OnCourse
Student Success Platform
Connecting students, faculty and advisors to better support students and reduce time-to-degree.
About OnCourse
COVID-19 UPDATE
Please visit our student page or staff and faculty page for information on remote appointments.
OnCourse is the authorized student academic success platform used by students, faculty, and staff at The Ohio State University. Through this platform students can communicate and schedule appointments with their advisor, as well as review their advising notes and class information.
Advisors and other staff are able to record notes, set appointment availability, conduct student focused campaigns, and monitor the progress their students are making. Faculty are able to view their courses and rosters, issue alerts for students, and complete Progress Reports.
The overall goal in using the OnCourse platform is to increase retention rates, reduce time-to-degree, reduce costs, provide targeted outreach to students, increase coordinated efforts between campus partners to better support students, and increase graduation rates. For information on platform utilization, please see our Archive.
OnCourse is The Ohio State University's version of a third-party platform that was developed by the Education Advisory Board (EAB). EAB and other institutions refer to the platform as Navigate which is why communications and Outlook appointments generated through the platform carry the Navigate logo.
If you would like to learn more about OnCourse, please email us at oncourse@osu.edu.
OnCourse Updates
- We have updated the Campus Change: AU21, Commuter and Off-Campus: AU21, Commuter: AU21, Entry Campus, Entry Term: AU21 tags
- Utilization reports for SP 21 and the entire 2020-21 year have been uploaded to our archive: https://advising.osu.edu/oncourse-archive
- The Lunch and Learn topic for Oct. 5 (from 12:00-1:00 PM) has been changed. We will now be showing users the two new Analytic Dashboards (Historical Population Analytics and Historical Course Analytics) coming to OnCourse soon. If you would like to attend, please register through BuckeyeLearn: OnCourse Lunch and Learns (you must be logged into BuckeyeLearn to use this link).
- Due to a data feed error, some student categories were incorrect. This problem has been resolved and a data audit will take place to ensure all categories and other data points have not been affected
August 27, 2021
- The Campus Change AU21 tag has been updated
- We have created a help guide for launching the kiosk that includes what students will see when they check in: Kiosk Guide
- Our next Lunch and Learn zoom session will be on Sept. 7 from 12:00-1:00 PM. We will be doing an overview of the functionality for front-desk staff, including the Appointment Center. If you would like to attend, please register through BuckeyeLearn: OnCourse Lunch and Learns (you must be logged into BuckeyeLearn to use this link).
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at oncourse@osu.edu.
New Student Facing Scheduler:
On Monday, May 3, the new student facing scheduler was launched in the production site. (If you DO NOT have students self-schedule with you, this change will not affect you). For Advisors, we have a list of new services that students can see in the scheduler. The previous advising services will not appear for students in the scheduler, therefore you will need to use the new list of services when setting up your availability.
New Dashboard Feature for Staff:
Staff with assigned students, staff who have scheduled appointments, and/or staff who use appointment campaigns will notice a new dashboard feature on your homepage. The dashboard will feature four tiles: 1. My Assigned Students 2. My Assigned Students Activity 3. My Appointment Summaries and 4. My Appointment Campaigns. These tiles will show summaries and charts based on your OnCourse data.
Enrollment window tags for AU 21 have been added in OnCourse (Enrollment Window AU21: Date).
Please use this instruction guide to find students who are enrolled through OnCourse: Is Your Student Enrolled Next Term?
If you have any questions, please email us at OnCourse@osu.edu.
Enrollment window tags for SU 21 have been added in OnCourse (Enrollment Window SU21: Date). AU 21 enrollment windows will be added as soon as they are available.
Please use this instruction guide to find students who are enrolled through OnCourse: Is Your Student Enrolled Next Term?
If you have any questions, please email us at OnCourse@osu.edu.
1. The Financial Responsibility Statement category in OnCourse is not functioning properly. We are working to resolve the issue.
2. There are some changes coming to OnCourse over the next six months, including a new interface and updated virtual drop-ins in January, and a new student scheduling system in May 2021. All changes will be available to test in the training site starting Thursday, November 26 and we invite you to look over the changes and tell us what you think.
3. Our next Lunch and Learn session (Dec. 1 @ 12:00 pm) will be an Ambassador Spotlight featuring Zayd Abukar from ODI. He will be discussing how he used OnCourse reporting and analytics in connection with ODI Tutoring services. You can register for the session here: BuckeyeLearn Registration (you must be logged into BuckeyeLearn to use this link). Recordings of all Lunch and Learn sessions can be found here: OnCourse Lunch and Learn Recordings.
Request access to OnCourse
Our process to request access to OnCourse has changed. To submit a request you will now fill out the form located on our request access page. New users need to complete the Institutional Data Policy training, the FERPA tutorial and the OnCourse: Learning the Basics training on BuckeyeLearn before submitting the form.
Request data and research
There is now a request data and research form located on our website. The data and research request form should be used if your department/unit would like to explore data points related to a project or interest area.
New virtual check-in and drop-in functions
OnCourse now has virtual check-in and drop-in functionality. To learn how to use these functions, please view our user guide: Check-in/Drop-in User Guide. If you have questions or would like to set up this functionality for your office, please email us at oncourse@osu.edu.