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Residential programs that enable first-year undergraduate students to attend classes in small groups in their dormitories. Learn more about Residential Academic Programs.
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Residential programs that enable undergraduate students to attend classes in small groups in their residence halls.
RAP (Residential Academic Programs): Academic learning communities designed to meet the needs of first year students.
TAP (Talent Advancement Programs): Residential programs...
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Advisors, to view existing advising notes, follow the directions below.
In SPIRE Menu, go to the Read Advising Note page or go to Main Menu > Advisee Information > View Advisees, select a student, and click the advising notes tab:
Use the SPIRE Menu to navigate to Advisee Information...
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Enter Grades in SPIRE
On your Faculty Center check that your teaching schedule for the term for which you want to enter grades appears under My Schedule. If you see your teaching schedule for another term click the change term button. Select the term from the list for which you want to enter...
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Moodle is a widely-used open source learning management system (LMS) used to deliver course content and host online learning activities. It offers tools for instructors to develop, deliver, and administer course materials and activities online.
For more information about Moodle, see our Moodle...
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Essential Information
Access: Complete the FERPA Quiz, then have your Graduate Program Director email the Graduate School at gradreports@grad.umass.edu to request access for you to review graduate admissions documents online.
Navigation: Log on to SPIRE. From the SPIRE Main Menu,...
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The kinds of transcript reports you can run are controlled by your individualized security settings in SPIRE. Email spire-support@it.umass.edu if you have questions about your access.
Note: The transcript reports open in a new tab or window in your browser. Make sure to allow pop-ups from SPIRE....
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If you need to enter the same prompts more than once for your UMetrx report, save them as a customization:
On any report page with prompts such as Term and School/College, select the values that you want to save, such as Fall 2014 and College of Natural Sciences. Find out how to Select...
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About Search for Classes
Search for Classes is the online version of the Schedule of Classes. It shows UMass Amherst course offerings by term. Each listing includes meeting days and times, enrollment details (e.g., class capacity, current enrollment, links to syllabus information, required...
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You can select multiple values for some UMetrx prompts right from the dropdown list:
Select the checkboxes for values you want to include. Click anywhere outside the dropdown list to complete the selection. Or click Search at the bottom of the list to find values that start with, contain, or end...
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In the Schedule of Classes, the Session is an optional search criterion (and a field in your search results) that allows you to distinguish between University-scheduled classes and classes offered through University Without Walls.
About University Without Walls, UWW
Through UWW, you can register...
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Before running unofficial transcripts in SPIRE, consider going through the one-time procedure to set up a default Transcript Type value.
Setting the default for the type of transcript you most often use will allow you to skip a step every time you need to request that kind of transcript. You can...
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About Your Shopping Cart for Classes
WHAT: Your Shopping Cart shows the classes that you plan to enroll in. You are not enrolled in classes in your Shopping Cart.
FIND IT: In the SPIRE Menu, click Enrollment > Add Classes or use any of the enrollment links on your Student Center SPIRE Home...
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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 Request" link...
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Oracle certifies the following browsers and versions for use with SPIRE. Newer versions of these browsers often work with SPIRE long before Oracle officially approves them. If you find that a newer version does work, please use it. If the certified version is no longer secure, then we recommend...
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This page serves as a launching point for videos and text for the OWL-based SPIRE A Online training. The training gives an overview of key areas of SPIRE access granted to those with the SPIRE A security role. Note: only by completing the online OWL or in-person training will you gain access in...
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SPIRE uses a 4-digit code to represent each academic term. Occasionally you will need to enter a term code to search for records or to run a query. You will often find a lookup button that allows you to search for the term code using its description. In some cases, you may not have a lookup button...
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Students and Most Instructors:
You will receive the appropriate SPIRE access automatically.
Staff, some Instructors and Advisors:
If your job requires you to work with student records in SPIRE, including advising, follow these steps for additional SPIRE access:
1. Complete FERPA Certification...
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Activate Accessibility Features
Navigate to Main Menu > My Preferences.
Under General Options the Accessibility Layout defaults to Screen Reader Mode Off.
Choose Screen Reader Mode On to use SPIRE with a screen reader.
Be sure to click the Save button.
Return to SPIRE Home page by...
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SPIRE Basics Videos
SPIRE Basics Part 1: Intro to SPIRE
SPIRE Basics Part 2: How to Navigate the SPIRE User Interface
SPIRE Basics Part 3: Employee Center And Other Basic Pages For Employees
SPIRE Basics Part 4: IT Accounts & SPIRE Roles
SPIRE Student Directory Videos
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