Guide to the CPCS Student On Line Systems

Register for and add / drop CPCS Competencies and classes

Once your learning plan is updated on the system, you are ready to register. (If not, please see "Create and Maintain Your Electronic Learning Plan")

Before you register, go through the Instructional Activities book and select the competencies and courses you wish to register for. Mark the pages of the book that contain the classes and competencies you're selecting. The Course and Competency numbers in the book will help you confirm that you are registering for what you want.

You need to access your Electronic Learning Plan to register for and add / drop competencies and classes. Log on by going to:

https://www-cpcs.umassadmin.net/pls/cpcs/logon.student1_logon

This will take you to the Student Logon page (Figure 1 below)

• Enter your Empid ID number (UMS########) and your PeopleSoft passowrd in the appropriate boxes. To access the "CPCS STUDENT MENU" click on Submit Logon. This will take you to the CPCS Student Menu (Figure 2).

Figure 1

Figure 2

Select the Learning Plan option from the student menu

• Select the REGISTRATION link from the menu on the left side of the page.
• This will take you to the REGISTRATION PAGE. On the left side of the page, you will see a list of competencies under the heading Outstanding LP Comps. This is the list of competencies that you have selected, but have not registered for previously. (Figure 3)
  

Figure 3

• T o register, select the competency you want by clicking on the link beneath the number in the Competency column. For example: CORCOM 210 Participation in Government.
  
• This will take to you to the Competency/Course Registration for Spring 2006. (Figure 4below)

Figure 4

• Find the registration option you want on the list. Courses will be listed at the top of the screen, with days, times and instructor names for easy identification. Sections for Independent Study/Prior Learning evaluation are listed below courses.
  
• When you have found your selection (Course or Independent Study section), click on “ADD.” You will receive a prompt asking if this is what you want to register for. If it is, click on OKAY. If you've made a mistake, click on CANCEL.
  
• The computer will process your registration and return you to the REGISTRATION page. The competency you just registered for will appear in a box on the right side of the page under the heading ENROLLED FOR SPRING 2006.
  
• If you change your mind and want to switch your registration or drop the competency, you can make the change by clicking on the link for the competency in the list of competencies you've registered for . This will return you to the registration options for this competency.
  
• To switch your registration to another course or evaluator, select the new registration and click on SWAP.
  
• To drop the competency altogether, find your current registration and click on DROP.
  
• If you need to re-register for a competency that you registered for in a previous semester (because you did not do it or you need to switch evaluators), you may access that competency from the list of PRIOR REGISTRATIONS on the Registration Page. Simply click on the link next to competency you want to re-register for and then follow the same steps outlined above to register for it.
  
• Proceed through your learning plan using the same steps to register for all the competencies you want for next semester.
  
• You can check your schedule the day after you register by accessing your Student Schedule on the UMB WISE page.

Registration Reminders:

Courses with more than one competency: If you are doing more than one competency in an instructional activity you MUST register for each competency. Selecting the course will not automatically register you for every competency in it.

Registering for Independent/Prior Learning Evaluation: When you want to do a competency through independent or prior learning, you still need to register for it. Your first step is to find an evaluator to work with. You should have the faculty member's permission to work with her/him prior to registering. Simply registering to do independent/prior learning with a faculty member DOES NOT mean that the faculty member has agreed to do the evaluation.

Progress Reports/No Actions:

• If you receive a Progress Report for a competency, you have two semester to complete the work on the competency without having to register for it again.
• If you receive a NO ACTION for a competency that you are registered for, you are required to re-register for the competency when you wish to attempt it again.