Reporting Center training

A new online training is now required for users requesting access to private student data in the MyU Reporting Center. The training is brief (less than 10 minutes total) and highlights FERPA requirements, as well as provides helpful information on how to use the different report types in the Reporting Center.

Staff who have requested Student Data Inquiry access are not required to take this training, as access to private student data is provided automatically. However, it may be helpful to view this training for more insight into the Reporting Center. For more information and to register for this training, visit z.umn.edu/reportingcentertraining.

Academic Standing process update

Nearly all (approximately 98%) undergraduate students, including inactive students, have an Academic Standing status on their record as of January 29. This is a change from when Academic Standing was initially implemented, at which time only active students had Academic Standing placed on their record.

What does this mean going forward? If and when a student returns to the University, the Academic Standing process will run automatically for that student at the end of the term of their return. There is no longer the need for staff to evaluate and manually update a returning student's Academic Standing status.

The remaining approximate 2% of student records without an Academic Standing status will be evaluated and updated soon.

Multiple Meeting Patterns

If your course has multiple meeting patterns, be sure that the instructor is listed on each meeting pattern and that the Print checkbox is checked. Otherwise, the meeting pattern will fail to display in MyU.

Have you been stumped when updating the Student Advisor Page for students with multiple institutions?

You are not alone! Fortunately, we have a new UPK just for this situation. Look in the Peoplesoft Help link:

Student Records > Student Advisor > Update Advisor for student with more than one institution

ECAS help: UPKs now available!

Several ECAS User Productivity Kits (UPKs) are available for your use and reference and more are under construction at the moment and will be available soon. These titles are available now from the PeopleSoft Help link, as well as from our training website:

• Introduction to ECAS
• Basic update steps in ECAS
• Updating a current course in ECAS
• ECAS Approval Process

By the numbers: Grade entry for fall term

During this year's fall term, 88.4% of grades were submitted by the due date on the Twin Cities campus. That is a slight increase over last fall term's 87.6%. For Twin Cities undergraduate regular session courses, 92.4% of grades were entered by the deadline and within the week following the deadline that number rose to 98.8%. The Training Team received 365 contacts during the four day grading period.

Change of Employment Status form

If an employee has a change of employment status, such as retirement, termination, or department transfer, the Change of Employment Status Form should be completed to provide notification to IT Provisioning and Requests. This ensures that Enterprise system access is adjusted appropriately and removes individuals from email lists pertaining to systems they no longer use.