Insight Resources
Insight is the UNC data analytics platform, including visualizations of UNC Data Mart and third party data. Email insight@northcarolina.edu for support if you have trouble accessing any of these resources, or would like to suggest additions or updates.
| Category | Resource | Description | UNC System Login Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Insight landing page | Navigate to the Insight landing page, similar to clicking Home at the top of this page | |
| General | Insight 101 intro video | Introductory video that explains Insight's purpose, components, users, and how to get involved in the community. Suitable for all audiences, and targeted at new users. | |
| Dataset Contents | Available Datasets | List and description of data sets in the Insight platform. Includes UNC reporting datasets and IPEDS views created by HelioCampus for use in Tableau or other reporting tools. | |
| How To | Insight User Guide | Comprehensive user manual for accessing, administering, and using Insight. |  |
| How To | Getting Started with Level 2 | Guidance and instructions for an institution to get started with Insight Level 2 | |
| General | UNC Data Ecosystem as PDF or as Powerpoint Show | Diagram of the UNC Data Ecosystem including ERP, Data Mart, SAS, Insight, BI Tools, and websites, as Adobe PDF. The first slide uses animation, which you can view better in this Powerpoint Show version via Powerpoint or Google Slides. | |
| General | Insight Product Brochure | One page, printable, color brochure of the Insight capabilities and access options: Level 1, 2 and 3. | |
| General | Insight Consulting Services Brochure | One page, printable, color brochure of the billable consulting services available which are the strategic, data analytics services offered by HelioCampus to higher ed institutions. This is merely a sample of prior engagements with clients, and also demonstrates the art of the possible. HelioCampus is very flexible, and can customize projects and technical skills to your needs. Although this is considered Insight Level 3, your institution does not have to be at Level 2 to use these services. | |
| Monthly Call | Recurring meeting invitation | The community meets the 2nd Fridays of the month at 10. Open/import this calendar invitation (.ics iCal file) to add the CY 2023 monthly community calls to your calendar. These calls are open to any interested UNC participant including employees of any university, NCSSM, or the system office. [Note: if that link doesn't work, try this one on Microsoft Sharepoint.] | |
| Monthly Call | Web conference call link | Monthly community web conference call link for CY 2023. | |
| Monthly Call | Meeting agenda and notes | Meeting agenda and notes, including agendas for upcoming calls, links to join the web conference call, and notes and replays of previous calls. The resource link uses Sharepoint. If you prefer the Teams app, navigate using the Monthly Call Agenda and Notes menu item at the top of the General channel. | |
| Communication | Insight Email List | Subscribe to the Insight email distribution list to receive updates or interact with the community. | |
| Communication | Insight collaboration space | Engage and collaborate with the Insight user and support community on a range of topics and projects in dedicated, online chat room/forum in Microsoft Teams | |
| Communication | Did You Know? | Read the Did You Know? news flashes highlighting new dashboards, other new content, infrastructure or data science features, how-to info, answers to frequently asked questions, and more | |
| Presentations | Predictive Modeling project with a campus example | Video of HelioCampus' approach to a predictive modeling project, and a campus example: a student persistence risk scoring model in use to activate student advising at NC A&T. This is an example of an Insight Level 3 services project. *** This is for UNC System use only. Do not distribute! *** | |
| Presentations | Using Financial Aid Analytics to Overcome Enrollment Challenges | November 8, 2018 Inside Higher Ed Webinar sponsored by HelioCampus and presented by Dr. Ronald Nowaczyk, President of Frostburg State University | |
| Presentations | HelioCampus Ensemble Approach to Admissions and Enrollment Predictions | April 2018 - NCAIR presentation on predicting applications, acceptances and enrollments | |
| Presentations | Insight Intro | January 2018 Presentation for Level 1 Rollout | |
| Presentations | Best Practices in Implementing Analytics Across the UNC System | December 12, 2017 Inside Higher Ed Webinar sponsored by HelioCampus and presented by Dan Cohen-Vogel, VP Data & Analytics | |
| Roadmap | Roadmap | List of development -- content, infrastructure, data science -- on the Insight Platform by status | |
| Tableau | Tableau Training Agenda August 2018 | Agenda for Tableau Training by HelioCampus August 30, 2018 | |
| Tableau | Tableau Training Resources | Tableau Training How-To Resources | |
| Support | Get support for these resources via email or via web browser | If you have any issue accessing these resources, or you'd like to suggest changes or additions, email insight@northcarolina.edu which will open a trackable ticket with Insight support and begin an email dialog with the support team. You can view tickets you've opened here, as well as interact with them using a browser: https://support.northcarolina.edu/ | For support.northcarolina.edu ticket system website |
| Support - Access | IP Checker tool | Often Insight access issues arise because your originating IP network address is not registered to use Insight. Check it, and see tips for resolving access issues, using the IP Checker tool |
A one-time invitation is required to access the UNC System Microsoft environment and available Sharepoint files. Email insight@northcarolina.edu for access.
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Have a question? Email insight@northcarolina.edu with questions or comments.