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SIS Job Aids #1132

Booking an Advising Appointment (As a Student)

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Booking an Advising Appointment (As a Student)

Create a New Appointment

View and Make Changes to and Existing Appointment

Navigate to My Appointments from the CalCentral My Academics page: From here you can create a new appointment or view details and make changes to an upcoming appointment.

Access and Manage My Appointments under Advising and + New Appointments button emphasized with red box highlight.

Create a New Appointment

  1. From My Appointments, click Create New Appointment.

Create New Appointment under My Appointments emphasized with red box highlight.

  1. Select the Academic Advising category.

Academic Advising in category dropdown emphasized with red box highlight.

  1. You will need to search for a specific Advisor Type. If you are declared, the College and Advisor Type will automatically populate with the college and department of your declared major. If you are undeclared it will populate with your college and “College Advisor” as your advisor type.

Note: If you would like to talk to an advisor for a different major (e.g., if you are thinking of changing majors or double majoring) you will need to search for the desired college and department.

College and Advisor Type dropdowns emphasized with red box highlight.

  1. You will then need to choose an appointment reason from one of the following (reasons may vary by department):

Appointment reason dropdown open to show available options.

  1. Next, select a Duration Time and Appointment type. The duration times available will depend on the restrictions of the specific advisor’s unit. Some units only allow 30 min time slots; others will allow you to choose between 15, 30 or 45-minute time slots. The Appointment Types available will also vary. An advisor can choose to take In Person, Phone, Skype or Google Hangout appointments.

Select Advisor button emphasized with red box highlight.

  1. Once you have selected your desired Duration Time and Appointment Type, click Select Advisor to be taken to a list of advisors with criteria matching yours.
  2. This page displays the available time slots for each advisor with matching criteria. If no advisors match your criteria you will need to Return to Main page and try a different input. You can review the advisor’s information at the top of each block of time slots. In this example, Oski Advisor is listed first because he is the student’s assigned advisor.
  3. You can toggle through to future dates by clicking Next Days.
  4. When you see the desired date, click the arrows to see the advisor’s available times for that day. Once you have chosen your desired date and time, click Select Time.

"Choose time" dropdown showing an arrow pointing to the available times options.

  1. Review all of the information and add any additional information you would like the advisor to have.

Note: If you have any additional reasons for booking the appointment, list them here.

  1. When you have double-checked all of the information, click Book It!

Book It! button emphasized with red box highlight.

View and Make Changes to and Existing Appointment

  1. Back on the My Appointments page, you will see your upcoming and past appointments. You can order these by Date, Begin-End time, Appointment ID, or Status. Click Select to see more details about an appointment.

Row to Click Select and see more details about an appointment emphasized with red box highlight.

  1. You can cancel your appointment by clicking Cancel Appointment then confirm the cancellation.

Cancel Appointment button and Cancel appointment confirmation popup emphasized with red box highlight.

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