When adding a new course to ECAS, it is critical that editors fill out all seven fields on the Set Up tab before navigating out of the course proposal.
If you find that the Grade Basis field (on the General tab) contains no selection options, this indicates that some field(s) on the Set Up tab are incomplete. You can return to the Set Up tab to review all seven fields and complete any that are missing. Once the Set Up tab is complete, the Grade Basis field will offer the options, which are valid for your college and career, and ECAS will save your work for future editing.
If any Set Up field is left blank, ECAS will not auto-save your work when you navigate away from the course page, and you will be unable to find your new course on the main page. If you do find this happens to you, please wait overnight for ECAS to purge the unsaved course data in its nightly process. You may then start a fresh proposal the following day.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Twin Cities registration for fall 2019 (1199)
Registration begins Thursday, April 11, 2019 for Twin Cities students admitted to degree or certificate programs. Students will be able to find their specific registration times beginning Thursday, March 21 by logging into MyU, selecting the Academics tab, and going to the Registration sub-tab.
Students readmitted for fall 2019 will now need their appointments manually added until open enrollment begins on May 3, 2019.
Students readmitted for fall 2019 will now need their appointments manually added until open enrollment begins on May 3, 2019.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
PeopleTools 8.56 update
The PeopleTools 8.56 update weekend has been changed from April 6-7 to June 1-2, 2019 to allow more system testing time. All PeopleSoft users will start receiving messages about one month prior to the go-live date with more information on what to expect. The update includes new homepage and navigation options. Please note that PeopleSoft and MyU will be down during the update.
Editor note: This post has been updated on March 21, 2019 to reflect the new PeopleTools 8.56 dates.
Housekeeping tip for Astra event schedulers
Events in Astra Schedule must have an event status of “Scheduled” in order for them to appear on the Astra calendars. Events with a status of “Incomplete” (i.e., those missing Event Type, Customer, Customer Contact, or a room assignment on any meeting) will not display on the calendars, making the room appear available. Therefore, if the scheduler attempts to book that room for another event, they will find the room is actually unavailable, because the “Incomplete” event is holding the room.
When creating events, schedulers should take a moment to ensure the event record status is “Scheduled” and the event displays on the calendars. Additionally, schedulers can proactively find and resolve“Incomplete” events they may have unintentionally created by filtering for “Incomplete” events. Instructions for how to find incomplete events in Astra are available at the Astra iCoP website.
When creating events, schedulers should take a moment to ensure the event record status is “Scheduled” and the event displays on the calendars. Additionally, schedulers can proactively find and resolve“Incomplete” events they may have unintentionally created by filtering for “Incomplete” events. Instructions for how to find incomplete events in Astra are available at the Astra iCoP website.
Mid-term grade rosters are available
Mid-term grade rosters are now available in MyU for spring 2019. Mid-term grades should be entered between now and the withdrawal deadline for the class. The withdrawal deadline for full-semester classes is Monday, April 8, 2019.
University policy requires instructors of 1xxx-level classes to provide mid-term grades for students who appear to be in danger of receiving a D, F, or N grade. However, instructors are encouraged to submit mid-term grades for all students.
Instructors with questions may be referred srhelp@umn.edu or to the following resources:
University policy requires instructors of 1xxx-level classes to provide mid-term grades for students who appear to be in danger of receiving a D, F, or N grade. However, instructors are encouraged to submit mid-term grades for all students.
Instructors with questions may be referred srhelp@umn.edu or to the following resources:
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Auto-enroll from waitlist reminders
Auto-enroll from waitlist stops running for each term/session on a date specified per campus. For the spring 2019 regular session, the last waitlist run for the Twin Cities campus is January 22.
Filling seats after auto-enroll stops running
| Following the last run, classes that still have waitlists will typically have an Enrollment Status of “Closed.” How do you fill any seats that may subsequently open due to enrolled students dropping the class? You have two options to pick from based on the best option for your department. |
Option 1 Give students a permission number to override a closed class using the Closed Class checkbox on the Class Permissions page. This option allows you to give permission to waitlisted students, when appropriate. To assist in determining which students to provide permission, the waitlist will be available for your reference until the end of drop/add period. Option 2  |
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