Resources for Faculty

LSUE faculty will use Workday when completing tasks related to a variety of activities. Utilization of Workday for HCM and Financial tasks remains unchanged. 

Step-by-step guides and videos have been produced to assist faculty in learning how to use Workday for student-related functions. Content is created in conjunction with LSU A&M so you may see references to LSU A&M for images, text, etc.  Any items such as this work in the same manner for LSUE.

Getting Started

The Basics

The Basics

  • General Workday Introduction   Video
  • Navigating the Workday Home Page   Video  
  • Apps and Shortcuts   Video  
  • Notifications and My Tasks    Video  
  • Workday Icons   Guide  
  • Customizing Workday   Guide  
Workday Beyond the Basics

Beyond the Basics

  • Utilizing Favorites   Video
  • Exploring the Search Bar   Video
  • Workday Security & Roles   Video

 

 

 

Workday Student

Teaching Faculty and Instructors should utilize these guides to understand items in Workday related to their course sections, rosters, and grading activities. 

Please note that course related activities will not be utilized in Workday until the Fall 2025 term. 

Beginning in Fall 2025, we encourage all teaching faculty to utilize their teaching dashboard for the easiest access to course related items. As a reminder, Moodle/myCourses remains the Learning Management System for LSUE and is now an option for submitting grades. 

Teaching Resources

  • Utilizing the Teaching Dashboard   Guide 
  • Viewing Course Section Roster(s)   Guide | Video 
  • Submitting Grades in Workday   Guide | Video 
  • Grade Changes  Guide |  Video
  • Verify Student Participation in Course  Video 
  • Upload Course Section Grades via Moodle  Guide Coming Soon!  (Grading not processed in Workday until Fall 2025)

General Resources

  • Courses & Course Sections  Guide | Video 
  • Clustered Courses (courses that must be registered together) Video

Commonly Used Tasks and Reports

Enter the following item names in the Workday Search bar to access. If no results populate in the Search bar, or the report returns no results, you do not have access to the task or report data.

  • View My Teaching Schedule
  • Verify Participation for My Course Section
  • Assign Student Grades for Student Course Section (Instructors can utilize Moodle for this if preferred)
  • View Course Section Roster

We encourage faculty advisors to visit the staff advisor resource database for the most up to date guides related to student advising. 

Faculty serving in administrative roles may find resources below as well as within the staff departmental resource database. 

Departmental Content

  • Courses & Course Sections  Guide | Video 
  • Clustered Courses (courses that must be registered together) Video
  • Viewing Course Rosters for Administrators  Video  

Commonly Used Tasks and Reports

Enter the following item names in the Workday Search bar to access. If no results populate in the Search bar, or the report returns no results, you do not have access to the task or report data.

  • Find Course Sections - LSUE (Active course offerings)
  • Find Courses (Course Catalog) 
  • View Offerings for Course
  • View Instructor Teaching Schedule

Terminology

 

Common Questions & Finding Help

You can login to Workday at www.myworkday.com/lsu, by selecting the Workday option in the top nav under About on the website, or from the Employee Hub page.

Trouble logging in? Please contact the IT Help Desk for support.

We recommend utilizing the step-by-step reference guides found on this page. We encourage all teaching faculty to utilize their Teaching Dashboard, which can be found in your apps in Workday. For a refresher on finding and utilizing apps, visit the Getting Started - Workday Basics resources found on this page. 

If the answer you are looking for is not contained in a guide, we encourage you to reach out to the main advising office in your associated College as these units have undergone additional training related to system functionality and should be able to support you. 

If these avenues do not produce the information you need, please contact the IT Help Desk for support. 

What each individual can see and do in Workday is dependent upon the security role you have been assigned in the system. Security role and access requests may be submitted via a Workday Security request to the IT Help Desk, which will route to the appropriate offices for approval. If you are granted this access, you will receive communication notifying you of the change.

 

Workday HCM, Finance, & Payroll Training & Guides

Training materials below hosted with LSU A&M are organized by role and functional area. Use the categories below to navigate to the appropriate materials.