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Grade rosters become available in the latter part of the term, about three weeks before grades are due for the Fall and Spring terms. For Summer and Winter term grade roster availability, see the Continuing & Professional Education Academic Calendar.
Grade rosters have four possible statuses...
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How do I log on to SPIRE?
Go to the SPIRE Logon page. Log on with your NetID (OIT Account user name) and password. Your NetID is a case-sensitive ID, based on your first and/or last name that you also use to log on to UMail.
More about the NetID...
More about the OIT Account password...
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Need a few answers and a quiet environment for recording your grades in SPIRE? Consider our Grading Help sessions. These are not formal workshops, but an opportunity for any instructor to get one-on-one assistance with entering and approving grades in SPIRE.
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SPIRE Training & Support...
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Step One: Complete Security Awareness Quiz
Complete the Instructor's Security Quiz (this link will initiate a prompt to log in to begin the quiz). You may have completed this quiz already to activate your Class Photo Rosters. If so, then you should not need to retake the quiz if you have...
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General Questions:
How do I get access to online graduate admissions documents?
Contact the Graduate School at gradreports@grad.umass.edu to request access to SPIRE’s Lookup Graduate Applicants, Grad Roster, and Grad Applicant Summaries pages, and to WebNow.
How do I find the documents for...
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Would you like a quiet environment and personal assistance to learn how to view online graduate admissions documents? Take advantage of our Graduate Admissions Documents Help Sessions. Help Sessions are not formal workshops, but provide an opportunity for any instructor or staff member to get one-...
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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...
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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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Essential Information
On-demand grade imports: You can import grades from your Moodle gradebook directly into your SPIRE grade rosters whenever you wish during the grade-entry period. You can find everything that you need to import grades on the SPIRE Grade Roster page when it becomes...
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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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IMPORTANT: Before you can display your class overview and books to students, you must do ONE of the following three things: (1) Enter Books/Class Materials OR (2) Check the No Books/Class Materials to be purchased checkbox OR (3) Check the Books not yet chosen checkbox.
To display or hide your...
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About Class Email Lists
SPIRE allows you to create email lists for the classes you are teaching each term (including summer and winter sessions). Use these lists to send announcements to your students or to set up discussions on course-related topics.
Use SPIRE to create, refresh, and delete...
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If you choose to publish your syllabi online, the best strategy is to create a new folder in UDrive that you share with the public. Once that UDrive folder is in place, you can upload or move any syllabus into it and then simply copy-and-paste the link to the newly published document. This method...
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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...
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The Faculty Center provides you with a single, personalized point of access to your class information. Use our step-by-step instructions to learn how to manage the display of your teaching schedule, get the most out of your class rosters, enter class overview or textbooks information, create a...
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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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In SPIRE, your list of Moodle-eligible classes includes only current classes for which you are the Primary Instructor. The list does not include non-grade-bearing class sections, Continuing & Professional Education classes offered through UMassOnline, past classes, or future classes for which...
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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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