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The FAS Registrar's Office offers over 60 training sessions and workshops to assist faculty and staff throughout the academic year. We also host office hours and walk-in labs in order to provide customized assistance. All of our training sessions are free and can typically be completed in under 2 hours. Most sessions are held in our office on the 4th floor of the Smith Campus Center.

Trainings are generally hosted around the same time each year to align with key dates and deadlines. If you are interested in receiving emails about our training sessions, please subscribe online.

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FERPA

FERPA Training (Online)


Duration: 30 minutes
Recommended for: Anyone who works with student information

If you are unable to attend our in-person training or would like to refresh your knowledge of FERPA, you can now access a short training through the Harvard Training Portal.

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FERPA Training (In-Person)


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Anyone who works with student information

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is the federal law governing privacy and access of student records. If you teach, support, advise, or otherwise interact with students and student information then you need to know the basics of FERPA.

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Courses

Curriculum Management 101: Intro to my.harvard and Curriculum Management


Duration: 2 hours
Recommended for:  New Curriculum Coordinators

This training provides an overview of my.harvard for Curriculum Coordinators who are new to their position as well as those who would like to refresh their skills. You will learn how to create a course, schedule a new course, determine whether you need a course roll, (un)bracket a course, and (in)activate a course.

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Curriculum Management 102: Schedule of Classes Activities/Rolled Class Checklist


Duration: 2 hours
Recommended for: Curriculum Coordinators

This course teaches Curriculum Coordinators how to make changes to courses in the course catalog, change a class’s details in the schedule of classes, and adjust class associations. We will review the data refresh schedule, timeline of activities, and how to use the coordinator checklist.

AY 2019-2020 Training Dates:

  • July 19, 2019
    10:00am-12:00pm
    Smith Campus Center, Fourth Floor, Room 464
     
  • October 16, 2019
    10:00am-12:00pm
    Smith Campus Center, Fourth Floor, Room 464

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Multi-Component Course Setup


Duration: 1.5 hours
Recommended for: Curriclum Coordinators

In this course, you will learn how to setup courses with a primary and secondary component and how to number sections. The course will also cover information about class association. 

AY 2019-2020 Training Dates:

  • June 13, 2019
    11:00am-12:30pm
    Smith Campus Center, Fourth Floor, Room 464

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How to Set Up Full Year Courses


Duration: 1.5 hours
Recommended for: Curriculum Coordinators

Departments should carefully consider the set up of former full year courses. Designating a course as indivisible or divisible has serious impacts on grading, credit value, repeat for credit rules, and enrollment process. In this training you will learn about each course type. We will also review how each course should look in the catalog view, schedule of classes view, and transcript view.

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Courses Open House


Duration: 2 hours
Recommended for: Course Instructional Staff

Debrief the semester with our staff and review the upcoming academic schedule as it relates to the Course Catalog.

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FAS Curriculum WorkCenter Training


Duration: 1.5 hours
Recommended for: Curriculum Coordinators

The FAS Curriculum WorkCenter is a tool built in the admin side of my.harvard in order to consolidate the navigations most commonly used in the maintenance of curriculum at FAS. In this training, you will learn more about the WorkCenter and how to use the audits and reports tabs to address potential issues related to course and/or class set up, run reports, view data as it exists in your classes, and ensure accurate data.

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Course Setup and Other Platforms: Canvas, Sectioning Tool, and Q


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Curriculum Coordinators

In this training, you will learn how different course set-ups impact other platforms, such as Canvas (LMS), the Sectioning Tool, and Q-Evaluations. We will also review multiple strategies for managing your course across these platforms.

AY 2018-2019 Training Dates:

  • April 25, 2019
    11:00am-12:00pm
    Smith Campus Center, Fourth Floor, Room 464

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Course Canvas Sites


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Curriculum Coordinators

In this training, you will learn how to setup and access the course site, add/remove users, and upload course resources, such as a course syllabus or events to the site calendar. 

AY 2019-2020 Training Dates:

  • July 29, 2019
    3:00-4:00pm
    Science Center 142 (1st Floor, by the Oxford Street Entrance)
     
  • November 13, 2019
    3:00-4:00pm
    Science Center 142 (1st Floor, by the Oxford Street Entrance)

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Cross Listing and Combining Courses


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Curriculum Coordinators

In this training, you will learn the about cross-listing courses and the two course combination types used in my.harvard.

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Courses Office Hours


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Curriculum Coordinators

Staff will be available to review your work and answer any questions you might have about courses. Office hours provide you with the opportunity to receive customized assistance.

AY 2019-2020 Office Hours:

  • June 20, 2019
    2:00-3:00pm
    Smith Campus Center, Fourth Floor, Room 464
     
  • July 10, 2019
    2:00-3:00pm
    Smith Campus Center, Fourth Floor, Room 464
     
  • July 18, 2019
    2:00-3:00pm
    Smith Campus Center, Fourth Floor, Room 464
     
  • July 25, 2019
    2:00-3:00pm
    Smith Campus Center, Fourth Floor, Room 464
 

Sectioning

Sectioning Tool Walk-In Labs


Duration: 2 hours
Recommended for:  Course Instructional Staff

Meet with our staff to troubleshoot any issues with the sectioning tool and answer individual questions. All participants are expected to review sectioning instructions and video tutorials prior to attending so that our staff can provide customized support. Please bring a laptop to the session, as computers are not provided.

AY 2018-2019 Training Dates:

  • January 24, 2019
    3:00-5:00pm
    Smith Campus Center, large conference room
     
  • January 30, 2019
    10:30am-12:30pm
    Smith Campus Center 4th floor, large conference room
     
  • February 4, 2019
    1:00pm-3:00pm
    Smith Campus Center 4th floor, large conference room

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Managing Advising Groups

Managing Advising Groups Training


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for:  House Administrators, Department Administrators

Have you had a change in faculty dean or director of studies? Do you have a new ADUS in your department or a resident dean going on sabbatical? Department Administrators and House Administrators are welcome to this training to learn how to maintain the list of key leadership positions updated in my.harvard. Advising groups are the mechanism to give chairs, directors, deans, and administrators access to student records and related functions in my.harvard.

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Time Enrollment

GSAS Time Enrollment
 

Duration: 30 minutes
Recommended for:  Graduate Coordinators

Learn how to enroll students in units of Time or department related coursework, research, independent study and teaching courses. We will cover how to  “quick enroll” for one-off students, and also “block enroll” for a list of students.​

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Start of Term

Start of Term Refresher (Harvard College)


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Resident Deans, Academic Coordinators, Undergraduate Program Coordinators

In this training, you will learn about important dates associated with the beginning of the semester. We will also provide an overview of enrollment and the student portal including topics such as: Crimson Cart, class permissions, cross-registration, service indicators/holds, student bio information, address changes, and billing.

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Start of Term Refresher (GSAS)


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Graduate Coordinators

In this training, you will learn about important dates associated with the beginning of the semester. We will also provide an overview of enrollment and the student portal including topics such as: Crimson Cart, class permissions, cross-registration, service indicators/holds, student bio information, address changes, and billing.

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Exams

Final Exam Policies and Deadlines Training
 

Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Residential House Academic Coordinators

Review the policies, procedures, and deadlines related to the upcoming Final Exam Period. This training will cover House responsibilities during final exams, as well as many of the frequently asked questions students raise regarding final exams. Topics include how and when to request AEO accommodations for a final exam, how to submit exam rescheduling requests, when an AdBoard petition is required to reschedule an exam, an overview of the In Absentia exam process, and procedures for handling student illness before and during final exams.

AY 2018-2019 Training Dates:

  • April 4, 2019
    2:00-3:00pm
    Smith Campus Center 4th Floor, Small Conference Room

AY 2019-2020 Training Dates:

  • October 22, 2019
    2:00-3:00pm
    Smith Campus Center 4th Floor, Small Conference Room
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Graduation

Graduation Refresher Training


Duration: 1 hour
Recommended for: Academic Coordinators, Undergraduate Program Coordinators, Graduate Coordinators

In this training, we will review information about spring dates and deadlines, demonstrate how to use WorkCenters to run graduation-related reports, and discuss GradTracker statuses and department recommendations. We will also provide answers to the most common graduation-related questions that the FAS Registrar receives from students, houses, and departments.

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Classrooms/EMS

EMS Preference Setting Session


Duration: 1.5 hours
Recommended for: Course Planners

During these sessions, we will review how to enter course room preferences for spaces controlled by the Registrar’s Office, your department-owned rooms, and department rooms that another school/department owns and has already confirmed; how to review the course room preferences you have entered; and how to edit course room preferences you have entered.

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Preferences Office Hours


Duration: 1.5 hours
Recommended for: Course Planners

Staff will be available to review your work and answer any questions you might have about setting preferences. Office hours provide you with the opportunity to receive customized assistance.

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Pass/Fail Forms

Pass/Fail Training Session


A quick step-by-step training session on processing pass/fail forms.

Duration: 40 minutes
Recommended for: Residential House Academic Coordinators

In this training, you will learn about important dates associated with the beginning of the semester. We will also provide an overview of enrollment and the student portal including topics such as: Crimson Cart, class permissions, cross-registration, service indicators/holds, student bio information, address changes, and billing.

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Summer School (Harvard College)

Summer School for Harvard College Refresher


Duration: 30 minutes
Recommended for: Residential House Academic Coordinators, Resident Deans

A quick refresher of Harvard College students taking courses at Harvard Summer School; their course selection, transferring credits, and student status.

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