About Starfish at MSCS

Starfish is a tool that provides you with a central location to connect to the people and services that can help you reach your academic goals at MSC Southeast. It enables you to effectively engage with the Minnesota State College Southeast community and ultimately achieve your academic goals.

 
To access Starfish, look for a direct link in D2L at the top of your homepage. 

FAQs

Questions or comments?


See our detailed FAQ or email starfish@southeastmn.edu 

What Can I Do in Starfish?

To access Starfish, look for a direct link in D2L at the top of your homepage. 

Services

The services area allows you to locate resources, find relevant contact information for those resources, and find out more about how the services can support you while enrolled at MSC Southeast.  It is available through the My Success Network under Your Services, by clicking on "Show Other Services", or by using the "Search services and people" search box.

My Success Network

The Success Network gives you quick access to your professors, advisor, and many service areas available to you at MSC Southeast. Easily find the email addresses, phone numbers, and other information that can help aid in your success. You may even find that your advisor, faculty member(s), or services have enabled online appointments, allowing you to easily schedule a meeting!

My Success Network: Student Demo

 

For assistance in locating and using the Success Network feature in Starfish, please see the following video: 


 Understanding your Success Network (Video)

Raise Your Hand


Choose a Raise Your Hand option to receive assistance from various departments and/or for various needs.




 

Raise Your Hand: Student Demo


 


 
For assistance in locating and using the Raise Your Hand feature in Starfish, please see the following video: 

 

Other ways students can use the Starfish System:

Schedule Appointments
You will be able to schedule appointments with staff that have set up their office hours in Starfish.

Surveys
You will be able to complete any student survey that MSC Southeast has created for you to complete. A great place to start is to complete the "Tell Us About Yourself" survey.
Questions or comments?


See our detailed FAQ or email starfish@southeastmn.edu 

Set Up Your Individual Profile

When setting up your profile, some areas that you can personalize:
  • Picture
  • Personal/alternate email address
  • Your cell phone number
  • Your preffered pronouns
  • Notifications: Update your preferences to "Also send notifications to my alternate email adress."
 To increase faculty and staff connections, we encourage the college community to update their personal profile.
Be sure to add an alternate/personal email address and update your email preferences to "Also send notifications to my alternate email address" so you can get messages to both your MSC Southeast and personal email accounts.Finally, confirm that your time zone is accurate. 

Get started today! 

Setting up Your Profile: Student Demo

For assistance in locating and Setting up your Starfish Profile,  please see the following video: 


Setting up your Starfish Profile (video)


Starfish System Notifications

Referrals

You may receive a referral from a faculty or staff member. Your personalized referral will email you with the necessary contact information for relevant services and allow you to follow up.
To access Starfish, look for a direct link in D2L at the top of your homepage. 
Questions or comments?

See our detailed FAQ or email starfish@southeastmn.edu 

Kudos

Kudos praise you for the work you have done, the improvements you have made, and more! 

Flags

Flags are alerts that faculty or staff members may raise if they have a concern about your academic progress. Academic flags are sent to you directly, and you are encouraged to take immediate action and contact your instructor for the next steps. Academic flags include: 
  • Academic Concern
  • Attendance/Participation Concern 
  • In Danger of Not Passing
  • No Show (used during the first two weeks of the semester)
  • Never Attended/Participated (used during the mid-point of the semester)
Flag Use example: You suddenly stop attending class. Your instructor may raise the flag, Attendance/Participation Concern, and add a comment. You will receive an email to allow for immediate action.