Getting Started Step Seven: Advising

We can now actually search for our student, and advise them.  If you wish, you can log in as the advisor user you just created, but since the admin user always has all of the permissions, let's stay logged in as admin for now.

 

But first-- an important word about FlightPath's cache:

To save time, FlightPath will "cache" data for a student and their degree, when they are loaded.  If you make changes to the student, or to the degree, don't forget to apply draft changes (for the degree), and reload the student, by simply searching for them again.  This will cause FlightPath to clear it's cache.

If you make changes to course data, you will need to clear all of FlightPath's cache from the Main Tab (if you are admin), or simply log out and back in, as FlightPath caches course data on login.

 

Advising a Student

Please watch the "Advisor's View" video for a complete walk-through of the advising process.

 

This now concludes the basic "Getting Started" guide.