It’s our last Pro Tip for the Fall term, and we’ll be picking back up after the winter break. In keeping with the theme of final exams, here’s a pop quiz! During the build, you’ve …
SIS
Term Update Switch Reminders
The term update switch controls what edits can be made in SIS for a given term. As a reminder, these are the only edits that may be made when the switch is flipped off: Assign …
Managing your Wait List
Happy Peak Enrollment Season! If your subject(s) have courses that utilize a wait list, be sure to review your own procedures for allowing student enrollment. Here are some additional considerations: For Curric/Enroll Reps managing a …
Accurate Instructor Assignments
It’s important to review instructor assignments and accurately assign the correct people to classes in SIS. Every section of a course must have a principal instructor; some sections need a supervisory instructor; and auxiliary instructors …
Canceled Sections & Issuing Late Permissions
As part of the DIR tasks and reporting accurate instruction on campus the Office of the Registrar runs an administrative process to cancel class sections with no enrollment. This occurs during Week 5* of the …
Utilizing the Overscheduled Times by Subject Report
Increased demand on General Assignment (GA) classrooms at peak times is resulting in more and more classes not receiving a GA classroom assignment. Although not guaranteed, classes scheduled at standard times and when the subject …
Update Combined Enrollment Capacities
Enrollment season is in full swing, which may eclipse (ha) your other duties for the moment. There are many combined sections in the Schedule of Classes, and it’s important to ensure accurate enrollment capacities. For …
Review Courses with Variable Credit Ahead of Student Enrollment
Be sure to review courses with variable credit prior to student enrollment. Any courses that are approved for variable credit at the catalog will need to be scheduled accordingly and edited within Adjust Class Associations. …
Adding Pages to your Favorites
Do you find yourself frequently using a page in SIS that is not saved in a WorkCenter? Add it to your Favorites! Navigate to the page you want to save, and then click the 3-dot …
Entering Instructors- Leave the Course Administrator Field Blank
When entering information on the Basic Data tab of the Maintain Schedule of Classes page, leave the Course Administrator field blank. A weekly process will automatically fill in that field, based on the instructors listed …