myLETU - Granting Advisor Approval

  1. Log into https://my.letu.edu/ics
  2. Click on the “Faculty and Advisors” tab at the top of the page

     
  3. To see your list of Advisees needing Advisor Approval, you will need to generate an Advisee Roster. Set the Search Criteria by setting the “Advisee Status” to “Need Advisor Approval” and then set the Term to the appropriate term. Ex: FA 2022

     
  4. Click the “Search Advisees” button to generate the list of Advisees needing Advisor Approval.  You may see the following Loading message while the portlet pulls the list:

     
  5. Next, you will see a list of Advisees that need Advisor Approval for the Term you indicated. Click on the student’s name to view the Advisee Detail screen. (student’s name has been hidden for security purposes)

     
  6. Next, you will see the Advisee Detail screen. Click on “Add/Drop Courses”

     
  7. Next, you will see the Course Search screen. Select the appropriate term. Ex: FA 2022

     
  8. Next, you should see the student’s course schedule display at the bottom of the page. Notice that there may be two sections depending on how many courses have already been approved or need approval. The section indicated by the blue box displays those courses for which the student is registered. The section in the red box indicate the courses the student has “reserved” and are awaiting advisor approval.

     
  9. Under the “Approve” column, click on the checkbox next to the course that is to be Approved and then click the “Advisor Approval” button. Do this for each course that is to be approved.

     
  10. Under the “Drop” column, click on the checkbox next to the course that is to be Dropped and then click the “Cancel Selected Approval Requests” button. Do this for each course that is to be dropped.

     
  11. Each course that is approved will move to the “Registered” list.  Each course that is dropped will be removed from the list.
     
  12. The page will refresh with a list of registered courses for the student.

     
  13. To send the student a message regarding their schedule, click on “Advisee Details” in the breadcrumbs path at the top of the page.

     
  14. From the Advisee Details screen, click on the envelope icon “Contact” link.

     
  15. Next, a messaging screen will display, enabling you to send a message to the student.  Notice that the student’s email address is already in the “Recipient” list.  Enter a subject for the email in the “Subject” box and then enter the email message in the “Body”. This messaging screen also enables you to upload attachments by clicking one of the buttons under "Upload File". When you are done building the message to the student, click the “Send” button at the bottom of the page.

     
  16. You’re done with the approval process. Feel free to communicate with the student using the messaging screen above, using MS Outlook, or any other means of communication.
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