SIS Training Sessions for system users

COURSE TITLE AND CONTENT

COURSE
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AUDIENCE

DELIVERY
METHOD

SESSION
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Data Acquisition and Analysis

SIS eReports -
This online course has two components: the SIS Reporting Overview and the Navigation of SIS eReports.    The SIS Reporting Overview provides a foundation of reporting information including the different reporting tools and data sources.  The Navigation of SIS eReports familiarizes the student with using the  eReports portal and Interactive Reporting documents through various online demonstrations.  

* Students must pass the navigation course’s final assessment before proceeding to an instructor led class on data models. 

eReports: Using the Student Records Course Model -
This hands on course will introduce 3 course related Interactive Reporting locked data models: Course Catalog, Schedule of Classes, and Subject Areas; and associated delivered queries.  Building on the skills acquired from SIS eReports, the prerequisite online course, students will practice using the Interactive Reporting tool with data models required by their colleges and departments. 

eReports: Using the Student Records Student Model -
This course will introduce the Student Enrollment locked data model and associated delivered queries built to answer common student data statistical questions.  Through demonstrations and hands on exercises, participants will acquire skills using the delivered objects and generating ad hoc queries. 
Note: the actual student enrollment conversion into production will not occur until April 2009.

Graduate / Professional Admissions

SIS Admissions Graduate Program Training: The Basics -
This course covers using AME (which has been recreated in PeopleSoft), requesting GPA calculations, searching for and understanding the Admissions Summary and Activity Summary pages, notifying the Financial Review department of program funding for international applicants, and nominating for Fellowships.

SIS AdmissionsGraduate Program Training: Decentralized Processes - This course is geared towards decentralized programs and covers program checklists and decision posting.  Only those who will be maintaining program checklists (formerly known as completion requirements) and/or posting admissions decisions will need to attend this session.

Student Records

Student Records Introduction -
This online Introduction to Student Records includes Academic Structure and basics about courses and students.

*This is a prerequisite to all other Student Records training courses.

Managing the Schedule of Classes -
This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to create the Schedule of Classes for a term including creating and updating class sections, updating class associations, defining class permissions, and creating combined sections.

Enrollment 1-4 Consolidated Training -

This course provides the information you will need to maintain a student’s academic program and career term record, understand how batch term activation occurs and perform Quick Activation, create appointments for student enrollment, define enrollment blocks and manage waitlists, process withdrawals, cancellations and enrollment verification reports, assign advisors to students and use milestones, process grades, process/understand end-of-term reports and assign academic standing to students.

Processing Block Enrollment -
This course provides the information you will need to merge a pre-defined block of students into a class or a pre-defined block of classes.

SR Student Self Service -
This course will provide an overview of the staff view of student self-service information including enrollment, financial aid, and financial account information.

Enrollment - View Only -
This course will provide an overview of information available to those with "View Only" capabilities.

Faculty Rosters & Posting Grades (online) - This course will demonstrate the steps necessary for an instructor, teaching assistant or other designee to post student grades. Links to other informational areas will be identified to assist in the grade posting process.  There will be special emphasis on processes and/or policies. 

Commencement -
This course provides information you will need to verify and update student degree data, modify degree data and run the Graduation Reporting process.

UA/FYE Admissions

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UA/FYE Admissions Introduction -
This course is a general overview of the key Admissions pages in the system.  We'll cover record-search strategies and interpret data related to the receipt and processing of undergraduate applications.  This is a view-only course.