Cal Answers Helps Advisors Prepare for Spring 2014

October 18, 2013

Cal Answers can help you get ready for the spring semester by providing you with essential information about your students, courses, and enrollments. If you haven’t yet, try out Cal Answers and learn a few reporting basics now so you’re ready to dive in when enrollment begins! Cal Answers dashboards integrate information on course offerings and enrollments, current course availability, student demographic profiles, and more – and the interactive reports make it quick and easy to find the answers you need. To get started, visit calanswers.berkeley.edu to review training materials and log in.

 The data answer questions such as:

  • Which courses do students in my major take? What percent of students taking a certain course are from majors outside of my department? The Student Curriculum - Students & Courses dashboard features information about the majors enrolled in your courses as well as what courses your majors are taking!
  • Have we offered enough sections to meet demand for this course? What’s the waitlist during a certain week of the registration period? When it’s time to manage the spring 2014 course enrollment process, the Student Curriculum - Weekly Enrollment Management dashboard helps you answer questions like these! You can track enrollments week-to-week throughout registration, including waitlist counts, enrollment limits, and % class filled.
  • Which major programs do students choose? What are the demographic attributes of students in a program? The Student Demographics and Outcomes - Census dashboards contain data about the official registered student census, including student major, gender, ethnicity status, year/term, department, division, and more!