Academic Planning

Academic planning is not heavily utilized in myPath.

Workday academic planning allows students and advisors to build plans for future semesters and will allow students to register from those plans. Data from academic plans also helps inform course planning for upcoming semesters. 

Course Sections

Course section details are spread throughout multiple screens in Banner. Course section cancel notifications go only to students.

Course section information is available in one place in Workday. Course section cancel notifications will go to students and advising centers.

Degree Requirements

Faculty, staff, and students use DegreeWorks/MyPath to review progress on degree requirements.

Workday's Academic Progress Report (APR) will be used to review progress on degree requirements.

External Transcripts

External transcripts are not visible in Banner. They are housed in OnBase and Slate.

New external transcripts will be viewable in Workday on the student profile. All external transcripts will continue to be housed in OnBase and Slate. 

Financial Aid Award Calculations and Adjustments

Financial aid staff manually review reports and adjust aid to ensure compliance related to overall cost of attendance which can sometimes take several days to update.

Workday will automatically adjust a student's cost of attendance based on the Attendance Plan and their actual costs. Award items will also auto update based on enrollment, program, residency, etc.  Students will see the updates real-time rather than waiting days and possibly reaching out with questions.

Forms and Requests

Faculty and staff complete online forms to make certain requests.

Some requests will be built directly into Workday. For instance, students will be able to request to take a course with no letter grade directly in Workday instead of the credit/no credit online form.

General Education Blocks

MyPath has separate blocks for General Education Requirements, University Requirements (including SWS-Supplemental Writing Skills), majors, minors, etc.

The Academic Progress Report will have a shared block for General Education and University Requirements (SWS) and separate blocks for majors, minors, etc.

Never Attended Record-Keeping

Students who never attended a class receive an "F" grade with the first day of classes recorded as the late date attended. 

"Never Attended" grade option adds clarity for students who never attended class.

Payment Precedence

Banner applies payments to oldest charge first.

Payment precedence will allow for payments (including financial aid) to apply to charges based on what they are eligible to be applied to.

Registration Overrides

Registration overrides require specific codes. 

Registration override options include all registration restrictions, and there will be no need to memorize multiple override types. 

Reports

Faculty and staff receive some automated reports and request ad hoc reports from various departments.

Reports will be built into Workday screens and dashboards for greater visibility to real-time data. 

Student Attributes (Cohort)

Student attributes are entered in a centralized format by the Records Office.

Student attributes are managed within Workday with cohorts. Academic Affairs and Student Affairs staff will have the direct ability to create cohorts and assign students to them.

Student Demographics Self-Service

Student data, such as citizenship, date of birth, and contact info is currently updated through the Records Office. 

Students will have the ability to use self-service in Workday to request updates to their information, including the ability to attach documentation. 

Student Financial Statement

The student statement is hard to read and does not always format properly when printed. Additional tuition is shown by subject and adds confusion to the bill.

Student Statement is easier to read and can be downloaded as a pdf or printed on demand by students. Additional tuition consolidation will help reduce confusion when these charges may be present for a student.

Student Photos

Student photos are available on a limited basis to faculty and staff.

Student photos (from ID badges) will be visible to faculty and staff in student profiles, class rosters, and selected reports. There is also a feature to hear the name pronunciation. Student photos are not visible to other students.

Transfer Credits

General transfer work is displayed as SUB 100.0 (ie. MTH 100.0)

General transfer work will be displayed as SUB TCR (MTH TCR) to help differentiate the work as transfer.