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Adding Advising Notes

Student information useful in advising is available through the MySCC, Self-Service Advising and Registration tool.  Following each session, advisors can add notes to an area that can be seen by other advisors on campus.  

Step 1

Log Into Self Service from MySCC

Self-Service homepage with Advising panel highlighted

Step 2

Click the Advising Tile 

Self-Service homepage with Advising button highlighted.

Step 3

On the following screen you can search for advisees using

  • Name

  • Colleague ID# OR

  • by Choosing from the list of advisees displayed on screen

Advising search bar highlighted with example student entries shown.

Step 4

Once you have located the student you wish to work with, click View Details

Advising panel showing student information and View Details highlighted.

Step 5

Click the Messages\Notes tab

Details screen of Self-Service with a blue circle indicating the Messages/Notes tab

Step 6

Click the Restricted Notes link on the right side of the Messages\Notes tab

Restricted Notes Link

Step 7

Type your notes, then click Save Advisor Notes to save.  

Restricted notes screen in Self-Service


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

Approving Courses and Allowing Registration

Before students can register for classes, you must approve their courses and open registration.    

Step 1

Log Into Self Service from MySCC

Self service icon

Step 2

Click the Advising Tile 

Self-Service homepage with Advising panel highlighted

Step 3

On the following screen you can search for advisees using

  • Name

  • Colleague ID# OR

  • by Choosing from the list of advisees displayed on screen

Advising search bar highlighted with example student entries shown.

Step 4

Once you have located the student you wish to work with, click View Details

Advising panel showing student information and View Details highlighted.

Step 5

Click on the Course Plan tab, then click the checkbox next to the courses you are ready to approve.


You can also click the blue checkmark at the top to check them all.

Course plan tab with individual and multi course check marks indicated with green arrows

Step 6

Once Selected, click the Approve button at the top of the screen.    

Course plan with Approve button highlighted

Step 7

Once the courses have been approved you will have the option to protect the courses (to remove a students ability to change them).  


Use the checkboxes next to the courses to choose the courses you wish to protect, then click the Protect button

Course plan list with a check all option and Protect button highlighted.

Step 8

To create a record of the advising session, click Review Complete in the upper right corner of the screen.


When the pop up message appears, choose Archive.

Review page with Archive and Review Complete highlighted.

Step 9

To allow students to choose sections and register for classes, click the Advisement Complete button in the upper right corner of the screen.

Complete review page with Advising Complete button highlighted.


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Self Service Assistance")

Archiving a copy of an advising session

Keeping record of advising sessions is a best practice. It also creates a pdf copy of the meeting that can be emailed easily to students.  They can also be helpful should a student change programs or advisors down the road.  

Step 1

Log Into Self Service from MySCC

Self service icon

Step 2

Click the Advising Tile 

Self-Service homepage with Advising panel highlighted

Step 3

On the following screen you can search for advisees using

  • Name

  • Colleague ID# OR

  • by Choosing from the list of advisees displayed on screen

Advising search bar highlighted with example student entries shown.

Step 4

Once you have located the student you wish to work with, click View Details

Advising panel showing student information and View Details highlighted.

Step 5

To create a record of the advising session, click Review Complete in the upper right corner of the screen.


When the pop up message appears, choose Archive.

Review page with Archive and Review Complete highlighted.


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Self Service Assistance")