FlightPath Feature List

FlightPath is a full-featured academic advising system! Below are features which come with FlightPath "out of the box," though keep in mind you can extend FligthPath even more by installing modules.

 

Student Features

  • View degree plan requirements, and see their progress through their degree
  • See final grades, as well as midterm grades
  • See GPA and hour requirements, broken up into categories
  • See complete history of advising sessions
  • View courses their advisor advised them to take
  • View comments left by their advisor
  • Try out other majors, should they decide to switch majors
  • View/Search through course descriptions
  • View course schedule offering and sample syllabi
  • Schedule appointments with advisors or professors, even with Zoom
  • Communicate with advisors throigh text message or email
  • Optimized for viewing on mobile phones, like Android and iPhones

 

Faculty / Advisor Features

  • View a student's degree plan including how close they are to completion
  • Advise a student which courses to take, even several semesters into the future
  • View the student in another major, if the student is thinking of switching majors
  • See transfer credit equivalencies for local courses automatically applied
  • Perform substitutions or exceptions for student courses
  • Leave comments for students or other faculty only
  • Assist in degree audit / graduation checkout
  • Send & receive text messages and emails directly from FlightPath
  • View AI-generated factors determining how at-risk a student might be
  • Receive automated early alters for students falling behind

 

Technical & Accessibility Features

  • Runs beautifully on any device: from phones and tablets to desktop computers
  • Works perfectly with all modern web browsers
  • Robust and secure permission system for a very fine level of control over access to every part of FlightPath
  • Easy to configure and customize for your school's branding
  • Easy system for degree plan requirements input
  • Integrations with other campus systems like LDAP, SSO, LMS, etc.
  • Completely open source (GNU GPL v3), and designed for customization and easy updates
  • Basic system requirements