accommodations are available in this widget. Default is blank (all).
- This allows you to restrict which skills/accommodations are available in this widget. Default is blank (all).
- Allow user to adjust chosen special skills
- If checked, users can specify which skills/accommodations they want to search for. If unchecked, all available special skills will be chosen (as determined by Linked Special Skills).
- If checked, users can specify which skills/accommodations they want to search for. If unchecked, all available special skills will be chosen (as determined by Linked Special Skills).
- Load Skills from Student
- Automatically select student skills/accommodations based on Linked special needs to student lists detailed above.
- Auto Choose Modality
- If a modality is chosen in this field, only availabilities matching that modality will appear in search results. For example, you may have an in-person search availability widget and a separate online search availability widget. Unless this kind of configuration is needed, it's recommended to leave this field blank (i.e., all modalities).
- If a modality is chosen in this field, only availabilities matching that modality will appear in search results. For example, you may have an in-person search availability widget and a separate online search availability widget. Unless this kind of configuration is needed, it's recommended to leave this field blank (i.e., all modalities).
- Search Availability Instructions
- A custom message that displays during the Search Availability process for staff/students. This field supports HTML.
- A custom message that displays during the Search Availability process for staff/students. This field supports HTML.
- Hide Dropins from Students
- If enabled, Drop-in-type availabilities will not appear in availability search results for students.
- If enabled, Drop-in-type availabilities will not appear in availability search results for students.
- Do not stack similar results
- By default, TracCloud will stack similar availabilities in search results. This requires that the availabilities have the same meeting type, start time, end time, and center. Clicking on the stack expands the availabilities, where students can choose the consultant they want to work with. Enabling this option disables this functionality, so that availabilities are never stacked.
- By default, TracCloud will stack similar availabilities in search results. This requires that the availabilities have the same meeting type, start time, end time, and center. Clicking on the stack expands the availabilities, where students can choose the consultant they want to work with. Enabling this option disables this functionality, so that availabilities are never stacked.
- Linked Profiles & Linked Centers
- This option allows you to only show availabilities from a particular profile or center (or multiple profiles/centers). The default for both is blank, meaning availabilities from all profiles/centers will be shown. Center choice does not override profile choice, if you select Profile 1 and a center from Profile 2, the Profile 2 center will not appear in search results. Profile 2 must also be linked to the widget, or the linked profiles field can be left blank.
- This option allows you to only show availabilities from a particular profile or center (or multiple profiles/centers). The default for both is blank, meaning availabilities from all profiles/centers will be shown. Center choice does not override profile choice, if you select Profile 1 and a center from Profile 2, the Profile 2 center will not appear in search results. Profile 2 must also be linked to the widget, or the linked profiles field can be left blank.
- For Students on List
- This allows you to only display this search widget to this List of Students. Leave blank to disable.
- This allows you to only display this search widget to this List of Students. Leave blank to disable.
Additional settings can be found beneath these settings. These apply to all search availability widgets.
- Additional Instructions
- Optional text that appears for those using the 'Choose a Date & Center' option for availability search. "Appointments must be scheduled at least 12 hours in advance" in the example screenshot below.
- Optional text that appears for those using the 'Choose a Date & Center' option for availability search. "Appointments must be scheduled at least 12 hours in advance" in the example screenshot below.
- Prompt for choosing which profile/center of services and Title for All Profiles/Centers option
- Change the phrasing of these choices within the 'Choose a Date & Center' option.
- Change the phrasing of these choices within the 'Choose a Date & Center' option.
- Default search availability date choice
- Sets the default date choice within the 'Choose a Date & Center' option.
- Sets the default date choice within the 'Choose a Date & Center' option.
- Unbooked availabilities become dropins to students on search availability
- If checked, in the event that an in-person availability block is not booked within the allowed limit of your profile scheduling restrictions, the availability block will continue to be shown to students as an in-person drop-in to allow the time slot to still be utilized. You can make exceptions to this rule via permission groups under the "Scheduling" tab.
- If checked, in the event that an in-person availability block is not booked within the allowed limit of your profile scheduling restrictions, the availability block will continue to be shown to students as an in-person drop-in to allow the time slot to still be utilized. You can make exceptions to this rule via permission groups under the "Scheduling" tab.
- Hide number of slots found when the campus rules 'too soon' message is displayed
- When searching for availabilities beyond what your "Schedule no sooner than" preference allows, TracCloud will inform the user/student that there are X number of availabilities on that date, and to come back later. If you'd prefer that TracCloud did not give a total number, this preference can be enabled.
- Master List for Search Availabilities Subject
- Allows you to restrict Search Availability to a specific list of sections, overriding the Center and Consultant course lists.
- Allows you to restrict Search Availability to a specific list of sections, overriding the Center and Consultant course lists.
- Name for...
- These options allow you to change the phrasing of availabilities types in your Trac System. For example, if your students find 'Multi-person' more clear than 'Group', it can be changed here. Default phrasing will be used if these are left blank.
- These options allow you to change the phrasing of availabilities types in your Trac System. For example, if your students find 'Multi-person' more clear than 'Group', it can be changed here. Default phrasing will be used if these are left blank.
- Format to display Search Subject
- Allows you to modify the format of subjects within the Search Availability widget. E.g., including or excluding Title, Section, Faculty, etc.
- Allows you to modify the format of subjects within the Search Availability widget. E.g., including or excluding Title, Section, Faculty, etc.
- Allow Course Lists to be assigned to availabilities
- Allows you to choose a course list in the availability subject field as a form of section group. If a course list is selected on a drop-in availability and the student joins with the ad-hoc QR code, the closest matching section from their registrations will be automatically chosen, similar to SI Batch Visits.
- Allows you to choose a course list in the availability subject field as a form of section group. If a course list is selected on a drop-in availability and the student joins with the ad-hoc QR code, the closest matching section from their registrations will be automatically chosen, similar to SI Batch Visits.
- Allow move appointment to earlier time
- This allows you to move appointments to a past availability slot with the "Move" button in appointment records, and how many hours in the past are allowed. The recommended value for this option is 0.
- This allows you to move appointments to a past availability slot with the "Move" button in appointment records, and how many hours in the past are allowed. The recommended value for this option is 0.
- Relax Availability Reasons restrictions for Specialties (use Center Reasons only)
- By default when creating availabilities and appointments from the staff schedule, the consultant's reason specialties are used to filter the list of available reason choices. Checking this box bypasses that filter, showing all reasons for the center regardless of the consultant's specialties. This does not apply to the search availability dashboard widget(s), where reason specialties will still apply.
More information on this feature can be found in its own dedicated article here.
- Setting for Report Unable to Find Appointment
- This adds a utility to the Search for Availability screen allowing staff and students to report that they weren’t able to find an availability that works for them. Button Label can be used to change the student-facing phrasing of this option.
- This adds a utility to the Search for Availability screen allowing staff and students to report that they weren’t able to find an availability that works for them. Button Label can be used to change the student-facing phrasing of this option.
- Off disables this functionality.
- Off disables this functionality.
- Standard provides a standard form where students can write out what they searched for and what they did (or didn’t) find. These reports can later be reviewed and managed by staff with the appropriate permissions.
- Standard provides a standard form where students can write out what they searched for and what they did (or didn’t) find. These reports can later be reviewed and managed by staff with the appropriate permissions.
- Custom lets you enter a custom URL that students will be taken to after selecting the “Report Unable to Find an Appointment” button.
- Custom lets you enter a custom URL that students will be taken to after selecting the “Report Unable to Find an Appointment” button.
- Button Label
- Changes the label of the button that students would click when using this utility. Report Unable to Find Appointment by default.
- Changes the label of the button that students would click when using this utility. Report Unable to Find Appointment by default.
- Instructions
- This text appears within the "Unable to Find Appointment" prompt for students & staff, and can be used for additional instructions or contact methods.
- This text appears within the "Unable to Find Appointment" prompt for students & staff, and can be used for additional instructions or contact methods.
Students Listing
Student data is one of the most important parts of your Trac System, on top of being the record that all their visits, appointments, documents, and more are assigned to, you also have the student's information directly. You can run reports on visits grouped by student majors, or send emails to students of a certain class, cohort, or any other field you have available. This article goes over some of the ways you can search for these records.
The Students Listing itself (found by clicking 'Students' in the Navigation Bar) contains all student records uploaded to your Trac System. From this page, we're able to manage student data in bulk, creating lists, sending emails, or submitting SAGE referrals, or we can open a specific student record and manage just one student profile at a time.
Each column of information displayed has a clickable header that will sort the listing accordingly. Clicking once sorts ascending, a second click will sort descending.
Using the Search Bar on this screen, we can easily perform quick searches to find specific students. Right clicking in the search bar (shown below) will provide a list of available student fields to search, click any of these to auto-fill the search bar.
Example Searches:
- Find a student by a single value, such as ID. Specifying 'Students.ID=' actually isn't required for ID or Name searches, but it works well as an example.
- Students.ID=1931
- Students.ID=1931
- ...or name. Names should be formatted as 'Last, First' or 'First M Last'. 'First Last' will also work if middle names are not being imported.
- Day, Rob
- Day, Rob
- Search multiple fields at once, separate your searches by a space.
- Students.Major=Mathematics Students.Class=Sophomore
- Students.Major=Mathematics Students.Class=Sophomore
- When performing multiple searches where at least one field contains a space, make sure to surround the contents you're searching for with quotation marks.
- Students.Major="Chemical Engineering" Students.Status=Active
- Students.Major="Chemical Engineering" Students.Status=Active
- Search in Custom Fields. It's recommended to use the right-click menu to select these, as it will always auto-fill the correct field name.
- #sql:InState#=Yes
- #sql:InState#=Yes
- Date searches such as this are required to be formatted as YYYY-MM-DD
- Students.BirthDate=1993-07-16
- Students.BirthDate=1993-07-16
- We also offer a special search to find students where today is their birthday.
- birthdaytoday
- birthdaytoday
Students Search
The Student Listing also has a unique Search utility found in the hamburger menu . This utility has the ability to search related tables to find relevant students. This includes the ability to run searches such as "students who have had appointments in the last 7 days" or "students who have ongoing referrals."
- Search Type
- This can be set to New Search, Search Selection, Remove found from Selection, or Add found to Selection, depending on the desired effect of this search.
- General Info tab
- This tab is where you can search for basic information about the student. ID, Status, Name, etc.
- Appointments
- This tab allows you to search for students by appointment information. For example, "students who had an appointment from 02/10 to 02/20 with a status of Missed."
- Visits
- This tab allows you to search for students by visit info. For example, "students who visited more than 2 times from 02/10 to 02/20 where the subject was MAT100."
- Registration
- This tab allows you to search for students by registration info. For example, "students who are actively enrolled in more than one math course."
- Documents
- This allows you to search for students by documents. "Students who have a document of a certain filename uploaded in the last month."
- Surveys
- Students who have received or responded to a survey in a certain time period. Requires SurveyTrac.
- SAGE Referrals
- Students who have ongoing or completed referrals of a specific type in a specified date range. Requires SAGE.
- Resources
- This tab allows you to search for students by their resource usage, whether they have certain items checked out or overdue.
Hamburger Menu
Every listing page in the Trac System features a hamburger menu with utilities to search for or interact with your list of records. Some of these options are specific to a certain listing/record-type, others are shared. The following list includes definitions for the hamburger menu options available on this listing, and how they can be utilized.
- List All
- This option will show all records on the current listing. Some listings have an additional toggle for only showing "Active" records, such as Students and Registrations, which will still override a "List All" search if checked.
- This option will show all records on the current listing. Some listings have an additional toggle for only showing "Active" records, such as Students and Registrations, which will still override a "List All" search if checked.
- Search
- This utility will open a pop-up window unique to each Listing it's present on, allowing you to search your records by a number of different fields. In the case of the Student Listing, you could use this to search related records, such as 'Students who have at least 2 Visits in the Learning Center' or 'Students with a recent Document upload in their timeline.'
- Power Search
- This option provides a simple but powerful search utility to find the records you need. String together multiple searches, adding or removing results for each. Use Search Symbols to include ranges of data, and Save Searches for later use if needed. The search term 'blankornull' can be used to find all records with a value of nothing ("") or null ().
- Search by Term Enrollment
- Allows you to search based on the students' enrollment in a specific term or multiple terms. The example search below would show students who are enrolled in a 2023SP registration AND are not enrolled in a 2023FA registration.
- Allows you to search based on the students' enrollment in a specific term or multiple terms. The example search below would show students who are enrolled in a 2023SP registration AND are not enrolled in a 2023FA registration.
- Lists
- See Student Lists and Watch Lists for more information.
- See Student Lists and Watch Lists for more information.
- Saved Searches
- See Saved Searches for more information.
- See Saved Searches for more information.
- Find/Merge Duplicates
- These utilities can be used to cleanup duplicate records in your Trac System. We highly recommend reaching out to Redrock Support directly for assistance in cleaning up this data.
- These utilities can be used to cleanup duplicate records in your Trac System. We highly recommend reaching out to Redrock Support directly for assistance in cleaning up this data.
- Find by Values
- This utility can be used to search one field for multiple values. If you have a spreadsheet containing a list of student IDs, this is an easy way to pull up the same list of students in TracCloud by copying the ID column into this search field.
- Change Field Values
- This utility allows you to make modifications in to your records in bulk. Similar to the Merge Duplicates utility, we highly recommend coordinating with Redrock Support directly on this setting.
- This utility allows you to make modifications in to your records in bulk. Similar to the Merge Duplicates utility, we highly recommend coordinating with Redrock Support directly on this setting.
- Selected...
- The Selection Tool offers several options to filter and manage your records. More information on this feature can be found in its own dedicated article here.
- The Selection Tool offers several options to filter and manage your records. More information on this feature can be found in its own dedicated article here.
- Views
- See Views for more information.
- See Views for more information.
- Send Survey
- Allows you to send a survey to the current user list. More information.
- Allows you to send a survey to the current user list. More information.
- Register In
- Allows you to quickly enroll a student in a new registration. Depending on your import configuration, manually recreated registrations may be deactivated during your auto-import.
- Allows you to quickly enroll a student in a new registration. Depending on your import configuration, manually recreated registrations may be deactivated during your auto-import.
- Assign Success Plan
- Allows you to assign a new Success Plan to the current student list. More information.
- Allows you to assign a new Success Plan to the current student list. More information.
- Create Referral
- Allows you to create a batch referral through SAGE. More information.
- Allows you to create a batch referral through SAGE. More information.
- Create Task
- Allows you to send a task to the current student list. More information.
- Allows you to send a task to the current student list. More information.
- Toggle Photos
- Enable or disable student photos on the Student Listing.
- Enable or disable student photos on the Student Listing.
- Create Chart
- Based on the data currently being viewed a chart can be generated to visually illustrate the relationships in the data.
- Based on the data currently being viewed a chart can be generated to visually illustrate the relationships in the data.
- Export CSV
- Export current listing contents to a CSV file.
- Export current listing contents to a CSV file.
- Send Email
- Allows you to send an email directly to a list of users.
- Allows you to send an email directly to a list of users.
- Send Email to Faculty
- This email utility allows you to email faculty linked to student registrations. The faculty recipients can be determined by subject, status, and grade. One email will be sent per linked registration, so if there are 3 students listed enrolled in MAT100 with Dave Smith, Dave Smith will receive 3 emails. Faculty recipients can also be filtered by scheduled day/time if section schedule is being imported.
- Show these <records>
- This utility takes your selection of records, finds the related records, and takes you to that listing with the resulting records. For example, on the Registration listing, you can "Show these Students" to display the student records for the registrations that you were viewing.
- This utility takes your selection of records, finds the related records, and takes you to that listing with the resulting records. For example, on the Registration listing, you can "Show these Students" to display the student records for the registrations that you were viewing.
- Allows you to print the contents of the current listing, by extension this also allows you to export the current list as a PDF file.
- Allows you to print the contents of the current listing, by extension this also allows you to export the current list as a PDF file.
- New <Record>
- Allows you to create a new record based on your selected listing.
- Allows you to create a new record based on your selected listing.
See Also
Confirm Bio
Confirm Bio allows students and staff to update their own information, either by following a URL sent to their email address after a KIOSK login, or within a prompt displayed in their browser after signing in. The information they’re allowed to view/edit is up to you. You can also prevent students from starting a visit until their bio has been confirmed, or even add staff bio as an element of search availability.
Each student and staff member has a checkbox in their profile that represents whether or not they have completed the confirm bio prompt. This checkbox can be reset manually or automatically to ensure that users have the most up to date information in their profile, even if the information differs from what is found in your import file. Students and staff can also manually edit their bio at any time via a widget on their dashboard.
Student Confirm Bio Settings
- Confirm Staff Bio Activation
- Toggles this functionality on or off.
- Toggles this functionality on or off.
- Reset Student Confirmations on date and Next Date Time for Reset
- Provides the option to reset confirmations on a specific date, prompting students to confirm their bio once again. The confirm bio reset process happens at 1am.
- Provides the option to reset confirmations on a specific date, prompting students to confirm their bio once again. The confirm bio reset process happens at 1am.
- Reset Student Confirmations after days and Reset after ___ days
- Provides the option to automatically reset confirmations after a certain number of days.
- Provides the option to automatically reset confirmations after a certain number of days.
- Confirm Bio Instructions
- This message appears at the top of the Confirm Bio prompt, typically instructions for the information required or terms to agree to.
- This message appears at the top of the Confirm Bio prompt, typically instructions for the information required or terms to agree to.
- Chosen Fields to Display to Student
- These are the editable fields within the Confirm Bio prompt. Each field can be assigned a status:
Editable - This field can be edited by students, but if this field is imported, the import will override the contents of this field.
Editable - Prevent Override - Allows editing like above, but the import process will not override the data saved here. Once the bio confirmed checkbox has been checked, no further changes will be made to this field by the import process.
View Only - The student can view the current contents of this field within Confirm Bio, but the field cannot be modified.
- These are the editable fields within the Confirm Bio prompt. Each field can be assigned a status:
- Allow Upload Photo
- This gives students the ability to upload their own photo to their student account, rather than batch or automated alternatives.
- This gives students the ability to upload their own photo to their student account, rather than batch or automated alternatives.
- Ask Student to Type Initials when confirming
- Students will be prompted to enter their initials before continuing, as a form of e-signature.
- Students will be prompted to enter their initials before continuing, as a form of e-signature.
- Ask Confirmation on KIOSK Login
- If the student's bio hasn't been confirmed, their Kiosk logins can be interrupted with one of the following options. If an email choice is selected, additional settings will be made available (email subject and body). On the kiosk prompts, a QR code will also be available that students can scan instead of checking their email.
- Don't Ask on KIOSK disables this functionality; kiosk logins will be unaffected by Confirm Bio status.
- Show Confirmation Form will display the Confirm Bio form on the screen, prompting the student to fill this out before continuing.
- Send Link via Email - Allow Sign In will cause the Confirm Bio form to be emailed to student, but the student will still be allowed to login.
- Send Link via Email - Required before Sign In will cause the Confirm Bio form to be emailed to the student, and will require it to be filled out prior to visit login.
- Send Link via Email - Required before Sign In will cause the Confirm Bio form to be emailed to the student, and will require it to be filled out prior to visit login.
- Title of Edit BIO button
- Allows you to change the label name of the Confirm Bio button on the student dashboard.
- Title of Confirmation Button
- This determines the name of the submit button. E.g., "Save," "I agree," "Submit," etc.
Staff Confirm Bio Settings
The staff side of these settings starts off similarly with our activation rules.
- Confirm Staff Bio Activation
- Toggles this functionality on or off.
- Toggles this functionality on or off.
- Reset Staff Confirmations on date and Next Date Time for Reset
- Provides the option to reset confirmations on a specific date, prompting staff members to confirm their bio once again.
- Provides the option to reset confirmations on a specific date, prompting staff members to confirm their bio once again.
- Reset Staff Confirmations after days and Reset after ___ days
- Provides the option to automatically reset confirmations after a certain number of days.
- Provides the option to automatically reset confirmations after a certain number of days.
- Confirm Bio Instructions
- This message appears at the top of the Confirm Bio prompt, typically instructions for this process.
- This message appears at the top of the Confirm Bio prompt, typically instructions for this process.
- Chosen Fields to Display to Staff
- These are the editable fields within the Confirm Bio prompt. Each field can be assigned a status:
Editable - This field can be edited by staff, but if this field is imported, it will override the contents of this field.
Editable - Prevent Override - Allows editing like above, but the import process will not override the data saved here.
View Only - The staff member can view the current contents of this field within Confirm Bio, but the field cannot be modified.
- These are the editable fields within the Confirm Bio prompt. Each field can be assigned a status:
- Ask Staff to Type Initials when confirming
- Staff will be prompted to enter their initials before continuing, as a form of e-signature.
- Staff will be prompted to enter their initials before continuing, as a form of e-signature.
- Allow Edit Course List Specialties
- Provides consultants the ability to edit their linked Course List. This also requires their permission group to have the ability to edit course list records. Go to Other > Other Options > Groups > [the group you want to have this ability] > Admin / Modules, under 'Table Access' add 'Course Lists' and change the access level to Edit (No Listing). This will allow them to edit course lists if linked to them (i.e., from confirm bio) but will not give them the ability to browse and edit all course lists.
- Provides consultants the ability to edit their linked Course List. This also requires their permission group to have the ability to edit course list records. Go to Other > Other Options > Groups > [the group you want to have this ability] > Admin / Modules, under 'Table Access' add 'Course Lists' and change the access level to Edit (No Listing). This will allow them to edit course lists if linked to them (i.e., from confirm bio) but will not give them the ability to browse and edit all course lists.
- Allow Edit Reason Specialties
- Provides consultants the ability to edit their own Reason Specialties.
- Provides consultants the ability to edit their own Reason Specialties.
- Allow Edit Personal BIO Text
- Provides consultants the ability to edit their own Staff Bio. This is ties into the Show Staff BIO on Search Availability setting.
- Provides consultants the ability to edit their own Staff Bio. This is ties into the Show Staff BIO on Search Availability setting.
- Allow Upload Photo
- Provides consultants the ability to upload a photo to their staff record.
- Provides consultants the ability to upload a photo to their staff record.
- Allow Edit Special Needs / Accommodations
- Provides consultants the ability to edit their own skills / accommodations. More information.
- Provides consultants the ability to edit their own skills / accommodations. More information.
- Title of Edit BIO button
- Allows you to change the label name of the Confirm Bio button on the staff dashboard.
- Allows you to change the label name of the Confirm Bio button on the staff dashboard.
- Title of Confirmation Button
- This determines the name of the submit button. E.g., "Save," "I agree," "Submit," etc.
- This determines the name of the submit button. E.g., "Save," "I agree," "Submit," etc.
- Chosen Fields to Auto Update Staff Data
- In the event that your consultant is linked to a student account (based on the two records having the same username), you can automatically pull a few data points from their student profile into the consultant profile to save time and to ensure they're up to date based on your SIS import. Phone, Name, Email, etc. Manual changes to student accounts also use this auto update utility.
- In the event that your consultant is linked to a student account (based on the two records having the same username), you can automatically pull a few data points from their student profile into the consultant profile to save time and to ensure they're up to date based on your SIS import. Phone, Name, Email, etc. Manual changes to student accounts also use this auto update utility.
- Show Staff BIO on Search Availability
- This enables Staff Bio to be visible to students when searching for availabilities by clicking on a particular consultant's name from the availability search results.
- This enables Staff Bio to be visible to students when searching for availabilities by clicking on a particular consultant's name from the availability search results.
- Layout of the Staff BIO
- If the above option is enabled, this determines what/how consultant information is displayed. By default, their Name, Photo, and Phone will appear on the left, with the written Staff Bio on the right. This grid can be changed/moved as needed. Twig tags are supported.