Milestones

The following information will explain how staff can apply Milestones to student records in MyBU Student.

Introduction

This resource will focus on how to apply Milestones to student records in MyBU Student.

Milestones are used to monitor non-course related requirement completion. Some available configurations include:

• Whether or not they are visible to students and/or advisors
• Whether or not students and/or advisors can upload attachments to the Milestone
• Whether or not the Milestone is displayed on transcripts (availability dependent on access)
• Whether or not a grade should be attached
• Optional number of attempts allowed
• Optional sub-categories called ‘Levels’ to identify sub processes or progress toward the milestone completion.
• Creating a Milestone Template to apply given milestones to specific Careers, Programs, or Plans.
• Assignment to an advisor or evaluator for completion

Some frequent uses include:

• Graduate and Professional school requirements such as a thesis, dissertation, comprehensive and oral exams, and experiential requirements.
• Auditions or portfolio submissions or reviews.
• Monitoring or limiting the number of attempts of a requirement.
• Use as conditions in Degree Progress (i.e., Academic Advisement, Degree Audit) reports.
• Use as part of prerequisite checking.
• Monitoring items that must be completed by a certain timeframe or date calculation.

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