Student Life Cycle Management (SLCM) : Overview Training Manual
Student Life Cycle Management (SLCM) : Overview Training Manual
Student Life Cycle Management (SLCM) : Overview Training Manual
NOTE
• The images within this document are for reference only. They may not reflect the
actual information that you would use as data to be entered, as you navigate through
this step by step program guide.
• The screen windows and pages you explore will be identical to the windows and
pages as set on the examples of the document.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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User field
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Password
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SAP menu
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6. The SAP Easy Access menu should come up. If the User menu comes up, click on
the SAP menu icon .
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Central Michigan University SAP SLCM
PASSWORDS
There are a few things you need to know about passwords as follows:
• You will be prompted to enter a new password on a regular basis. This is necessary to
keep the system as secure as possible.
• You should keep your password secure. It is best to memorize it, but if you must write it
down, place it in a secure location where no one else will have access to it.
• You should never share your password with anyone. You should never allow someone else
to access the SLCM system with your GID and password.
Every student is afforded rights under this act. You should only be accessing information on a
student if you have an educational need to know that information. You should never release non-
directory information to someone within the university unless they have an educational need to
know. You should never release non-directory information to someone outside of the university
unless you have the student’s direct permission.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to
their educational records. They are:
1. The right to inspect and review the student's educational records within 45 days of the date the
University receives a request for access.
Students should submit to the registrar, dean, head of the academic department, or other
appropriate official, written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The University
official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the
records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the University official to whom the
request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the
request should be addressed.
2. The right to request the amendment of the student's educational records that the student believes is
inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy rights.
Students may ask the University to amend a record they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They
should write the University official responsible for the record; clearly identifying the part of the
record they want changed, and specifying why it is inaccurate or misleading.
If the University decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the University will
notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding
the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided
to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
3. The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student's
educational records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosures without consent.
One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to University officials with
legitimate educational interests and/or needs to review an educational record in order to fulfill his or
her professional responsibility. A University official for the purpose of this policy is defined as follows:
FERPA… continued
• representatives of the State Auditor General when performing their legal function
• a person or company with whom the University has contracted (e.g. attorney, auditor, or
collection agent) but limited to only the specific student information needed to fulfill their
contract
• others as designated in writing by the President, a University Vice President or Dean
Upon request, the University discloses educational records without a student's consent to officials of another
school in which a student seeks to enroll.
Another exception which permits disclosure without consent is when the information consists solely of
"Directory Information". Directory information may be published or released by University faculty and staff at
their discretion. Unless a student specifically directs otherwise, as explained more fully in paragraph (4)
below, Central Michigan University designates all of the following categories of information about its students
as "Directory Information":
a. name, campus address, home address, telephone listing, and campus e-mail address
b. state of residence
c. age, and date and place of birth
d. major field of study, including the college, department, or program in which the student is enrolled
e. classification as a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student
f. enrollment status (full-time, half-time, less than half-time)
g. participation in officially recognized activities and sports
h. weight and height of members of athletic teams
i. dates of attendance and graduation, and degrees received
j. the most recent educational institution attended
k. honors and awards received, including selection to the Dean's or President's list, honorary organization,
or the G.P.A. range for the selection
• A student has the right to refuse the designation of all categories of personally identifiable
information listed above (a. through k.) as Directory Information. If a student exercises this
right, it will mean that no Directory Information pertaining to the student will be published or
otherwise released to third parties without consent, a court order or a subpoena.
Any student wishing to exercise this right must inform the Registrar's Office in writing by the end
of Phase II registration regarding the withholding of all categories of personally identifiable
information with respect to that student. Once a student has requested the withholding of
information, "Directory Information" will be withheld until one year after the student's last
attendance at the University. Students who do not attend the University for a period of one year
will need to file a new request at their return if they wish to reinstate the withholding of directory
information.
FERPA… continued
• The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures
by Central Michigan University to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and
address of the Office that administers FERPA is:
This is the screen that will come up if a student has requested confidentiality.
1
FERPA
WARNING screen
2
Continue
icon
1. If the student has restricted directory information the FERPA WARNING screen will
appear. This means absolutely no information can be released on this student. You may
still access information if you have an educational need to know.
2. To access the information just close this box by clicking on the Continue icon .
¾ Appraisals Æ Grades
¾ Event (E) Æ Section of a course showing dates, times, days, room and instructor
¾ Event Package (SE) Æ The event will be attached to the event package. Students will book
by event package (former CRN in ISIS). On an event package you can also attach rules, special
titles, special fees, etc. You can also attach more than one event to an event package (e.g. one
lecture and one lab).
¾ Event Type (D) Æ Course Component (e.g. lab, web, classroom) and determines the template
for creating an event.
¾ Module Group (CG) Æ Components to be completed (e.g. major, minor, concentration, UP,
Competencies, etc.)
¾ Student number Æ the key identifier in SLCM (will no longer be the SSN). It will be system
assigned.
Student File
It is best to turn off the object manager to see a fuller screen. It is helpful to occasionally use it
because it has a record of the student names that you have most recently accessed in the system.
You would double click on the student and their student file would come up.
Hide
Settings on Object
menu Manager
Click on Settings on the top menu and select Hide Object Manager.
STUDENT SEARCHES
Option 1
Student
number field
Type a last name, first name or just the last name, or part of a last name in the Student number
field.
Note: you do not need to enter the leading zero’s. You can just enter the ID number and press
Enter and it will fill in the leading zeros.
Object name
column header
Students that
match search
selection
Option 2
Search
icon
Continue
icon
Enter data into any of the fields. Click on the Continue icon .
If this is the search option that appears, click on the InfoSet icon and select Personal Data.
Personal Data
search option
Search Term
search option
The correct search screen will now come up. Enter data in one or more of the fields and click continue.
Continue
icon
Double Click on the name to open that record and it will appear as follows.
Arrow
Keys
InfoSet icon
Visible Tabs
click on one to select
All Tab
choices
Once at the Student File screen there will be tabs holding various information.
To move from tab to tab click on the tab, click on the InfoSet icon and select a tab, or use the
Arrow Keys.
Cancel icon – ends the transaction you started and takes you back to the previous screen
Save icon
Search icon
Equivalency Determination icon – takes you to the screen where transfer credit is posted
Records Management icon – this feature is currently not turned on. It is being looked at to
See if it will be advantageous. This function would allow us to have scanned materials
accessible right on the student’s screen
Create icon - click on this to create something (e.g. a new address or a new course that is
being added directly to academic work)
Display icon - click on this to view something (but it does not allow you to make changes)
Continue icon
Print icon
Insert icon – used to add a line on a screen (e.g. to add another line so that you can add
another event package number on the booking screen)
Delete icon – used to delete a line on a screen (e.g. to delete an event package that you put
on the booking screen)
Overview icon – used to give an overview of a particular area (e.g. the registration tab to
show a history of all the degrees they have pursued).
NOTE: You will only see tabs that you have access to. Some tabs will only be
viewable and/or updateable by a few offices.
You will notice that there is also a heading at the top that does not change as you go from tab to tab.
It gives you basic information on the student, such as Name, birthdate, college of the program they
are studying, whether the student is on or off campus, and their resident status. It will also indicate if
we brought over academic history information on the student. We only brought over academic work for
students enrolled 2000 and forward. If there is not academic history it will say No Acad Hi in the
Status field.
Tab Description
Admissions All accepted admissions to the university
Registration (their degree) Graduate degree and area of study
Undergraduate degree (both self-declared and officially declared)
NOTE: There must be a registration record for each term in order for a student to book or to add
academic history.
General Data Program
Advisor
Organizational Unit
Anticipated graduation date
Specializations (Majors, Undergraduate majors and minors (both self-declared and officially declared)
Minors, Graduate Programs) Graduate area of study
Status Used for various student statuses. Some we may use it for include:
• No academic history converted
• MUS Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4
• Honors
• Applied to the College of Business Administration
• Admitted to the College of Business
• Applied to the College of Education
• Legacy: Parent alumni
• ACE program participant
• Various scholarships
You can tell if a status is active or inactive by the status key. If it is green it
is active and if it is gray it is inactive.
Holds Holds (both active and inactive). You can tell if a hold is active or inactive by
the status key. If it is a green it is active and if it is gray it is inactive.
Correspondence Record of correspondence generated off the system for the student
Cohorts Where we will maintain data for special cohort groups (e.g. ProfED, College
of Education, college of Business Administration, Residential College
students)
Requirement Catalogs This will be used for future implementation of a degree audit system
Transcript Request Will be used by the Registrar’s Office to produce transcripts. It will also be a
listing of all transcripts sent.
Graduation Will be used by the College of Graduate Studies, ProfED , and the Registrar’s
Office for the processing of applications for degree through the awarding of
the degree.
NOTE: A green light means the degree has been awarded and a yellow light means they
have applied for a degree.
Post-Graduation This is where it will be posted when a student completes another major or
minor after already earning a degree or teacher certifications after earning a
degree.
Transcript Note This is where data is entered to show if a student added a major, minor or
teacher certification after graduation
Qualifying Paper This is where the thesis or dissertation titles are entered.
From the Menu bar at the top you can access the following:
Note: In Campus Management there are three booking levels for a student
(undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral).
Academic Work Overview – shows courses that a student has completed both at CMU and
transfer credit as well as courses that are still in progress.
Records Management icon – this feature is currently not turned on. It is being looked at to
See if it will be advantageous. This function would allow us to have scanned materials
accessible right on the student’s screen
Session
Reference section
Category section
Select from the following:
All Academic Work – to show all courses
Transf. Academic Work – if you only want to see the transfer credit
Performance
Indices button
Scroll Bars
Use the scroll bars (horizontal or vertical) to see the courses and the information attached.
This screen will show not only courses completed but also courses in progress. Options for working
with screen include:
• Sort any column clicking on it and then clicking on the Sort Ascending or Sort Descending
icon.
• The columns can also be re-arranged.
Continue
icon
CEC – the student’s
cumulative total at the end of
the term brought up
TEC – Total Earned Credits shows the student’s totals as of right now, even though a term was
brought up.
SEC – Semester Earned Credits shows totals for the term selected.
CEC – Cumulative Earned Credits show the student’s cumulative total at the end of the term brought
up. ie. if the student attended 2000-2004 and the term brought up was Fall 2003 it would be the
cumulative total at that point in 2003.
Display icon
Edit icon
OR
Click on the Edit icon to make updates (ONLY if you have the update capability and need to make
a change in their master data).
Navigate through Master Data the same as in the Student File, by clicking on individual tabs, using
the arrow keys, or click on the InfoSet icon and select the tab.
Tab Description
Employment Information Employer Information (e.g. name of employer and type of work)
In Campus Management there is a Key Date. It should always come up at today’s date, however it does allow
us the flexibility of bringing up another key date and entering data for a past or future date. On the Personal
Data tab if a student had a former name in ISIS it will convert to the Name at Birth field. ISIS was only able
to maintain one previous name but in SLCM it is unlimited and we will always have a record. Once we start
making name changes in SLCM, we will be able to look back at all the previous names using Key Date option.
Click on the Display Key Date icon and enter a date to show previous entries on this screen.
Students often give the Registrar’s Office information on their fall address before they leave at the end of spring
term. Now we will be able to enter that address with a future date (e.g. make it effective the first day of the fall
term). You would not be able to see that new address until 12:01am on that date.
The Standard Address tab generally provides information on the permanent address.
More Fields
icon
Click on the More Fields icon to see more detail on the address.
Additional street
addresses
Undeliverable
field
With more fields showing, the additional street addresses will show.
Undeliverable field is the area where it is marked if the address is incorrect or the student is
deceased so that no one will send material out.
The Address Overview tab will show both the permanent and current address if the student has
both.
The Address Overview section of the screen shows all addresses we have had.
Highlight an address and click on the Choose Icon to see more information associated with that address
(e.g. a phone number).
Click on the Print Preview button to view the format of the address when printed.
Continue icon
Standard
Address
Current Address
Permanent
Address
This area shows the most up to date addresses: the Standard Address, Current Address and
Permanent Address show here. The standard address and permanent address should always be the
same.
Back icon
Student
Number field Other
Student icon
Type a last name, first name or last name, or part of a last name in the Student Number field – just
like Search Option 1.
New Session
icon
Command
field
To access the student file, double click on Student File and press Enter on your keyboard.
CLOSING A SESSION
In either the Student File or Master Data, you can print a copy of any tab you are on.
Customizing
of Local
Layout icon Hard Copy
option
Click on the Customizing of Local Layout icon , located on the top of the screen, and select Hard
Copy.
ACCESS
AREA FROM TAB OR ICON
Academic History (all courses,
grades, etc.) Student File
REPORTS
There are many reports that have been written from the SLCM system. Many are designed for a specific
office/department but others have been set up to be run by multiple offices across campus. For areas that feel
they need a specific report written, they should submit a request through the OIT development request
site at https://ssl.cmich.edu/devreq/login.asp
For information on running specific reports and other training material (including this document), please go to
the Training Materials page on the SAP web site at: http://www.sap.cmich.edu/training.asp. Please note this site
has training guides for FI, HR and SLCM. The SLCM guides are at the bottom of this page.
For information in this document on printing and saving reports see pages 48-49.
Three popular reports that many people will need to access are described on the next three pages.
In the booking screen you can see what a student is booked in but not other details (e.g. meeting times, days
etc.) for each section. We have created a report that lists all the sections a student is registered in for a term.
It will list everything, no matter what the level. The report will distinguish between what they enrolled in as an
undergraduate and what they enrolled as a masters/doctoral student.
To access this report, you can search for the report in the User Menu or just type the transaction ZCRSF003 in
the Command Box at the top of the main menu and then hit enter. You can also set this up as one of your
favorites if you will be running this report often.
Command box
You then click on the execute key and the report will come up as follows:
To print this report, click on the print icon at the top of the page (further instructions are on page 48).
Besides looking in the academic work overview, a report has also been developed to show you the academic
work of a student. This includes CMU credit earned, transfer credit and degrees earned. For academic history
the masters and doctoral work is listed together.
To access this report, you can search for the report in the User Menu or just type the transaction ZCRAH001 in
The Command box at the top of the main menu and then hit enter. You can also set this up as one of your
favorites if you will be running this report often.
Command box
You then click on the execute key and the report will come up as follows:
To print this report, click on the print icon at the top of the page (further instructions are on page 48).
In Campus Management there is an appraisal screen where grades can be entered. Faculty, however, will be
entering them on a web site. Faculty will also be able to access their class lists on the portal. There will be
special administrators in the departments who will also be able to access the web grades and class lists for their
department. We have also created a report, where staff across campus can bring up a class list to look at who is
enrolled and also check seat availability.
To access this report, you can search for the report in the User Menu or just type the transaction ZCRAP001 in
Command box at the top of the main menu and then hit enter. You can also set this up as one of your favorites
if you will be running this report often.
Command box
You then click on the execute key and the report will come up as follows:
To print this report, click on the print icon at the top of the page (further instructions are on page 48).
PORTAL
Students can access most of their SLCM data through the portal that was developed along with SLCM. On this
Portal (under academics) they can:
• Add and drop courses (which includes searching for courses)
• Change their permanent or current address
• View or make a payment on their account
• View their academic history
• View their grade report
• View their schedule for a term (what courses/sections they are enrolled in).
Faculty and staff can access SLCM data on this site as well for the following:
• Course search
• Final grades – awarding them (limited to faculty and administrators)
• View class lists (limited to faculty and administrators)
Password field
OK
click to login
COURSE SEARCH
In the pop up box enter your global ID in the User name: field.
COURSE SEARCH
To do a course search, you log on to the portal and the following screen will come up.
Academics
Click on Academics.
Course
Search
Campus
field
Academic Year
and Term fields
Submit Search By
button options
Include
options
Select a Search By option by clicking on the radio button next to the search you want to do:
• Course
• Subject
• Section (the new 8-digit section number in SLCM)
• CRN – ISIS 5-digit number (NOTE: this will only be out there for the summer and fall terms of 2006 so
that students can find their sections)
Select if you want to search for only Open Sections or All Sections by clicking on the appropriate radio
button in the Include section.
There may be web sites that you use on a regular basis in your job. You can add those to your SAP Menu.
Favorites
Add other
objects
First place your mouse over the word Favorites (at the top of the menu) and then right click.
Continue
icon
Text field
Name of website
Continue
icon
Web address or
file field
Student Portal
website
PRINTING REPORTS
Print icon
Output Device
field
Continue
icon
Type in a system printer id or FWIN in the Output Device field and press enter on your keyboard.
SAVING REPORTS
Save/Send
selection
List option
File selection
Click on the Save/Send option and then click on the File option.
Select
Location
File name
field
Save button
Select where you want the file saved and type a name in the File name field.
System
option Log off
selection
Close icon
Click on the Close icon in the upper right corner of the SAP Login screen.