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About Graduation Data
Undergraduate Students
For undergraduate students pursuing degree or certificate programs, the Graduation Data page displays your active program(s) and plan(s). As applicable, you can view and update your expected graduation term, your name as you want it to appear on your...
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Faculty and departmental staff, find your degree candidates and indicate whether they are cleared for graduation or not. Be careful with FERPA-protected information!
Access
Academic Records & Class Rosters (SPIRE A) is a prerequisite for Graduation Tracking & Clearance access. In...
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Some SPIRE users can view, add or remove student holds. Also, some SPIRE for Staff users can assign student advisors.
Holds
Use our guide to learn how to view, add or remove student holds (a.k.a. negative service indicators).
View, Add or Remove Holds (PDF*, 47k)
Advisor Assignment...
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You can import grades from your Moodle or Blackboard Learn gradebook directly into your SPIRE grade rosters whenever you wish during the grade-entry period. You can find everything you need to import grades on the SPIRE Grade Roster page when it becomes available.
Essential Information
Grade...
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Under the FERPA law, most student information is confidential and should be handled with care. By securing your computer and work environment, you can now avoid accidents where student's personal, financial, or academic information falls in the wrong hands. Our information security tips provide a...
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Use The Instructor's Guide to Information Security to learn more about FERPA (the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act) and related security issues that arise in instructional contexts. FERPA is the federal law that protects the confidentiality of student records. Our materials provide a...
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Starting with summer 2020 classes, class email lists are powered by Google Groups. The process for requesting a new class email list through SPIRE will not change. Log in with your NetID and password at groups.google.com to manage your class lists.
Google Groups documentation & support articles...
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If you choose to publish your syllabi online, the best strategy is to add the file to Box and share the file with the public. Once you have uploaded your syllabus file to Box, you can share it to anyone with the link, or embed the file onto a website. This method preserves the privacy of any other...
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If you teach multiple sections of the same class, or cross-listed classes, you may:
Combine all class sections into one Moodle course (this is the most common option used for cross-listed classes).
Request a separate Moodle course for each class section.
Combine selected class sections into...
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Moodle Reminder
UMass Amherst is transitioning all on-campus courses to our new learning management system (LMS), Moodle. SPARK will no longer be used for teaching beginning Spring 2013. We recommend making the move to Moodle now. Moodle courses can be requested through the "Moodle Course...
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Starting with summer 2020 classes, class email lists are powered by Google Groups. The process for requesting a new class email list through SPIRE will not change. Log in with your NetID and password at groups.google.com to manage your class lists.
Google Groups documentation & support articles...
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Use the MassPirg/Child Care Waiver to remove these fees from your University bill for a given term.
Log on to SPIRE. On your Student Center, click the MassPirg/Child Care Waiver link under the Finances heading.
The top of the Mass Pirg and Child Care Waiver page displays the current term...
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Students, go to your Message Center to view secure communications from University offices such as the Registrar's Office or Financial Aid.
Choose to hide messages after you read them by clicking the associated Hide link. You can still view messages after they are hidden: choose whether or not...
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Students living in on-campus student housing facilities now have the option to identify among their emergency contacts a Missing Person Contact. Your Missing Person Contact gets notified in the event that you are determined to be missing. This information will remain confidential and is made...
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Use SPIRE to Manage Your Directory Information in SPIRE
UMass Amherst instructors and staff, use SPIRE to manage your own contact information as it appears in People Finder and the UMass Directory. Employees are responsible for keeping their own information current. In most cases, your changes...
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Learn more about the different name types that SPIRE stores and how you can update them.
To view the names you have on file with the University, log into SPIRE and navigate to Main Menu > My Personal Information > Names. The Names page opens, listing your names by type.
Student Primary...
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Overview
As of Saturday, September 22, 2012, the SPIRE Main Menu will be a dropdown menu in a menu bar at the top of your SPIRE pages. The menu bar always includes Favorites and the Main Menu. The menu bar also shows the series of submenus (folders) that you selected on the way to the...
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The primary user name for your IT Account, your NetID (IT Account user name) gives you access to various technology services on campus, including email, SPIRE, and the campus network.
The NetID is an ID based on your first and/or last name. It is not your Social Security Number, or your 8-digit ID...
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For some classes, there are two enrollment capacities: NSO Enrollment Cap and Total Enrollment Cap. The NSO Enrollment Cap is the capacity for the NSO session; the Total Enrollment Cap is the capacity for the class. The NSO enrollment cap is calculated at the beginning of each New Students...
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Essential information
All data entry for and approval of graduate employee appointments must be completed in SPIRE. Automated routing for approvals is managed by SPIRE, allowing everyone involved to process information quickly to ensure that graduate student employees receive their first...
