Guides

This section provides information on using the student database, from an introduction that describes how information is organized to detailed descriptions of how each type of information is managed.

• Introduction: Describes relationships between information in the various functional areas addressed by the student database, and how those areas are reflected in the organization of menus and forms
• Overview: Describes how various elements of the menus and forms used in the SIS operate, including required fields and validation; how forms use key values is introduced, and visual indication of new, updated, deleted, and locked records is described
• Tutorial: The Courses form is used to provide an in-depth tutorial of form operation
• Administration: Information on how to set up users and their access to the SIS, and how security is implemented and managed for users, forms, and reports
• Integration: How information in the SIS database is integrated with LDAP, IMAP, and sendmail

Each of the main functional areas is described in detail below, including its relationship to other areas.

• People (name and ID number, biographical information, addresses)
• Faculty (instructors, teaching work load)
• Students (admission, major, academic standing)
• Course Catalog (courses offered by COM-FSM)
• Class Schedule (schedule of classes for each term)
• Registration (student registration for each term, class lists, grading)
• Online Registration (web-based registration using student and faculty portal, myShark)
• Academic History (permanent academic records)
• Accounts Receivable (student accounts, fee assessment, cashiering, MIP interface)
• Financial Aid (posting of awards, student aid packages)