Student Information System Release 1
On Monday, September 10, release one of the new NC State Student Information System (SIS) goes live for the campus. Some faculty and staff will notice changes in the way you do your daily work while others will not be affected until a later date. This message helps prepare those for whom changes are taking place on September 10.
How Does it Affect Me?
Faculty/Admin Access
The Faculty Login and Staff/Administrative Access features on the Registration and Records website will be maintained throughout the initial release of the new Student Information System.
The way reports and information are found in these systems will stay the same. However, the look of these items will change. Faculty Login and Staff/Administrative Access will be delivered through the new MyPack Portal.
There will be two ways to locate Faculty Login and Staff/Administrative Access.
- You can continue to reach Faculty Login and Staff/Administrative Access via the Registration and Records homepage by selecting Faculty/Staff Access from the main menu. Once you have done so, you will need to click on the MyPack logo to log into the system.
If you want to skip a step, from the Registration and Records homepage simply click the MyPack Portal icon where the Pack Tracks icon used to be.
- From the new NC State homepage, simply select MyPack Portal from the header at the top of the screen.
Once you have used your Unity ID and password to log into the portal, you can select Student Information System from the main menu or use the Faculty/Staff tab. Then select either Faculty Services or Admin Services as usual.
Admin Services has the same menu items available as users had in the previous version.
Faculty Services has the same items with a new structure, dividing advising (Advisement) and course related (Faculty Center) duties.
Students
On September 10, 2007, all students will begin using MyPack Portal for all of their Pack Tracks (Registration, Grades, etc), Student Financial and Personal Information needs. Prior to the change, information on the new system including tutorials on how to conduct standard business will be available from the Registration and Records website. Until September 10th, students should continue to use Pack Tracks as usual.
Admissions
Mainframe/IDMS/ACS/RUMBA Users
These legacy system screens will provide access to records for applications with admit terms up to and including Fall 2007. Applications and external educational data will NOT be available for applicants or applications for Spring 2008 and later. Here are all the screens being phased out this fall:
| Screen |
Screen Name |
| AD001 |
Application Entry |
| AD002 |
Admissions Status Review |
| AD003 |
High School Record Update |
| AD004 |
Placement Score Update |
| AD005 |
College Transfer Update |
| AD006 |
Admissions Comments Update |
| AD007 |
Admissions Audit Inquiry |
| AD009 |
Undergrad App Delete and Name Change |
| GA001 |
Admissions General Inquiry |
| GA002 |
Admissions Name Index |
| GSA001 |
Grad Admissions Update/Inq |
| GSA002 |
Grad Letter Inquiry/Delete |
| GSA003 |
Grad App Delete and Name Change |
| GSA004 |
Degree Sought Update/Delete |
| GSA005 |
Degree Sought Inquiry |
| LLA001 |
Special Admissions Application Update |
| LLA002 |
Special Admissions Application Delete |
| REA001 |
Readmissions Application Update |
| REA002 |
Readmissions Delete, Name Change |
| SD001 |
Orientation Update |
As an alternative to these screens you will be provided inquiry access to new SIS Student Admissions pages through the MyPack Portal. These screens will be accessible from the main menu as follows:
Student Information Systems > Student Admission.
A complete user guide to these pages will be available from the SIS website on August 24. Hands-on training classes are also available by submitting a request using the SIS website Submit Feedback page. Be sure to mention “Campus Admissions' training”.
AdmissionPros users for Undergraduate and Agricultural Institute
AdmissionPros will continue to be available for your use throughout the SIS transition period.
ApplyYourself users for Graduate
ApplyYourself will continue to be available for your use throughout the SIS transition period.
Undergraduate Online Orientation Reports
These reports will be available through the MyPack Portal. In the main menu navigate as follows:
Student Information Systems > Admin Services > Orientation Reports
Sybase Database Admissions Extracts
The three popular admissions views (general, graduate and undergrad) used for query and data extracts will continue to be available throughout the SIS transition period for all applications, regardless of admit term.
MyPack Portal Login
If you have not logged into a campus system using your Unity ID since the Spring semester, you may be required to change your password upon your initial attempt.
We encourage you to check your password by logging into the Portal. Please visit MyPack Portal before September 10, 2007 to check your password and change it if needed. If you need to change your password, you will be able to connect to the Unity Password change page.
A service is available to allow you to identify yourself to the Help Desk for a password reset over the phone. The UIA (User Identification and Authorization) System allows you to set up several questions and answers that you can use to identify yourself over the phone to the Help Desk. We recommend that you set up your questions and answers after you successfully change your password. If you need assistance with your password, please contact the NC State Help Desk at 515-HELP, help@ncsu.edu or help.ncsu.edu.
Stay Informed
If you would like to receive SIS information and updates, in addition to this newsletter, please join the SIS Listserv. Instructions for joining the Listserv are available on this website.
If you know of colleagues and co-workers who should be receiving this newsletter but are not, please have them contact Nicole Wood using the submit feedback page on this website to have their name added to the list.
To be removed from the newsletter contact list or the Listserv, please contact Nicole using the submit feedback page on this website.
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