Student Information System (SIS)
View this Table of Contents for supplemental training and reference materials that will help you use the Student Information System (SIS). Training must be completed via Canvas courses. Additionally, you must have access to SIS to complete the tasks outlined in the documents below. Please see the Office of the Registrar SIS webpage for more information on requesting access.
Getting Started
Advisor Assign
- SIS/Advisor Assign - Student Advisor General Guidelines
- SIS/Advisor Assign - How Staff Can View Advisor Information
- SIS/Advisor Assign - How Students Can View Their Advisor Information
- SIS/Advisor - Student Advisor Page Field Descriptions
- SIS/Advisor Assign - Adding a Student Advisor
- SIS/Advisor Assign - Changing Student Advisor Information
- SIS/Advisor Assign - Deleting a Student Advisor
- SIS/Advisor Assign - Verify a Student’s Declared Major
- SIS/Advisor Assign - Viewing the Advisor Audit Log
- SIS/Advisor Assign - Using Reporting Tools
- Academic Navigator - List of Advisors
- MyUW Madison - Using the Advising Gateway
- Faculty Center - Advisor Center
Building Your Schedule of Classes
- SIS/Getting Started - Codes in SIS: Terms, Sessions and Subjects
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Maintain Schedule of Classes: Basic Data Tab
- SIS - Class/Course Attributes
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Maintain Schedule of Classes: Meetings Tab
- Instructor Assignments in SIS: Guidelines and Considerations
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Maintain Schedule of Classes: Enrollment Control Tab
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Maintain Schedule of Classes: Notes Tab
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Maintain Schedule of Classes: Exam Tab
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Maintain Schedule of Classes: Adding a Section to an Existing Course
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Scheduling a New Course
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Update Sections of a Class
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Adjust Class Associations
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Class Associations
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Editing Variable Credit
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Adding Honors Designation
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Adding Section-Level Requisites
- SIS - Combined Sections: Types and Definitions
- SIS - Updating Combined Sections
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Add a New Topic
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Global Notes
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Reviewing and Updating Independent Study Sections
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Deleting vs. Canceling Sections
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - How to Enter Textbook Information
- Instructor Provided Content (IPC)
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Term Update Switch
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Accessing the Course Catalog
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Curricular Reports
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Overscheduled Times by Subject Report
- SIS - Data Center: Ad Hoc Reporting in SIS
Managing Your Enrollment
- SIS/Getting Started - Codes in SIS: Terms, Sessions and Subjects
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Update Sections of a Class
- SIS - Combined Sections: Types and Definitions
- SIS - Updating Combined Sections
- SIS/Managing Your Enrollment - Class Permissions
- SIS/Managing Your Enrollment - Class Permissions Dates and Deadlines
- SIS/Managing Your Enrollment - Managing Wait Lists
- SIS/Managing Your Enrollment - Wait List Course Setup Expectations
- Common questions from Instructors and Department Staff about the course Wait List Process
- SIS/Managing Your Enrollment - Student Center: Course Change Request
- SIS/Managing Your Enrollment - Faculty Center: Viewing Class Roster
- SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Curricular Reports
- SIS - Data Center: Ad Hoc Reporting in SIS
Service Indicators
- SIS/Service Indicators - Overview
- SIS/Service Indicators - Manage Service Indicators Page
- SIS/Service Indicators - Viewing Service Indicators
- SIS/Service Indicators - Service Indicator Page Field Descriptions
- SIS/Service Indicators - Adding a Service Indicator
- SIS/Service Indicators - Editing a Service Indicator
- SIS/Service Indicators - Releasing a Service Indicator
- SIS/Service Indicators - Service Indicator Reports
Student Groups
- SIS/Student Groups - Student Groups Overview
- SIS/Student Groups - Student Groups Page Field Description
- SIS/Student Groups - Adding a Student to a Student Group
- SIS/Student Groups - Changing a Student’s Student Group
- SIS/Student Groups - Inactivating a Student from a Student Group
- SIS/Student Groups - Deleting a Student from a Student Group
- SIS/Student Groups - Viewing all Student Group members
- SIS/Student Groups - Student Group Reports