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Compass Student Information System September 2009 Update
Mid-term Grading opens October 12
The mid-term grading period will open Monday, October 12 at 8 a.m. and run through Monday, October 19 at noon. This fall marks the first time that grades will be submitted online in Howdy. A grading guide is available on the Instructor/Advisor tab in Howdy, and a video will be available soon.
Faculty Senate Forum information
Responses are provided below for two of the questions raised at the Faculty Senate Forum held September 25. A more detailed list of questions and answers that were discussed at the forum will be provided as soon as possible.
Question: It was possible in SIMS to check if a Grad Student had accepted another job on campus. Can this also be done in Compass?
Answer: The form that is equivalent to SIMS screen 396 where this could be checked is RJASEAR (Student Employment Authorization). Access to this form is through the G_FAID_WORK_STUDY_VIEW group.
Question: What is the advisor group, and who is in the group?
Answer: The Compass Advisor User Group is comprised of end users involved in advising students with their registration and academic career. The group meets periodically to discuss new features available in Compass and provide client feedback to EIS.
Members of the Advisor’s Compass User Group are: Amanda Brinlee, International Programs Office; Brady Dennis, Biomedical Sciences; Brenda Thomas, Office of Graduate Studies; Christine Farris, Biology; Clarice Fulton, Agricultural Leadership and Development; Erin Porter, Financial Aid; Jeannie Barrett, Accounting; Jon Kotinek, Honors; Kim Moses, Engineering; Kriss Boyd, General Academic Programs; Lisa Tauferner, Study Abroad; Mike Balog, Political Science; P.J. Miller, Kinesiology; Pam Vernon, Agricultural Economics; Richard K. Anderson, Economics; Robert Knight, Rangeland Ecology & Management; Roxanna Russell, Geosciences; Sam Murdock, Plant Pathology and Microbiology; and Vida Wilhelm, College of Education.
If you would like to nominate additional members, please forward their name, email address, phone number and department to Pat Schaub at pschaub@tamu.edu. Nominations will be reviewed and approved by the EIS Steering Committee.
New way available to download the Howdy Class Roster to Excel
Based on feedback from users, there is now an easier way to download the Class Roster data in Howdy into an Excel spreadsheet. Once in the Class Roster of the desired section, scroll to the bottom of the first screen and click on the “Import Entire Roster into Spreadsheet.” There will be several lines that will appear in the first two rows that are generated by the program. These rows can be deleted.
Conversion of summer grades into Compass
Summer grades were converted from SIMS to Compass on September 8. Compass now contains the entire official student record.
MyRecord tab to reflect changes
Beginning Monday, October 5, the MyRecord (FALL 09) tab will be renamed to MyRecord. Access to the MyRecord (SUMMER 09) tab is no longer available.
The mid-term grading period will open Monday, October 12 at 8 a.m. and run through Monday, October 19 at noon. This fall marks the first time that grades will be submitted online in Howdy. A grading guide is available on the Instructor/Advisor tab in Howdy, and a video will be available soon.
Faculty Senate Forum information
Responses are provided below for two of the questions raised at the Faculty Senate Forum held September 25. A more detailed list of questions and answers that were discussed at the forum will be provided as soon as possible.
Question: It was possible in SIMS to check if a Grad Student had accepted another job on campus. Can this also be done in Compass?
Answer: The form that is equivalent to SIMS screen 396 where this could be checked is RJASEAR (Student Employment Authorization). Access to this form is through the G_FAID_WORK_STUDY_VIEW group.
Question: What is the advisor group, and who is in the group?
Answer: The Compass Advisor User Group is comprised of end users involved in advising students with their registration and academic career. The group meets periodically to discuss new features available in Compass and provide client feedback to EIS.
Members of the Advisor’s Compass User Group are: Amanda Brinlee, International Programs Office; Brady Dennis, Biomedical Sciences; Brenda Thomas, Office of Graduate Studies; Christine Farris, Biology; Clarice Fulton, Agricultural Leadership and Development; Erin Porter, Financial Aid; Jeannie Barrett, Accounting; Jon Kotinek, Honors; Kim Moses, Engineering; Kriss Boyd, General Academic Programs; Lisa Tauferner, Study Abroad; Mike Balog, Political Science; P.J. Miller, Kinesiology; Pam Vernon, Agricultural Economics; Richard K. Anderson, Economics; Robert Knight, Rangeland Ecology & Management; Roxanna Russell, Geosciences; Sam Murdock, Plant Pathology and Microbiology; and Vida Wilhelm, College of Education.
If you would like to nominate additional members, please forward their name, email address, phone number and department to Pat Schaub at pschaub@tamu.edu. Nominations will be reviewed and approved by the EIS Steering Committee.
New way available to download the Howdy Class Roster to Excel
Based on feedback from users, there is now an easier way to download the Class Roster data in Howdy into an Excel spreadsheet. Once in the Class Roster of the desired section, scroll to the bottom of the first screen and click on the “Import Entire Roster into Spreadsheet.” There will be several lines that will appear in the first two rows that are generated by the program. These rows can be deleted.
Conversion of summer grades into Compass
Summer grades were converted from SIMS to Compass on September 8. Compass now contains the entire official student record.
MyRecord tab to reflect changes
Beginning Monday, October 5, the MyRecord (FALL 09) tab will be renamed to MyRecord. Access to the MyRecord (SUMMER 09) tab is no longer available.
