Transitioning to J1 Web Advisor Assignments
J1 Web offers a powerful and flexible way to automatically assign advisors to advisees. There are plenty of options so you can configure it to assign students the advisors they need and yet balance the advisors' loads. Setup is straightforward, and you can make changes on the fly as needed.
Differences with Desktop
The Automated Advisor Assignments feature in J1 Web is different from the Desktop method. J1 Web doesn't use the advising groups from Desktop. Instead, it leverages student and advisor information so you don't need to set up advising groups. It's a more streamlined setup, and yet it offers powerful tools to make advisor assignment easier.
Fresh Start in J1 Web
Because the J1 Web Automated Advisor Assignments is more powerful and flexible than the advising groups methods in Desktop, you'll make a fresh start in J1 Web. Your Desktop setup for advisor assignments isn't used in J1 Web.
The Automated Advisor Assignments topic explains the feature and gives full instructions for setting it up and running it. The topic starts with a link to a brief video with questions and answers about the feature.
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