What They Are

Advising听holds (a.k.a., advising service indicators) prevent students in specific programs from registering until they've met with their academic advisor.听

There are two methods for applying advising holds in batch:

  • Identifying students based on their program听enrollment in Campus Solutions
  • Using a department-provided list of student ID numbers

When They're Assigned

The CU-SIS Development team assigns holds according to the following schedule:

  • Fall: Early February
  • Spring: Mid-September
  • Summer: Mid-February

How to Review听Your Holds

If your department currently uses advising holds, you'll receive an email from the CU-SIS Development team a couple weeks before the assignment date听to confirm听the population and text of your hold. Reply with any necessary changes, additions or deletions by the deadline provided.

If your department听would like to discuss creating a new听advising hold,听email听the CU-SIS Development team听with the details of your request no later than one week before the assignment date.

Department Best Practices

Inform Students of the Hold

Students have requested that departments email them as soon as a hold is placed on their account. Here are examples from our office: Action Required: Clear Your Registration Hold(s) and Hold Applied: Register with Selective Service.

In your email, we recommend:

  • Including "Hold Applied" or "Action Required" in the subject line
  • Explaining the exact steps the student must take to resolve the hold before registration starts

If you wish to request an e-memo, all student communications are distributed by Strategic Relations & Communications.听Visit the听听website to learn more and to submit your message as an听administrative e-memo听辞谤听彩民宝典 Today story.

Remove the Hold Promptly

Advising holds now include a timeline for release (e.g., "After you've met with your advisor, your hold will be removed within three business days"). Please remove the advising hold as soon as possible after the student has received advising to ensure compliance with this timeline.

Manual Removal

  1. In Campus Solutions, click the NavBar icon (three horizontal lines) on the upper right.
  2. In the menu, click "Navigator" (document icon).
  3. In the navigation menu, click听"Campus Comunity" > "Service Indicators" > "Person" > "Manage Service Indicators."
  4. On the "Manage Service Indicators" page, enter the student ID, then click "Search."
  5. In the "Service Indicator Summary" table, locate the听service indicator to be released, and click the link (e.g., S40, S41) in the "Code" column.
  6. On the "View Service Indicator" page, click the "Release"听button on the upper right.
  7. You will be asked to verify the release action.听Click "OK."

Once the hold听is released, it will no longer display听to the student.

Batch Removal

To have advising holds removed from multiple students at once, departments may submit a听student ID list to the CU-SIS Development team.

  1. For each service indicator reason (one service indicator reason per file), create an Excel file with three columns:

    • SID
    • Service indicator code听and reason (e.g., S41 AMEN)

    • Term

  2. Send the file via to cusisdev@colorado.edu.

Please allow one听business day to process听the file.