A Visual Guide
to
The Campus Faculty Portal
prepared for
Updated 6/6/2008
Faculty Portal Prerequisites:
•The Faculty Portal only supports Microsoft
Internet Explorer browsers, version 5.01 or
later, or Apple Safari. Mozilla Firefox,
Netscape Navigator, and Opera browsers
are unsupported.
• A valid CampusVue account is required for
access to the Faculty Portal. If you do not
know your CampusVue username and
password, contact the Help Desk.
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Logging In for the First Time
Step 1: Navigate to http://myportal.uwest.edu
Step 2: Click the Faculty Portal Homepage link.
Logging In for the First Time
Step 3: Enter your username and password
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Logging In for the First Time
You should then see your Faculty Portal Home Page.
Your Home Page
Like many web pages on the Internet today, the Faculty
Portal does not respond well to the use of your browser’s
Forward and Back buttons. However, there are plenty of links
in Faculty Portal that will take you wherever you need to go.
Use the My
Home Page
link to return to
the Portal
Home Page.
Use the
Navigation Bar
to take you to
your Portal
destinations.
Your Home Page
Your home page is made up of several window-like structures. These are
called Web Parts, and they can be re-arranged simply by dragging and
dropping them to a new location on the page, just as you would a
window in Microsoft Windows. Arrange the web parts as you see fit.
A Web Part,
one of four on
this page.
Your Home Page
Clicking the
link will allow you to further refine the look and feel
of your home page.
Enable optional
Web Parts to
appear on your
Home Page by
checking these
boxes.
Click
When finished.
Navigation Menu: Campus Info ► Course Schedule
The Course Schedule link offers an online catalog, sortable by term.
Select the term from the drop-down box and any filters (such as
keyword, course, day, and/or start time) and hit the search button. A list
of courses offered that term will be returned below.
Select a term
Provide keywords or
course codes. Partial
keywords or codes,
like BUS, will return
business courses.
Then click
Navigation Menu: Campus Info ► Faculty Directory
The Faculty Directory link is analogous to an online “White Pages.” All
faculty members are listed in the directory, and contact information is
available simply by clicking a faculty member’s name.
Click ALL to see the
entire directory.
Click a name to see that
faculty member’s information.
Click a letter to see
the names of all
faculty whose last
names begin with
that letter.
Navigation Menu: My Students
In order to perform operations on the individual students you teach, you must
first locate one, and see their name in the Recent Students drop-down box.
Click
to locate a student,
if they are not in the
drop-down.
Or, if the Student Search
Web Part appears on your
home page, you may search
for a student using its fields.
Navigation Menu: Student Search
Clicking
will present you with the Student Search box:
Once you are finished
entering your search criteria,
click
John
Doe
NOTE: You may only search for students enrolled in courses that you
are listed as the instructor for.
Navigation Menu: Student Search
After clicking
, your search results appear at the bottom.
Click the student’s name
in the search results, and
the student will be added
to the Recent Students
drop-down on your Home
Page.
NOTE: The search returns contact information, which is considered
sensitive and is shown here pixilated to protect Roger’s identity.
Navigation Menu: Contact Manager
Contact Manager in the Portal performs many of the same functions as
Contact Manager does in Portal’s parent product, CampusVue.
Here you can search for
current or previous activities
you’ve created relating to your
colleagues.
Create an activity relating to a staff member or to the student in the
Recent Students drop-down by clicking
Navigation Menu: Contact Manager
Here a Web Alert is being
created, which Roger will see
immediately next time he logs
into the Student Portal.
Roger will see these
comments in his Web Alert.
Click
to send the Web Alert.
Navigation Menu: My Students ► Student Information
The Student Information link in the My Students menu does just what
it says: it presents you with information on the current student in the
Recent Students drop-down.
NOTE: The link returns contact information, which is considered
sensitive and is shown here pixilated to protect John’s identity.
Navigation Menu: My Students ► Student Schedule
The Student Schedule link in the My Students menu displays the
current student’s class schedule in a familiar calendar format.
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► My Class Schedule
My Class Schedule link in the My Classes menu displays your current
schedule.
Shown here is the List view.
Click Week to see your class
schedule in calendar format.
Select your term from the
drop-down box.
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook
The Gradebook link in the My Classes menu is where the rubber really
meets the road. It is here where you record attendance, post
assignments, and record your students’ final grades.
First, select your term from the
drop-down to see your classes
for that term. Then click on a
class name to open the
Gradebook for it.
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ► Attendance
Attendance can be posted for all classes whose date has already
passed. Future attendance cannot be posted. The mini-calendar below lets
you choose a class date, as well as see what’s been posted previously.
Dates in “pumpkin” require
attendance posting. Click a
date to post attendance for
that class meeting.
The legend explains
what each color on the
mini-calendar
represents.
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ► Attendance
Basic data about the class is at the top of the page. NOTE: A good rule-ofthumb is to double-check the Class Meeting Date to ensure that you are
posting attendance for the right class date. The next page will explain why.
Ensure that you’re viewing the correct class date.
Click
if you discover you are not, or
when you’re ready to record attendance.
You can print a copy of the roster, or check the
overall attendance for the class at a glance.
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ► Attendance
In the Time Absent fields for each student, you can mark P for present and
on-time, A for absent for the entire class, or the number of minutes of class
the student missed for being tardy.
Indicate P, A, or Minutes
Tardy in the Time
Absent fields.
P
A
15
P
Click
to post
attendance, or
to go back.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Once you click the
button, attendance is posted
and you will no longer be able to make changes to it. Attendance
changes must me made through the office of the Registrar.
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ►
Assignments and Exams
The Assignments and Exams tab allows you to post your formalized
coursework, examinations, their respective grade weights, grades, and even
notes and hand-outs all electronically. Your students will have access to all
of this information available to them instantly when they log into their
Student Portal. This is an extremely useful and effective tool for enhancing
student-instructor communications. Click Add Assignment/Exam
to add a new assignment or
exam to your course.
Click
to adjust
the weight of an exam or
assignment already posted.
NOTE: Because they are graded, assignments and exams cannot be
deleted once created. Only the Registrar can delete assignments/exams.
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ►
Assignments and Exams
Clicking Add Assignment/Exam allows you to post details of your
assignments. Choose your Lesson Code, Type from the drop-down, a brief
Description, and any Comments you have about your assignment or
exam. Then click
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ►
Assignments and Exams
You can even upload files containing assignment or exam notes for your
students to review. Acceptable formats include Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word,
and Microsoft PowerPoint. Your students will be able to download the files
when they log into the Student Portal. Click
when finished.
You can edit your assignment
descriptions if you catch any
mistakes.
Click
to select the file to
“staple” to the assignment or exam
from your computer. Then click
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ►
Assignments and Exams
You can determine how much weight each assignment and exam has when
calculating the final grade. Click
to provide weights for each
assignment/exam.
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ►
Assignments and Exams
Enter a grade weight for each assignment, and click
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ►
Assignments and Exams
To input a grade for each assignment/exam, click
for the course you wish to post grades for,
Then click
Input a percentage score
(0-100) for each student in
the Score field.
Then click
Navigation Menu: My Classes ► Gradebook ► Final Grades
The
tab allows you to enter a final grade for each of your students
for that course. NOTE: Grades do not need to be entered all at once. You
can elect to only post grades for a few students—say, graduating seniors.
For each student for which
you wish to post a grade,
click the arrow in the dropdown in the Final Grade
column, and select a
grade.
When finished, click
NOTE: Final grades that have been posted can no longer be edited.
Any grade changes after posting must be handled by the registrar.
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