Registration Guide for Year 1 Students - Wilfrid Laurier University

Important Registration InformationStep-by-step instructions to register online using LORISWhen logging into LORIS, read the step-by-step instructions listed below. The first time you use LORIS, your PIN number is yourdate of birth MMDDYY (i.e., if your birthdate is January 30, 1986, your PIN number is 013086). You will be asked to change it. Pick asix-digit number that does not begin with zero and something that is familiar to you as you will need to know this PIN everytimeyou want to login to LORIS. If you enter the wrong PIN three times, LORIS will lock you out and you will have to contact the Registrar’sOffice to reset your PIN. You will also be asked to enter a security question. Choose a question such as, “What is your mother’smaiden name?” or “What is your dog’s name?”You are finally ready to register online!1. Log on to to http://telaris.wlu.ca2. Your User ID is your 9-digit student IDnumber (on your Offer of Admission),press “Tab”, then type in your PINnumber (date of birth, MMDDYY). Clickon “Login”.3. The first time you use LORIS, you haveto change your PIN to something moresecure than your date of birth. Choose a6-digit number that does not begin withzero. Re-type your OLD PIN (your date ofbirth MMDDYY), “Tab”4. Enter NEW PIN (must be 6 digits, notbeginning with a zero), “Tab”5. Re-enter NEW PIN6. Click on Login7. Security Question: Enter Question8. Answer to Security Question9 Click Submit10. Click on “Student Services”.11. Click on “Registration”.12. Click on “Select Term”.13. Click on the t to display the list ofavailable terms.14. Click on “Fall 2009”.15. Click on “Submit”.16. Click on “Add/Drop Classes”.17. Click on “Class Search” at the bottom ofthe “Add/Drop Classes” screen.18. Enter only the Subject and Course numberin which you are interested. For example,if you are searching for CommunicationStudies 101, scroll through the list ofcourses and click on CommunicationStudies, in the Course Number box,simply enter 101, and click on ClassSearch. This will take you to a page thatlists all sections of both the lectures andtutorials (if required) for CS101, (refer toSample # 1 screen shot). You do not needto enter any more information. Do notenter the CRN number, these are usedinternally only.19. Click on “Class Search” at the bottom ofthe screen.20. Class sections matching the search criteriaare displayed, including informationon the time and location of the section,and enrolment information to allow youto see if there is room remaining in thesection (refer to Sample # 2 screen shot).Lectures are letters, while labs/tutorialsare numbers or a combination of both.21. Click on the box next to the course sectionthat you wish to select. NOTE: If there isa required lab and/or tutorial, you MUSTselect it at the same time you choose thecourse. (i.e., PC131 requires a lecture, a laband a tutorial, so you will need to selectthree things, refer to Sample # 3 screenshot)22. Click on “Add to Worksheet”. Theselected course section is brought backand entered on the “Add/Drop Classes”screen.23. Perform the “Class Search” functionto select as many course sections asnecessary to complete your timetable.24. Click on “Submit Changes” after selectingall your courses.25. To drop a course previously added, clickon the ▼ in the “Action” column next tothe course you wish to drop.26. Click on “Drop/Delete”.27. Click on “Submit Changes”.28. Keep in mind, if you drop a course thatis linked with a lab/tutorial, LORIS willdrop both the lecture and the lab/tutorialthat is tied to it. Select a new lab/tutorialor lecture and Add to Worksheet. Youmust then go back to the original courseand in the drop down menu beside it,click on Re-Enroll and then, SubmitChanges. If you do not follow these stepsin this order, you will receive a link errormessage. Refer to Sample 6 to see what theLORIS screen will look like.29. Following any adds/drops, the courses inwhich you are currently registered appearat the top of the screen. Please note anyerror messages displayed at the bottomof the screen in the “Registration Errors”section. Refer to Examples of CommonLink Error Messages which will tell youhow to correct them.30. When all the Fall 2009 courses have beenadded, click on the “Return to Menu”button at the top of the screen to back up alevel.31. Repeat steps 14-28, selecting “Winter2010” in Step 14, to select courses and/orlabs/tutorials, if required, for the “Winter2010” term. You must register for coursesin both fall and winter terms. (refer toscreen shots for fall term winter term,that show what a completed registrationshould look like on LORIS).Refer to Sample # 4 and # 5 screen shots foran example of a completed registration forboth fall and winter terms. You will note onscreen shot # 4 that any full-year courses (i.e.,PS100*) will show as 0.00 credit and say “inprogress”. Look at sample # 5 at the samecourse and it says 1.00 credit and “enrolled”.www.wlu.ca | 55