Add Authorizations for Faculty

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To be used during the add/drop period.

Important Information:

  • By granting an add authorization, you will be able to override your course cap, pre-requisites and course restrictions. You do not need to contact the Registrar’s Office to increase your course cap through use of this tool.
    • You can override any applicable restrictions that are already set to the course section. For example: “No FY’s”, “No SR’s”, etc.
    • You can override any course restriction with add authorization.

If you have any questions, contact the Registrar’s Office between the hours of 8:30AM – 4:30PM by phone at 315-229-5267 or by email at registrar@stlawu.edu.

Steps to Grant Add Authorization

Students will email to request permission to add your course during the add/drop period. Before you email the student to inform them they may add the course, you must grant them authorization through the Self-Service/APR2 system.

  1. Log into Self-Service/APR2. Select “Faculty” from the main screen.
    Screenshot of the homepage of APR2 when a Faculty member logs in. The Faculty section is highlighted with a red box
  2. Select the appropriate course section that you want to add the student to.
  3. The selected course section will appear as below. Select the “Permissions” tab.
    Screenshot of a course section detail page with the "Permissions" tab highlighted
  4. Select “Add Authorization”.
    Screenshot of a course section Permissions tab with the "Add Authorization" option highlighted.
  5. Search for the student in the search box. The student will be required to provide you with the following information:
    • First and last name
    •  Student ID number
    • Class level (FY, SO, JR, SR)
    • Major(s)/minor(s)
    • List any other important information that was listed as required in the course description in the course catalog.
      Screenshot highlighting the search bar in APR2
  6. Click on the appropriate student name that matches the above information (you must click on the auto-generated name in order for it to populate to the next step).
    Screenshot showing the results of searching for a student to grant add authorization to.
  7. Review the student name one final time, and click “Ok” to grant the student authorization to add the course. You may select “Cancel” if this is the wrong student.
    Popup asking for confirmation to grant add authorization to a student
  8. You will receive a certification message that the add authorization has been granted. This will populate in the upper right hand corner of your screen.
  9. You will also see the student name populate under your “Student Add Authorizations” list.
  10. Within the "Student Add Authorizations" list there will be a "Status" column.
    • You will see in this column that you have the opportunity to revoke authorization.
    • Once the student has registered for the authorized course, the status will update to "Registered"
    • After the student registers, you will not be able to revoke the add authorization. You will need to contact the student and Registrar’s Office in order to revoke the registration.
      Screenshot showing a table of information with the "Status" column highlighted
      "Student Add Authorization" list showing a student whose authorization can still be revoked and a student who has finished registering for the course.
  11. Once add authorization has been granted, email the student to confirm that they may self-register for the course in Self-Service/APR2.