Starting with Summer 2012 course requests, faculty must make course requests in my.tcu.edu using our new process. This process was implemented in phases to automate the process.

Access your Course Request Page

1. Log in to http://My.TCU.edu using your TCU network ID and password.

For new faculty who do not yet have a TCU network ID, you must first set up your account by going to http://My.TCU.edu and selecting the link for "Need a TCU User name?" Users must have their paperwork processed and a TCU ID number issued for these steps to be available.

2. Once logged into http://My.TCU.edu, select the Main Menu on the top left side of the screen, then choose LearningStudio (eCollege) and Course Shell Request

4a. The default term available to you will appear. Click Search to request a shell for this term. See below (4b) for information regarding searching for other terms.

4b. Note: in late Spring, both Summer AND Fall will be available to faculty to make requests. If the Fall is appearing, and you need to request Summer, select the Magnifying Glass icon to select the Summer term. Select the term name, then click Search on the following screen. If the term you are looking for does not appear, this means that it is not available for requests.

5. On the next page you will see a page featuring all of the courses you are officially assigned to teach for the selected term, according to the Registrar. It will look similar to this example below:

Be sure to select the "Click Here" links to expand the instructions for course requests and shared shells (located on the blue bars across the top of the page).

Now either follow the steps for Requesting an individual course or Request shared shells.

Request an individual course
(This means you are not going to combine this shell with any of your other course sections)

Select the "request course shell" button for each class section.

Once selected, the "Request Course Shell" button a pop up box appears (pictured below).

The request button will also become grey and the text changes to "Course Shell Requested. Your request is complete.

Repeat this step for any other individual courses you want to request.

If you do not have any shared shells to request, continue on to the Enrollments section of the page.

Request a course shell to be shared
(This means you want to combine 2 or more of your class sections into one course shell):

Select the check box in the shared shell column for the first shared shell section.

Once the check box is checked, a pop up window will appear (pictured below explaining that you now must complete the following steps of adding Shared Class #1-4).

Click ok, then additional fields will appear. Select the magnifying glass for Shared Class #1.

A new window will appear displaying all of your courses again. Select the course section you want to ADD to your shared shell by selecting the "class section" number. In the example below, the user might select section 150. This will be combined with section 050.

Back on the main request page, a number will now appear in the Shared shell blank for class #1. This corresponds with the class number for the section shell (see highlighted below).

Repeat steps to add more sections to be shared with the initial shell.

Once your shared shells have been identified by the step above, select the Request Course Shell button on the row containing the check mark for the shared shells.

The "Course Shell Status" button text will change to indicate it is requested and included in a Shared Shell.

Similar to the Individual course request page, once selected, the "Request Course Shell" button will trigger a pop up box to appear with a request confirmation(pictured below).

The request button will also become grey and the text changes to "Course Shell Requested. Your request is complete.

Once your request(s) are complete, you can continue to the Enrollment portion of the page, below.

Enrollments

Your faculty enrollment will be handled by elearning staff in the Koehler Center. If you wish to enroll other faculty, Teaching Assistants or Library Research Liasions into your course, you can provide this information in the textbox located underneath the grid containing your courses on our request page (see image below).

Simply enter the information for your course, enrollment names, etc. and select the "Send Email to eLearning Administrator" button below. This will send an email to elearning staff.