The interactive Moodle course provides baseline knowledge of critical campus resources and technology (Spire and Navigate), as well as content that covers fundamental advising concepts and practices through interactive videos. (Navigate is UMass Amherst’s student success management system utilized by undergraduate faculty and staff advisors.)Īdvising Foundations: Utilizing Student Success Technologies to Support Advising Best Practices is an online, asynchronous training course. Training for advisor level access SPIRE and/or access to Navigate for faculty/staff is facilitated by Student Success Programs & Services. Advising Foundations: Utilizing Student Success Technologies to Support Advising Best Practices The videos, as well as the text from the videos, are available for those who are simply SPIRE A curious or looking for a refresher. Your SPIRE A security role is also dependent upon the approval of your department head and the Registrar’s Office. However, completion of the SPIRE A Online OWL course alone does not guarantee the SPIRE A security role. You may begin the OWL course immediately by clicking the link below. In-person SPIRE A training sessions are available upon request. Once you have been approved for SPIRE A training, you will receive an email inviting you to complete the SPIRE A training course in OWL. Upon completing this training, you will have the access and skills needed to locate and access student records, including grades, transcripts, service indicators, class schedules, class rosters, and more. This training focuses on teaching employees to navigate and search effectively in SPIRE. Please contact us at if you have questions.Īcademic Records & Class Rosters (SPIRE A)Ĭompletion of SPIRE A Online: Academic Records and Class Rosters affords you access to a large number of new menus and links in SPIRE.A complete listing of all trainings is in the chart at SPIRE Access for Employees.We are not able to accommodate walk-ins at this time. If in-person training is required, we will invite you to the next available session as soon as approval is granted. Some training is available online - we will send you the details.Your department head and the Registrar's Office must approve your application.You need to apply online to get access to SPIRE.