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Top 10 Student Record Mysteries Solved

Top 10 Student Record Mysteries Solved. March 13, 2014 Chad Hilton cchilton@pitt.edu Lead Systems Analyst Office of the University Registrar. 1. Campus vs. Location. 5 campuses All campuses are locations, only 5 locations are campuses.

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Top 10 Student Record Mysteries Solved

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  1. Top 10 Student Record Mysteries Solved March 13, 2014 Chad Hilton cchilton@pitt.edu Lead Systems Analyst Office of the University Registrar

  2. 1. Campus vs. Location • 5 campuses • All campuses are locations, only 5 locations are campuses. • 267 locations! E.g. Argentina, Allderdice High School

  3. 2. Course ID vs. Class Number • Each course has a unique Course ID • Course ID is constant • Each term, every class is assigned a unique Class Number • The combination of Term and Class Number uniquely identifies a class

  4. 3. Sessions • For a term, each career may have multiple sessions • Each session may have a different begin date, end date and enroll open date Spring 2014 (2144)

  5. 4. Majors and Minors • Don’t forget the Major/Minor Doubles and Major/Minor Triples (Academic Plan Type field)! • MAJ = Major • MJD = Major Double • MJT = Major Triple • MIN = Minor • MID = Minor Double • MIT = Minor Triple

  6. 5. Ctrl-Shift-J • In PeopleSoft, to get a list of fields for a screen, type Ctrl-Shift-J, then run this query: SELECT DISTINCT LBLTEXT, RECNAME, FIELDNAME, PNLNAME, PNLFLDID FROM UD_STW.PSPNLFIELD WHERE PNLNAME = :1 AND FIELDSTYLE <> 'PAGROUPBOX' AND SUBSTR(FIELDNAME,1,1) <> ' ' ORDER BY RECNAME

  7. 5. Ctrl-Shift-J (cont.)

  8. 5. What is FERPA? • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Buckley Amendment) • Protects the privacy of student educational records • Applies to any higher education institution receiving federal funds administered by the Department of Education

  9. 5. What is FERPA? (cont.) Rights of Students • Inspect and Review their Education Records • Exercise limited control over disclosure of Education Records information • Seek to correct their Education Records • Report violations of FERPA to the Department of Education • Be informed of their FERPA rights

  10. 6. Waitlist • Waitlist has been turned on for the UGRD career • Other careers will be turned on in the future • When a student is enrolled in a course who was on the waitlist, their enroll status reason is “EWAT”, not “ENRL”.

  11. 7. Academic Career

  12. 7. Academic Career (cont.) • Students can only be officially activated for one career for a given term. • When a student enrolls in a course, the student’s academic career is stored in the student enrollment table in PeopleSoft. • Each class stored in the class table has an academic career, but this is tied to the class and not the student.

  13. 7. Academic Career (cont.) GRAD Academic Career BACC 2524 (GRAD) Enrolled BUSACC 1241 (UGRD)

  14. 8. Census Dates • Each term has a date by which official university data is calculated for reporting • Fall September 28 • Spring February 4 • Summer July 15 Pitt Fact Book www.ir.pitt.edu/factbook

  15. 9. Online Classes 3 Types • WEB • class is offered online • no request made for a physical classroom • HYBRID • class is offered online • request is made for a physical classroom • DIST EDUC • class is viewed online live as the class is taught in a classroom

  16. 10. Transcripts • 50-60 K Transcripts processed each year • Online Transcripts and Enrollment Verification Ordering • Sent via e-mail (pdf) or paper via regular/overnight mail • 2 Account Types • SSO (Single Sign On) via My Pitt • Self-Register for former students w/o My Pitt • Must use Adobe Reader/Pro to view PDF!

  17. Questions?

  18. Thank you! http://registrar.pitt.edu

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