Resources for Staff

LSUE staff will use Workday when completing tasks related to student advising and registration, course management and student finance and aid. Utilization of Workday for HCM and Financial tasks remains unchanged. 

Step-by-step guides and videos have been produced to assist staff 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

Student Applications

  • Student Applications Overview   Guide
  • Matriculating Student Applications   Guide
  • Manual GPA Assignment for Applications    Guide

Administrative Support

  • Courses & Course Sections  Guide | Video   
  • Course Management  Guide Coming Soon! 
  • Instructor Assignment Request Information  Guide Coming Soon!
  • View Course Section Roster as Administrator  Video  
  • Clustered Courses (courses that must be registered together) Video

Student Support

  • Understanding the Student Profile  Guide 
  • Student Course Registration  Guide  

Commonly Used 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 section offerings) 
  • Find Courses (Course Catalog)
  • Find Course Section Definitions (These reports will return term-specific course section information including course rosters using the section's related actions.)
  • View Instructor Teaching Schedule  
  • Student: First Name Last Name (Will deliver the student profile for the student)

Student Award Creation and Packaging

  • How to Create an Award  Guide
  • How to Run Merit Based Packaging   Guide
  • How to Run Need Based Packing    Guide

Cost of Attendance and Action Items

  • Financial Aid Action Items Overview    Guide
  • How to Run Cost of Attendance   Guide

ISIR and Plus Loan Information

  • ISIR Overview   Guide
  • Parent Plus Process Information   Guide Coming Soon!

Student Prospects

  • Student Prospect Recruitment Overview  Guide
  • Prospective Student External Records    Guide

Course Sections

  • Create Course Section  Guide
  • Edit Course Section  Guide
  • Cancel Course Section  Guide
  • Adusting Credit Hours for Course Definitions  Guide

Course Grades and Rosters

  • View Course Section Roster   Guide
  • Course Rosters Overview   Video
  • Student Course Grades and Rosters  Guide
  • Grade Management Overview  Video
  • Change Student Course Grade  Guide

Program of Study

  • Change Program of Study  Guide

Course Participation

  • Verifying Participation for Course Section  Guide

Student Billing and Payments

  • Student Charges  Guide
  • Course & Course Section Fees  Guide
  • Student Payments  Guide
  • Credit Memos  Guide
  • Collections & Bankruptcy  Guide

Sponsor Contracts and Payments

  • Student Sponsor Contracts  Guide
  • Student Sponsor Payments  Guide
  • Pending Student Sponsor Refund  Guide
  • Student Sponsor Contracts and Payments Overview  Video

Student Deposits and Waivers

  • Student Deposits     Guide 
  • Student Financial Waivers  Guide

Workday HCM, Finance, & Payroll Training & Guides

The training material below is hosted by LSU A&M for all campuses and is organized by role and functional area. Use the categories below to navigate to the appropriate material.