Courses/Grades

If you are unsure of who to contact for advising do the following:

Step 1. Log into FlashLine from http://www.kent.edu

Please type in the Search Box (found at the top) : Profile

(if not found move to Step 2)

Step 2. Click on Student Dashboard

Step 3.  Under Profile, you can view your primary advisor.

If your academic advisor is not listed in your Academic Profile,  contact your college's academic advising office to be assigned to an academic advisor.  More information can be found at this website.

Overview

KSUview provides a way for a student to grant permission to a designee to view selected student information.  The student controls who is granted access and which items can be viewed.  Designees will have pin access to view selected items.  Parents, step-parents, guardians, spouses and partners are given their own FlashLine credentials.  

Access

The student can designate access to a selected individual by logging into FlashLine and clicking on Student Profile and selecting KSUview.  Items are then selected and a date range can be specified.  The designee will receive an email with instructions on how to access KSUview.

Viewable Items

The list of viewable items follows.  Note that there are only 2 items that designees can act upon—paying the enrollment fee and registering the student for Destination Kent State.

For more information, click on the links below:

Frequently Asked Questions for Students

Frequently Asked Questions for Designees

How can I access my KSUview? (Designee)

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1. Log into FlashLine from http://www.kent.edu

Please type in the Search Box (found at the top) : KSUview

(if not found move to Step 2)

Step 2.  Click on profile photo to edit account profile

Step 3. Under Secure account Access, click KSUview

Step 4.  On the KSUView Management screen, click on Add Designee

Step 5.  Type the designee’s first name, last name and email address in the boxes, and click Add Designee.

Step 6.  On the Profile, select the relationship from the drop down, and add the start and stop date if you wish to change it from the default of 10 years.  Your designee will receive an email that includes a unique URL and temporary password that they can use to log in.  Once they log in, they will be asked to select a PIN  and complete their profile information.

Step 7.  On the Authorization tab, select the items that you want the designee to be able to view.

Step 8.  If you click Send email to designee, an email will be sent to your designee outlining what you have granted them access to.

For more information, visit the KSUview website at http://www.kent.edu/welcome-ksuview.

The Graduation Planning System is comprised of multiple modules, as described below:

• Explore Programs and Degrees: This option is available:

  • from the Kent Homepage, by clicking on the Explore Major and Degrees link

  • Within FlashLine

Please type in the Search Box (found at the top) : GPS

(if not found move to Step 2)

• GPS Audit and Plan:

  • This option is only available from within FlashLine

-On the Student Resources, under Advising

• The GPS Audit and Plan is for students with a Catalog Year of 2010 and beyond. Students with a Catalog Year 2009 or earlier will continue to use the KAPS audit.  If you see the screen below, you should use KAPS.

• Catalog Year represents the requirements determining the student's degree plan.  Students who are unclear what Catalog Year they are under should contact their advisor. Your advisor is displayed in the Academic Profile area of your Student Dashboard.  If no advisor is displayed, please contact your college/campus office.

The GPS degree audits assist students and advisors in monitoring timely progress toward completion of their degree requirements in the student’s officially declared program.  For additional information, please contact your academic advisor.

TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS

• Effective 5/28/13, students no longer have edit access to plans. You may view your plan and audit at any time and can continue to run a "What If" audit for other programs you may be interested in.  If your plan needs to be updated or modified please contact your academic advisor for assistance.

• Please turn off your popup blocker for best results.

• Make sure there are no special characters in your password (&, +, $, etc.).  If you still can't access, contact the Helpdesk at 330-672-4357.

• Student record data is updated nightly.  Always “process new” before running an audit in order to view the most current student information.  If you receive an error that says "Status = 4235," click "Process New."

• There are no audits for students with catalog years prior to 2010.  Those students’ audits will be in KAPS.

• Here is a link to the FAQ for GPS:  http://www.kent.edu/gps/plan/faq.cfm

• If a PC is being used to access the GPS Audit and Plan, the recommended browser is Internet Explorer.  If a Mac is used, the browser should be Safari.

• GPS web page with lots of information:  www.kent.edu/gps/plan.  This also includes the student and advisor manuals.

• If you receive and Error: 0719, call the Helpdesk at 330-672-4357 for assistance.

For a listing of the criteria for placement into University Writing Courses, please visithttps://www.kent.edu/english/writingprograms/placement.cfm.

After the initial placement, if students feel they should be placed in a higher level English course, they have an opportunity to challenge their initial placement.  If you want to be in the course that will help you most, you need to know the purposes of the different courses, how you are initially placed in a course on the basis of the chart located at the link above, and how you can challenge that placement if you think it is inaccurate.

If you wish to challenge your writing placement:

Step 1. Log into FlashLine from http://www.kent.edu

Please type in the Search Box (found at the top) : Writing Challenge or Placement Assessment

(if not found move to Step 2)

Step 2. Under Student Resources, select Placement Assessments

Step 3. Under  Placement Assessments, Chose Writing Challenge Placement Assessment

You can determine your registration status by:

Step 1. Log into FlashLine from http://www.kent.edu

Step 2. Under Student Resources, select Courses & Registration

Step 3. Under Courses & Registration, click on Check Registration Status

NOTE:  If you are an incoming freshman in the Fall semester, you must contact an academic advisor to make changes to your schedule.

NOTE:  The Grade Change Workflow is not available when submitting mid-term grades.  If the mid-term deadline is missed, instructors must verbally advise students of their mid-term grades.

One indication that you have missed the grade submission deadline is that drop down boxes will not be available to input grades.  To submit grades after the deadline, use the grade change workflow.  NOTE: If an instructor is trying to submit a grade change the day after the grading deadline for a course, the Grade Change Workflow may not be available for use. There is a delay between the time that the grading window is turned off and when grades are officially rolled to academic history. If you are unable to submit a grade change request, please try again the next day.

To open the grade change workflow:

Step 1. Log into FlashLine from  http://www.kent.edu

Step 2. Under Faculty & Advisors, select Faculty Dashboard

Step 3. Under Faculty Workflows, select Grade Change Workflow

Instructors will only see the grade in their FlashLine roster after they have rolled to academic history, not updates that are made to grades after that. The instructor can go into the grade change workflow and review a previously submitted request to check the status of it. That is done by going into "My Action Items", clicking "Grade Change" in the Workflow & Utilities channel, entering their FlashLine password, and clicking the link to search for historical grade changes.

For additional assistance, view the Grade Change Workflow Reference Guide document on the Information Services Web site.  For more information on grade submission deadlines, click here.

Step 1. Log into FlashLine from either http://www.kent.edu or http://flashline.kent.edu.

Step 2. Under Student Resources, select Courses and Registration

Step 3. In Courses and Registration, click on View or Print Course Schedule

Step 4. Select the appropriate term and click Submit.

Step 5. Click the Print button

NOTE: When the Print box appears, click on Preferences and change the Orientation to Landscape to ensure that your entire schedule prints.

NOTE: If you are an incoming freshman in the Fall semester, you must contact an academic advisor to make changes to your schedule.

Click here to see the Tuition Credit Policy to determine whether you are within the time frame to receive a refund.

To find information about withdrawing from classes:

Step 1. Log into FlashLine from http://www.kent.edu

Please type in the Search Box (found at the top) : Drop a class

(if not found move to Step 2)

Step 2. Under Student Resources, select Courses and Registration

Step 3. Select Add or Drop a Course

Step 4. Acknowledge both Last Day to Add/Drop a Course and the Payment Acknowledgement

Step 5. Select the Term

Step 6. To drop a current class, scroll down to Current Schedule. Your scheduled classes will appear.

Step 7. Click on the drop down box under Action for the class you wish to drop.

Step 8. Select Web Drop

Step 9. Click Submit Changes at the bottom of the page.

If you wish to confirm that the course has been dropped:

Step 1. Under Student Resources, select Courses and Registration

Step 2. In Courses and Registration, click on View or Print Course Schedule

Step 3. Select the proper term and your current schedule will display.

NOTE:  If you are an incoming freshman for the Fall semester, you must contact an academic advisor to make changes to your schedule.

If you have questions about what classes you need to take, please contact your academic advisor. You can identify your advisor in FlashLine. Log into FlashLine at www.kent.edu. Click on the Student Dashboard, and then view advisor information in the Profile channel, or box.  If you wish to schedule an appointment with an advisor, go to the Student Resources channel and under Advising select Schedule Advising Appointment.

For questions about how to register for classes, please contact the Registrar’s Office at your campus using the numbers listed below:

Kent Campus: 330-672-3131

Ashtabula Campus: 440-964-3322

East Liverpool Campus: 330-382-7400

Geauga Campus: 440-834-4187

Salem Campus: 330-332-0361

Stark Campus: 330-244.3251

Trumbull Campus: 330-847-0571

Tuscarawas Campus: 330-339-3391

Or, visit the Registrar’s Office Web site at http://www.kent.edu/registrar.

Classes may be taken at any combination of campuses.  However,  In those cases where a student is attending a Kent State University regional campus and the Kent State University Kent campus concurrently, fees will be assessed at the rate currently in effect at the respective campus of attendance. In no case, however, will a student be assessed a fee in total that is greater than the Kent Campus full-time fee. This only applies to fall and spring terms.