The Office of the University Registrar holds a variety of training courses throughout the year. These training sessions are a great opportunity for faculty, advisors, and staff to learn how to best utilize the available systems at UL Lafayette.
| Training Session | Session Description | Intended Audience |
|---|---|---|
| Assigning Advisors in Banner | Learn how to add, remove, and maintain a student's academic advisor information. | Administrative Staff |
| Banner Navigation and Student Records Management | This weekly training session is tailored towards the staff and faculty in attendance, ranging from all levels of Banner experience. This course covers basic Banner navigation while also demonstrating how to manage student records, including advisor assignments, course overrides, student attributes, and non-advisor holds. | Administrative Staff (including Department Heads) |
| Faculty Grade Entry | Designed to assist faculty members with entering their grades into Banner. | Faculty |
| FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) | This training discusses the federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. It includes an overview of the rights granted to students by this federal law, requirements of university employees regarding accessing and releasing educational records, and a discussion of Directory Information. | University Faculty and Staff |
| Student Profile | New advisors and staff members will learn how to navigate the Student Profile, a Self-Service Banner (SSB) application that allows you to look up student information. You’ll also learn how to lift advisor holds, view unofficial transcripts, and view class rosters. | Administrative Staff & Academic Advisors |
| Transferology Lab | Advisors and staff will learn how to use the advising tool, Transferology Lab, to assist in advising prospective and current transfer students. | Administrative Staff & Academic Advisors |