Onboarding and Getting Started
Below is a guide that can be used as an onboarding checklist for new advisors and an access point to ongoing training and resources.
DPR Training Course
We’ve developed a training course in Canvas for new advisors to become familiar with the DPR. We ask that all new advisors complete the course. The course reviews everything you need to know about the DPR and is expected to take about an hour to complete.
Getting Security
Advisors changing departments
If you are already an academic advisor, whether in a college or an academic department, email the Office of the Registrar at regsys@ucsc.edu to request a change in security. It is helpful to copy the department or program manager to confirm appropriate permissions.
New advisors
If you are a new advisor at UC Santa Cruz, complete the new, change, or remove access request form in SlugHub.
Detailed form instructions
- Click the Request DPR Advisor Access button below to go directly to the required form.
- Client Information: Complete all the required fields
- User Type: Select “Staff”
- What Service Option: Select “Add roles to an Existing Account/Existing Appointment”
- In the functional area section, select “Academic Advising and Curriculum Management.”
- Under the Advising Functions heading select the following:
- Review Transfer Course Work
- Assign Student to Student Group
- View Test Credit (including placement exams)
- Approve Study Plan
- Approve Changes to Requirement Terms (Catalog Rights)
- Approve Withdrawal, Leave of Absence, and Readmission
- Substitute/Waive Department Requirements
- Track Milestone Completion (Senior Comprehensive)
- Honors Verification
- Graduation Verification
- Click Order Now
Resources
The Degree Progress Unit provides step-by-step tutorials, walkthroughs, and demonstrations that you can access at any time.
Getting Help
The Degree Progress Unit is here to help in a myriad of ways. Though you may have an issue with the DPR, the root cause may be something else. Our staff can help pinpoint the problem to provide the best solution.
Email us: dprhelp@ucsc.edu
Meet with us: DPR OpenLabs every Thursday from 1:00 – 2:00pm
Contact the Degree Progress Unit
Get help with the Degree Progress Report.