Next - User Settings

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Overview

Next "Meeting Request" settings are enabled in the individual user "Settings" by enabling "Accept walk-in meetings from Students".

A Meeting Request Locations section showing options to accept walk‑in meetings and scheduled meetings from students, with the walk‑in option highlighted. The page also shows a lead‑time setting, the time zone, and a notice stating that students may only schedule meetings during available times on the integrated work calendar, along with an Add button.

Once in "Settings", users will need to scroll down until they see the options to configure their own Meeting Request Locations.

A Meeting Request Locations section showing options to accept walk‑in meetings and scheduled meetings from students, with the Accept walk‑in meetings option highlighted. The page also includes a lead‑time setting, the time zone, and a notice indicating that students may schedule meetings only during available times on the integrated work calendar, along with an Add button.

Once these preferences are established availability and location settings will be subsequently changed.

Availability:

Faculty and staff can mark themselves available to meet with students under the Students tab within Student Success & Engagement. By clicking on "Meet Reg" further availability options will appear.

A student profile page showing the Management and Leadership student record with tabs for profile, activity, notes, tasks, surveys, meetings, academic plan, courses, transcript, test scores, finances, applications, documents, external links, and programs, along with a navigation bar where the Meeting Requests option is highlighted.

Faculty and Staff have the option of choosing to mark their availability on or off. If the indicator states "Available", that staff member will appear as an option for students to request meetings within Next.

A student profile page showing detailed student information, including achievements, contact details, program, degree, campus, cumulative GPA, and student type, along with tabs for activity, notes, tasks, surveys, meetings, academic plan, courses, transcript, test scores, finances, applications, documents, external links, and programs. The page also displays assigned advisors, success coaches, and followers, as well as options at the top for messaging, notes, alerts, excused absences, and sharing resources.

Accept Meeting Requests:

All meeting requests will be listed under "Meet Req" in the Student Tab of SS&E. To accept a meeting faculty and staff need to click "Accept" located to the bottom right on the meeting request. By doing so the meeting will then need to be confirmed.

A confirmation dialog showing a message asking whether to accept the meeting, stating that clicking OK will remove the meeting request from the queue, with OK and Cancel buttons displayed.

Once confirmed users will be given the opportunity to provide more detail regarding the meeting topic and outcomes.

A Meeting window showing fields for selecting a location, staff member, student, meeting type, start and end times, services such as advising or career services, optional course sections, and a comments box, along with an option to create a meeting in the integrated calendar and Save and Cancel buttons.

Once details on the meeting request have been entered, clicking "Save" will confirm the meeting. The meeting can also be viewed in the Meetings Tab within the student's record.

A message that reads 'Your meeting has been successfully saved'.

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