Resources for Staff

LSU A&M 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 to assist staff in utilizing Workday for student-related functions can be found below. 

Staff can expect a full library of help resources to be located on this site by January 2025.

An active LSU account will be required to access all resources.  Video links may route to a Panopto sign in. Please select the "LSU Moodle" sign in option and use your normal LSU credentials to complete sign in. 

AgCenter staff may experience issues when attempting to view video links. Please contact the College of Agriculture for assistance. 

Image depicting Panopto Sign in option using "LSU Moodle"

While the project is in the implementation phase, introductory videos will be posted. Please note that references to accessing Workday for student functionality are future-facing. Most faculty, staff and students will not access Workday for student functionality until mid-spring 2025. 

Workday Basics

  • Navigating the Workday Home Page   Video  
  • Apps and Shortcuts   Video  
  • Notifications and My Tasks    Video  
  • Workday Icons   Guide  
  • Customizing Workday Student   Guide  

Beyond the Basics

  • Exploring the Search Bar Functionality   Video
  • Shortcuts and Prompts   Video
  • Utilizing Favorites in Workday   Video
  • Workday Security & Roles   Video

Terminology

Student Academic Records

  • Understanding the Student Profile  Guide 
  • Understanding the Academics Tab in Student Profile  Guide 
  • Student Program of Study (Add/Change/Delete Program)  Guide | Video
  • Student Academic Progress Guide  | Video
  • Student Notes  Guide
  • Student Documents  Guide
  • Student Cohort Membership  Guide | Video
  • Action Items and Holds   Guide 

Course Planning & Registration

  • Student Academic Progress  Guide 
  • Academic Plans  Guide | Video (Updated 3/13/25)
  • Saved Schedules for Students  Guide  |  Video
  • Courses & Course Sections  Guide | Video 
  • Clustered Courses Video
  • Registering Courses for Students (Add Drop) Guide  | Video  
  • Student Waitlists  Guide |  Video
  • Troubleshooting Registration  Video 
  • Variable Credit Hour Courses  Guide
  • Academic Requirement Overrides & Effective Dates Guide 
  • Institutional Withdrawal & Leave of Absence  Guide

Financial Aid & Student Financials 

  • SAP Appeal Process (Students)  Guide
  • Viewing Student Financial Information   Video
  • Student Payment Elections (Students) Guide 

Commonly Used Tasks & 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 Students By Academic Criteria (Student Enrollment Report)
  • Evaluate Academic Requirements for Student (Shop a Degree Audit)
  • Registration Troubleshooting Console 
  • Find Course Sections - LSUAM (Active course section offerings)
  • Find Course Sections - LSU Online (LSU Online course offerings)
  • Student: First Name Last Name (Will deliver the student profile for the student)

Administrative Support

  • Courses & Course Sections  Guide | Video  
  • Course Management Guide Coming Soon! 
    • For managing Summer and Fall 2025 course offerings, please consult the guidance provided by the Registrar's office.
    • Course management for terms beyond Fall 2025 will be shared by the Registrar's office in Summer 2025. 
  • Instructor Assignment Request Information Coming Soon!
  • Faculty Credentialing Process Information
  • View Course Section Roster as Administrator Video 
  • Clustered Courses  Video

Student Academic Support

  • Navigating to a Student Quick Reference Guide 
  • Understanding the Student Profile  Guide
  • Student Course Registration  Guide  

Student Financials Support

  • Student Financials Quick Reference Guide
  • Viewing Student Financial Information Video
  • Student Payment Elections (Students) 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 - LSUAM (Active course section offerings) 
  • Find Course Sections - LSU Online (LSU Online 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)

Admissions

Student Applications Overview    Guide

Matriculating Student Applications   Guide

Student Prospect Recruitment Overview  Guide

Prospective Student External Records    Guide

Manual GPA Assignment for Applications    Guide

Admissions Counselor Management    Guide

Financial Aid

How to Create an Award  Guide

How to Run Merit Based Packaging   Guide

How to Run Need Based Packing    Guide

Financial Aid Action Items Overview    Guide

How to Run Cost of Attendance   Guide

ISIR Overview   Guide

Parent Plus Process Information Guide

Graduate Plus Process Information Guide

Student Finance

Student Financials Quick Reference Guide


Viewing Student Financial Information Video

Student Charges  Guide

Course & Course Section Fees  Guide

Student Payments  Guide

Credit Memos  Guide

Collections & Bankruptcy  Guide

Student Sponsor Contracts  Guide

Student Sponsor Payments  Guide

Pending Student Sponsor Refund  Guide

Student Sponsor Contracts and Payments Overview Video 

Student Deposits     Guide 

Student Financial Waivers  Guide

 

HCM & Finance Resources

LSU Workday Information Site

Common Questions & Finding Help

You can log into workday at www.myworkday.com/lsu 

If you are having issues access your Workday account, or logging into Workday, please contact the ITS Service Desk to request a service or chat with a representative.

We recommend utilizing the step-by-step reference guides found on this site. We have also included information for some tasks that are not completed in Workday (ex: assigning instructors to courses.)

If these guides do not answer your question, you may consider asking a peer who also completes the task for assistance.

If none of these efforts provide an answer, you should submit an ITS Service Desk ticket to escalate the inquiry to the project team.

What each individual can see and do in Workday is dependent upon the security role you have been assigned in the system. Security role and access requests may be submitted via a Workday Security ticket, which will route to the appropriate office(s) for approval. If you are granted this access, you will receive communication notifying you of the change.