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Faculty and Staff Pathway Help

We've got all the how-tos for Pathway that you'll need as a faculty or staff member or advisor. Contact us if you can't find something you need so we can help you out.
Find everything from how to access Pathway to checking class rosters and entering grades in our handy guide to Pathway for faculty and staff.

Access to Pathway

In order to gain access to Pathway as a faculty or staff member, you must have an active appointment in the Human Resources database, have an active Single Sign On (SSO) and complete the final exam of the Canvas FERPA Training course.

Faculty and Instructor Pathway Help

Now that you've gotten into Pathway, let us help you with whatever task you need to complete. Check out our handy instruction guides for whatever you need.

Get more detailed information about each of these processes in Pathway:

FERPA Course instructions

Class Roster instructions

Grade Roster instructions

Advisor and Staff Pathway Help

Once you get access to Pathway, let us help you with whatever task you need to complete. Check out our handy instruction guides for whatever you need.

Pathway Academic Advising Access

Bio/Demo Data, Contact Information

These pages have information about addresses, phones, e-mail, race & ethnicity, residency, international status, former names, etc.

  • UM Processes and Reports > UM Admit and Recruit > Application Inquiry
  • UM Processes and Reports > UM Campus Community > FERPA Inquiry
  • Campus Community > Personal Information (Student) > Identification (Student) > Residency Data
  • Self Service > Advisement > New/Drop-in Advisees > address / telephone
  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > general info tab

Admissions Data

Check here to see if a student has applied, been admitted, and if they are international or domestic.

  • UM Processes and Reports > UM Admit and Recruit > Application Inquiry
  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > admissions tab

Test Scores

Check here for scores from the ACT, SAT, MAPP, WEPT, AP, IB, etc.

  • UM Processes and Reports > UM Admit and Recruit > Application Inquiry
  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > admissions tab
  • Records and Enrollment > Transfer Credit Evaluation > Test Results
  • Records and Enrollment > Transfer Credit Evaluation > Academic Test Summary

Transfer Credit / Test Credit

These pages have information about what other schools students attended, the classes they took at those schools, and the 海角论坛 equivalencies.

  • Records and Enrollment > Transfer Credit Evaluation > Transfer Evaluation Report
    • Prints a complete summary of all prior schools attended, the external class and the internal equivalent as well as a transfer GPA.
  • Self Service > Advisement > New/Drop-in Advisees > Transfer Credit Report
  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > transfer credit tab
  • Records and Enrollment > Transfer Credit Evaluation > Course Credits – Manual
  • Records and Enrollment > Transfer Credit Evaluation > Transfer Credit Summary
  • Records and Enrollment > Transfer Credit Evaluation > Evaluate Transfer Credit
  • Records and Enrollment > Transfer Credit Evaluation > Test Credits

Majors, Minors, & Application for Graduation

  • Records and Enrollment > Career and Program Information > Student Program/Plan
    • This is the most comprehensive page, but also the most confusing to read.
      • Program = Career + Academic Unit/Department
      • Plan = Majors and Minors
      • Sub-plan = emphasis area for a specific major
  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > academics tab
    • Current major only, does not take into account changes with a future effective-date
  • Records and Enrollment > Graduation > Student Degrees
    • Includes their degree award date, degree honors, and degree GPA
  • Self Service > Advisement > New/Drop-in Advisees > Academic Information
    • Current major only, does not take into account changes with a future effective-date

Term Active / Eligible to Enroll / Term Limits

  • Records and Enrollment > Student Term Information > Term Activate a Student
    • The second tab on this page is where you can adjust the min or max hours the student can take each term.
  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > academics tab

Registration Start Time (during priority enrollment only)

  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > student center tab, Enrollment Dates box on the right
  • Self Service > Advisement > New/Drop-in Advisees > Enrollment Appointments

Class Search (Schedule of Classes)

  • Public Version: Self Service > Class Search/Browse Catalog
  • Staff Version: Curriculum Management > Schedule of Classes > Class Search

Service Indicators (advising holds and other holds or indicators)

View Holds

  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > student center tab, Holds box on the right
  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > general info tab
  • Anywhere you see the red ; icon you can click on it to see the holds

Add/Remove Holds

  • Campus Community > Service Indicators > Service Indicator Data
    • Advising hold Service Indicator code = R04
    • Advising Service indicator reasons:
      • AR = advising required
      • NEW = new student advising hold
      • PR = probation advising hold
  • Campus Community > Service Indicators > Service Indicator Audit
    • To view a history of when holds were added and removed and by whom.

Classes & Grades by Term / Student Class Schedule / Future Term Enrollment

  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > academics tab
  • Records and Enrollment > Student Term Information > Student Grades
  • Self Service > Advisement > New/Drop-in Advisees > Class Schedule

Term GPA / Cumulative GPA

  • Records and Enrollment > Student Term Information > Term History
  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > Academics tab

Academic Standing

Academic standing is always assigned at the END of the term. So to see a student’s current academic standing, you have to look at the last term they were enrolled.

  • Campus Community > Student Services Center > Academics tab
  • Records and Enrollment > Student Term Information > Term History > Academic Standing Tab 
  • Self Service > Advisement > New/Drop-in Advisees > Academic Standing

Student Permission

Only one person in each department has access to assign permission to specific students for specific classes for a specific term.

  • Records and Enrollment > Term Processing > Class Permissions > Class Permission Numbers

Class Rosters

View who is enrolled in a section of a class for a term

  • Curriculum Management > Class Rosters > Class Rosters

Assign Advisors

You can assign a specific advisor (or multiple advisors) to each individual student, then the student can see who their advisor is in their Pathway Student Center.

  • Records and Enrollment > Student Background Information > Student Advisor
  • Self Service > Advisement > View My Advisees

Print Academic Advising Profile (advising transcript)

These will only print to “infoprint printers,” which are specially networked, secure printers. For information on setting up an infoprint printer in your office, contact your local IS support person and the UM-System Help Desk at 573-882-5000.

  • UM Processes and Reports > UM Student Records > Academic Advising Profile

Default search values and printer

  • Set Up SACR > User Defaults 1
    • input KCITY in the first 3 boxes
  • Set Up SACR > User Defaults 4
    • check “Carry ID” box and input infoprinter name

Adding Advising Holds (PDF)

Removing Advising Holds (PDF)

Pathway Schedule Planner (PDF)

Advisor/Admin Class Roster (PDF)
See who's registered, who's dropped, and e-mail those enrolled

Assigning Advisors to Students (PDF)
Students can view their assigned advisor in Pathway Self Service, it prints on their degree audit report, and links the advisor and student in Connect

Accessibility Mode (PDF)

Changing Student's Max Hours (PDF)
Students must petition to enroll in more than 17 hours in the Fall and Spring semesters

Class Search/Schedule of Classes (PDF)

Clearing your Cache (PDF)

Print a Transfer Credit Report (PDF) 
View the external classes a student has taken and their 海角论坛 equivalent

Print an Academic Advising Profile (PDF)

Reviewing Advisee Information (PDF)
Current Major, Academic Standing, Photo, Class Schedule, etc.

Student Permission (PDF)
One person in each department has the capability of assigning student permission to enroll in consent required classes.

Update student groups (PDF)

PeopleSoft/Pathway Terminology (PDF)

"I Can't Register on Pathway!" Common Problems and the Solutions (PDF)

Viewing who is on the wait list for a class (PDF)

Pathway Advisor training is offered upon special requests only. Contact Amy Cole at coleamy@umkc.edu to request a training session. Note: You must have access to Pathway before you attend a training session.

Pathway Advisor training sessions are intended for student services coordinators, academic advisors and administrative assistants who refer to this information on a daily basis.

This session is NOT recommended for faculty who have minimal advising responsibilities. If you have any questions about whether you should attend this training, contact Amy Cole at 235-1211.