Students may request to add courses online by obtaining required authorizations, or administrators and advisors can initiate add requests on behalf of a student. This process replaces the paper add forms used in previous sessions. 

When are online add requests available in MyUI?

  • Full session fall and spring courses: Beginning the 6th day of fall and spring semesters
  • Summer and winter session: Beginning the 1st day of summer and winter sessions
  • Off-cycle courses: Beginning the 1st day of off-cycle courses 

Course Add instructions in MyUI

Who Can Authorize Registration Change Requests?

This area provides information about who can authorize and deny registration change requests. The types of permission required vary depending on several factors. Required permissions will be listed on the Registration Change Authorization panel under the header which corresponds with the permission required. 

MAUI Users Who Can Authorize/Deny Using the Registration Change Authorization Panel

Advisor

Any advisor can approve a registration change authorization for any student.

Athletics

Those staff members assigned an athletics registration change authorization role in MAUI (registrar.athletes).

Collegiate Approval

Those listed as a collegiate administrator. Any collegiate administrator can authorize for department, advisor, and collegiate approval for any student.

Departmental or Instructor
  • Administrators: those academic departmental administrators assigned to the administrative home of the course (academic.dept.admin) scoped to academic unit).
  • Instructors: those instructors assigned to the credit hour section of the course.
ISSS

Those staff members assigned an ISSS registration change authorization role in MAUI (registrar.isss).

Authorize/Deny Using the Instructor Panel

Department or Instructor
  • Administrators: use Registration Change Authorization panel, not the class list panel.
  • Instructors: those instructors assigned to the credit hour section of the course.

Notification Email Types

Registration Change Emails

  • Sent to advisors and departments at 5 a.m. each morning.
  • Department: email sent to the registration email for the academic unit of the admin home of the course.
  • Advisor: email sent to all primary advisors regardless of a student's program of study.
Example of Pending Registration Change Email
Registration Change notification email example for department and advisors.

Student Notification - Online Add Request Denied

When an online add request is denied, the student automatically receives an email indicating the request was denied. The email includes the reason for denial and the contact information for the individual or department denying the request.

Example of Registration Change Denial Email
Example of notification email sent to student when reg change is denied.

Access Online Add Requests in MAUI

  • Log-in to MAUI with your HawkID and Password 
  • Locate the student using the Person Search feature in the top yellow banner by typing in a name, HawkID, or University ID number, then click "Search"
UI person search field.
  • In the upper right-hand corner of the student record, select Registration Change Authorization in the tabs area
Tabs dropdown in person search with registration change authorization selected.

Access Online Add Requests via Reports

On the Registrar tab, click on "View all Registrar reports"

View all reg reports link on Registrar tab.

Select either the Registration Change Request by Department or Program report

Two registration change report links in MAUI reports.

Enter report parameters to view add requests

Change requests by Program: 

report parameters to select in order to view results.

Change requests by Course Department

Session, Reg Change Type, College, and Program fields to select report parameters

 

Additional information is available in the Reports section on this page. 

Initiate Course Add for Student

Steps to Initiate Course Add for Student

On the Registration Change Authorization panel, click on "Initiate Add Request"
Initiate Add Request link on student's registration change authorization panel.
Enter the course for which you wish to initiate an add request on behalf of the student and click "Search"
Enter course info and search.
Click "Add Request" next to the section you wish to initiate the add for
  • If the course has a mandatory related section, that section will automatically follow
  • If the course has a preferred related section, select the other sections in the relationship
Click add request next to section.
The course add request is now present on the Registration Change Authorization panel
Course Add now on reg auth panel.
The student will now see the add request on their Courses/Registration page in MyUI
MyUI student view of course add on Registration panel.
After all authorizations are granted the student receives a message with instructions for completing the add process
Student message indicating all authorizations have been granted to add course.
Administrator Edit of an Initiated Added Section
  1. Within the Registration Changes table, select the pencil icon next to the section that needs to be edited  

  2. Select a new section from the section drop-down option 

  3. Select Save 

Additional Information
  • If a course does not allow multi-section enrollment and you attempt to add another section of the same course, you receive a message indicating “A pending add request already exists for this student and course.” 

  • The student will still need to reach out to all individuals (department/advisor/college) for the necessary authorizations.  Once all authorizations are given, the student has 24 hours to complete the add through MyUI. 

Authorize Online Add Request

Steps to Authorize Online Add Requests via Person Inspector

In the upper, right-hand corner of the student's record, select Registration Change Authorization in the Tabs area
Reg Change Auth drop down in tabs
Within the Registration Changes table, locate the course for authorization
Authorize link on for a course add initiated by a student.
Select Authorize under the appropriate signature area
Authorize link on for a course add initiated by a student.
The Registration Change panel is updated with timestamps and HawkIDs for individuals who authorize adds
Add request authorizations granted.
When the last required authorization is granted the student receives an email notification and they have 24 hours to complete the add
Administrators can also Revoke their authorization should they need to do so

Deny Online Add Request

Steps to Deny Online Add Request

In the upper, right-hand corner of the student's record, select Registration Change Authorization in the Tabs area
MAUI reg change auth tabs
Select Deny under the appropriate signature area
Deny link next to course add request.
Provide a denial reason, provide contact information and click "Deny and send email"

This information will populate in a notification email to the student when the add request is denied. 

User must provide denial reason, contact info and click deny and send email.
Student receives email indicating registration change denial with reason and contact information
Example of notification email sent to student when reg change is denied.
Once denied by one individual, another individual cannot then approve the request, and a new request would need to be initiated
The student's registration panel in MAUI shows a timestamp of when the add was denied, along with a comment including reason for denial
Registration authorization panel with deny info.
The student's MyUI Courses/Registration page shows the add request has been denied
MyUI view deny listed.

Reports

The following reports will help departments track registration requests and review registration contact information for their courses. 

Course Subjects Email Report - View listed registration change contact information by course subject

On the Registrar tab click "View all Registrar reports"
View all reg reports link on Registrar tab.
Select "Course Subjects Email" report
Choose Managing College(s), Course Subject(s) and "View Report"
Fields to choose report parameters requiring College and subject choices.
Report includes General Email, Registration Email, Registration Contact Info (if entered) and a list of Academic Department Admins for the chosen course subject(s)

This report can be exported by clicking on the floppy disc icon. 

Course subject email report returns based on choices made when setting report parameters.

Registration Change Requests by Program Report

On the Registrar tab click "View all registrar reports"
View all reg reports link on Registrar tab.
Select "Registration Change Requests by Program" report
Select Session, Reg Change Type, College, Program, and click "Go"
report parameters to select in order to view results.
A new "Comments" field has been added to this report
Comments field added to display any comments entered by department or advisor.

Supporting information for best practice use of this report and any tips and tricks will be added soon. 

Registration Change Requests by Course Department

On the Registrar tab click "View all Registrar Reports"
View all reg reports link on Registrar tab.
Select "Registration Change Requests by Course Department" report
Choose required report parameters and click "View Report"
Session, Reg Change Type, College, and Program fields to select report parameters
A comments field has been added to this report and will display any comments entered into MAUI by departments or advisors, and will include add and drop deny request comments starting with summer 2023
New comments field added to this report will show any comments added when adds and drops are authorized and denied.

Supporting information for best practice use of this report and any tips and tricks will be added soon. 

My Advisees Registration Change Requests

This report is available to advisors
On the Advising tab in MAUI, click on My Advisees Registration Change Requests
My Advisees Registration Changes report link on Advising tab in MAUI.
Results default to show all registration changes and can be filtered by registration change type
Registration change results are shown for the current session.
This report will show registration changes for the current academic session only

How to Add Registration Contact Information

When students initiate registration changes in MyUI, they are provided multiple pieces of information before they are able to complete the initiation of the course add or drop.

The department's registration email is listed for the student's use.

Registration email listed in MyUI when student initiates add or drop.

A new Registration Contact Information field has been created in MAUI which allows departments to provide additional information.

If this optional field is used, the information in that field will display in MyUI along with the registration email. 

Information in the Registration Contact Information field should not duplicate the department's registration email. 

Steps to Add Registration Contact Information

On the Registration tab in MAUI click on Academic Organizations
Academic Org link on Registrar tab.
Choose a College
Choose a college from the list on the academic org panel.
At the top right click on "View Course Subjects"
View Course Subject link on college page.
Locate your Course Subject and click "View"

You will only be able to add or edit registration contact information for subjects you have security rights to edit. 

Click pencil to edit subject information.
Review the information and guidelines at the top of the Registration Contact Information panel
Help text for registration contact info text field.
Enter Registration Contact Information but do not duplicate the registration contact email already in place and click "Save"
Updated reg contact info panel shows text field to enter information and instructions regarding field use.
The information entered now displays in the Registration Contact Text column for the course subject
Reg Contact Info now displays on course subject summary page in academic orgs.
If used, information in this field will display in MyUI when students initiate the process for adding, and in some cases dropping courses

Additional Help With Registration Change Requests