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On-line Scheduling Instructions
As the Academic Information and Advising Center continues to strive for improvement in order to provide the best possible coordination of academic advising possible, changes often become a necessary aspect of successful operations. Recently, our office developed an online scheduling system for students to make appointments with their DUS advisors. This system is only to be used by students who are assigned a DUS advisor! We are in the process of piloting the system. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED BY YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISOR THAT YOU ARE A PART OF THE PILOT OF THIS SYSTEM, PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL THE OFFICE TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENTS WITH YOUR ADVISOR. Due to the fact that this is a new system which we are currently piloting, you may encounter a few glitches. If you do encounter problems while attempting to make an appointment with your advisor, call the office at the number at the bottom of this message. Before you call, make certain that you have followed the steps listed below. Please take a few minutes to review the “how-to” instructions penned below.
- Open up http://www.altoona.psu.edu/webaccess/stuadvise and enter your login information. This login will be identical to the login you would normally perform when logging in for email, e-Lion, etc. It is worthwhile that you get to know the address, as you will most likely be using it often.
- To schedule an appointment with your DUS advisor, simply click on a day on the calendar which suits your schedule. You will only be able to schedule an appointment with your DUS advisor up to two weeks in advance. Once you click on the day, you will be directed to a page of available times for that particular day. Appointment times are set for ½ hour each. Choose the time that works best for you and click the available link to schedule the appointment. You will be taken to the scheduling page. This is where you will be required to put some more information in about you and your request for an appointment. Your advisor’s name, the date of the potential appointment, and the time are all listed at the top of the page. YOU MUST FILL IN YOUR USERNAME (EMAIL ID), YOUR FIRST NAME, YOUR LAST NAME, YOUR MIDDLE NAME, YOUR PHONE NUMBER, A REASON FOR THE APPOINTMENT (I.E. WHY YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR ADVISOR), AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IN THE NOTES AREA. Once you have ALL of the abovementioned information penned in, you will submit the appointment request.
- IMPORTANT! Once you submit the request, you will be taken to another screen which provides you with more information about your appointment. At this point,
your appointment has not been scheduled yet! Your advisor will be sent an email and alerted via the online scheduling system to the fact that someone is attempting to schedule an appointment with him/her. The advisor must confirm your requested appointment to “make it official.” Once the advisor has confirmed your request, you will be notified via email of the confirmation. In addition, if you log back into the system via the link above, you will be notified of the status of your appointment (it will be listed as
UNCONFIRMED or CONFIRMED). Please make sure that you track the status of your appointment until it reaches confirmed status. The official policy is that advisors will respond to student requests for appointments within 1 (ONE) business day. If your advisor is out for a day or two, you will not receive the response within the allotted (1 Day) time frame. If you are anxious and need to talk to someone, call 949-5084 or 949-5281.
PLEASE NOTE…IF YOU ARE ON THE LIST TO USE THIS ONLINE SCHEDULING SYSTEM, YOU WILL NO LONGER NEED TO CALL INTO THE DUS OFFICE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR DUS ADVISOR.
Schedule an appointment now!
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