Thank you for visiting the faculty section of the Project WakeDay website. On this page you’ll find important links to get you started, and a library of on-demand training materials to support your activity in Workday Student. Plus, this FAQ offers answers to common faculty and staff questions.
Faculty may also find this quick-hits document helpful for many of the tasks they will regularly perform in Workday: Workday Student Learning Path for Faculty
Please note that your WFU login credentials may be required to watch videos.
How to Navigate Workday Student
Links to get you started
- Logging In to Workday: How to log in to Workday Student via Google Mail and the web
- My Tasks (the new Workday Inbox): How to navigate and use the features in My Tasks (replaces the original Workday Inbox)
- My Tasks (the new Workday Inbox) [VIDEO]: How to navigate and use the features in My Tasks (replaces the original Workday Inbox)
- Using the Training and Support App: This video demos tips for navigating the Training and Support app to locate Workday training material.
- Workday Navigation and Search: Tips and tricks for navigating Workday, including landing page, icons, inbox and search
- Workday Student Navigation for Faculty [VIDEO]: This video demonstrates the Workday Home experience, search functionality and accessing faculty-specific content.
- Faculty Dashboard: [REFERENCE GUIDE] Overview of the tools inside the Faculty Dashboard (viewing course rosters, assigning grades, links to Canvas and the WFU Bulletin)
- Faculty Dashboard Overview [VIDEO]: How faculty instructors will use the Faculty Dashboard to quickly access course schedules, class rosters and grading tools
Documents to get you started
On-Demand Learning Materials
Academic Advising • Academic Foundation • Curriculum Management • Student Records
Academic Advising
- Advisor Assignment and Support Network – Advisors: How advisors will view the support networks of their advisees
- Advisor Assignment and Support Network – Advisors [VIDEO]: How advisors can view the advisor assignments and support network for their advisees
- Advisor Dashboard [REFERENCE GUIDE]: Overview of the resources and tools inside the Advisor Dashboard
- Advisor Dashboard [VIDEO]: An overview of the tools and features in the Advisor Dashboard
- Advising Notes in Workday [VIDEO]: How advisors will enter advising notes and view notes history for their advisees
- Advisor Roles and Academic Record Assignments: How to use the Find Advisors report, assign advisors, and view advisor assignment history
- Advisor Roles and Cohort Assignments: How to use the Find Student Cohorts report and assign advisors to cohorts
- Emailing Your Advisees: Tips for retrieving email addresses and emailing your advisees
- Explore Program of Study – Advisors [VIDEO]: How advisors can use the Evaluate Academic Requirements task (what-if scenario) to explore the requirements for a different or additional program of study for advisees
- Exploring Program of Study (What-if Scenario) for Advisors: How advisors can use the Evaluate Academic Requirements for Student task to generate what-if scenarios to assist students with exploring the requirements for other programs of study
- Managing Academic Planning (Advisors and Registrars): How advisors and registrars can create and edit academic plans and create alternate plans for students
- Managing Special Populations (Student Cohorts) for Advisors: How advisors can find and view student cohorts and cohort history for students
- Managing Student Holds for Advisors: How advisors will view and remove advising holds on student records
- Viewing Advisees: How advisors view a list of their advisees
- View Advisee Registration Appointments: How advisors can view their advisees’ registration appointments
Academic Foundation
- Understanding Academic Terminology in Workday [REFERENCE GUIDE]: Reference guide explaining the different components of the academic foundation
Curriculum Management
- Courses and Course Section Information [VIDEO]: How faculty can locate and view courses and course section information
- Viewing Course Section Information: How instructors and department coordinators can find and view course section information
Student Records
For questions about Student Records, please contact registrar@wfu.edu.
- Approving Course Section Prerequisite Overrides — Language Placement Appeal: How instructors will forward language placement appeals to appropriate Language Appeals Officers
- Approving a Course Section Prerequisite Override: How faculty will manage course section override requests from students
- Approving a Course Section Prerequisite Override [VIDEO]: How faculty will manage course section override requests from students
- Assign and Update Grades: How faculty instructors will assign and update students’ course section grades
- Assign and Update Grades [VIDEO]: How faculty instructors will assign and update students’ course section grades
- Creating Academic Requirement Overrides: How advisors will create academic requirement override requests for students
- Faculty Dashboard: Overview of the tools inside the Faculty Dashboard (viewing course rosters, assigning grades, links to Canvas and the WFU Bulletin)
- Faculty Dashboard Overview [VIDEO]: How faculty instructors will use the Faculty Dashboard to quickly access course schedules, class rosters and grading tools
- Manage Transfer Credit Evaluation Requests: How designated evaluators will review and respond to transfer credit evaluation requests
- Reporting in Workday: How to access reports, use filtering and sorting tools, change layouts, and request new reports
- Student Leave of Absence Processing and Return: How administrative staff and advisors will manage leave of absence requests for students
- Student Notes: How to add Student Notes to student records
- Student Photos for Instructors and Advisors: How instructors and advisors can view and print student photos
- Understanding Course Registration for Advisors, Instructors and Departmental Coordinators [REFERENCE GUIDE]: This reference guide details aspects of registration that are helpful for advising, such as reserved seating, waitlisting and advising holds.
- Understanding Course Repeats [REFERENCE GUIDE]: This reference guide details how course attempt limits and course repeat policies are managed in Workday
- Understanding the Graduate/Professional Academic Progress Report [REFERENCE GUIDE]: Guidance for understanding the graduate and professional Academic Progress Report (APR)
- Understanding the Undergraduate Academic Progress Report [REFERENCE GUIDE]: Guidance for understanding the undergraduate Academic Progress Report (APR)
- Understanding Program of Study Change (Graduate) [REFERENCE GUIDE]: This reference guide provides details about the program of study change process for Graduate students
- Understanding Program of Study Change (Undergraduate) [REFERENCE GUIDE]: This reference guide provides details about the program of study change process for Undergraduate students
- Viewing Waitlist Status for Faculty and Advisors: How faculty instructors and advisors can see courses with a waitlisted status
- WFU – Faculty Report: How faculty will use the WFU – Faculty Report to retrieve information about course enrollees (similar to a course section roster)
- Viewing Academic Progress – Advisors and Staff [VIDEO]: How advisors and designated staff my find and view degree progress for students
- View My Faculty Schedule: How faculty can use the View My Faculty Schedule tool inside the Faculty Dashboard to retrieve their teaching schedule
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