Instructors

Instructors/faculty at Minnesota State University, Mankato play an important role in the success of our students. Recognizing students that may be struggling while there is enough time to change behavior empowers us to have meaningful interventions and make a difference. To support this important work, the University invested in a student success software platform, MavCONNECT, that provides faculty a way to identify those students that may benefit from additional outreach or support. 

Why Should Instructors/Faculty Use MavCONNECT?
  • It provides a quick way to refer a student for additional support/outreach or recognize a student that is doing well in a class.
  • It facilitates online appointment scheduling to help manage student appointments that sync with Outlook calendars.
  • It allows you to refer students to a variety of campus offices without multiple emails/calls.
  • It creates a meeting record for students/staff to refer to best support students.
  • It can be used to take attendance. 

Updating your Profile

Your basic profile information is imported from our Student Information System (ISRS). This information can be supplemented with a photo, additional email addresses, and telephone numbers. Use this area to share basic biographical and contact details.

  1. Click the three-line icon on the top navigation bar of the MavCONNECT homepage
  2. Select Institutional Profile
  3. Click Upload Photo link
  4. Browse to the photo on your computer
  5. Click the Upload Now button
  6. Add additional contact information
  7. Select the Time Zone
  8. Add information to the General Overview in the My Biography sections and click Submit

NOTE: If any of the information pre-populated in your profile is incorrect, please work with your Human Resources representative to correct this information in their system, as their system will overwrite changes made in MavCONNECT.

Appointment Preferences

If you will make your office hours visible to students, add at least one location. If you plan to make appointment times available to students to schedule online, you can set a deadline for how far in advance students may schedule.

  1. Click the three-line icon on the top navigation bar of the MavCONNECT homepage
  2. Select Appointment Preferences
  3. Select your minimum appointment length
  4. Set a scheduling deadline for students, if desired
  5. Under My Locations, add at least one place where you will schedule meetings
  6. Under Calendar Managers, add any other MavCONNECT user who will have the ability to manage your MavConnect calendar
  7. Click the Submit button

You are able to sync your Outlook calendar with your MavCONNECT calendar. Please email mavconnect@mnsu.edu to enable calendar syncing for your account.

Email Notifications

By default, MavCONNECT will send you email notifications about appointments. If you are an assigned adviser, you may also receive notifications about items raised in an instructor’s Midterm Reports. You can change your notification settings under your profile.

  1. Click the three-line icon on the top navigation bar of the MavCONNECT homepage
  2. Select the Email Notifications
  3. Under Appointment Notifications, choose your preferences
  4. Under Summary Emails, choose your preferences for how often, if at all, MavCONNECT emails you summaries of new tracking items and appointment activity
  5. Under Tracking Item Notifications, choose your preferences for how often, if at all, MavCONNECT emails you about new tracking items
  6. Click the Submit button at the top or bottom of the page to save your updates

NOTE: Tracking items marked with an exclamation point will override your notification preferences.

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