How MCG Students Utilize PULSE

(PULSE is also known as Banner)
 Common Tasks for Students:

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 Login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner)

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Step 1

From the MCG home page http://www.mcg.edu, click the MyMCG link.

Step 2

On the MyMCG page, click on the PULSE link.

Step 3

From a Groupwise email or documentation received from MCG, enter your MCG NetID in the text field labeled Username. Enter your GroupWise password in the text field labeled Password. Then click the button labeled Login.

Note: Your MCG NetID and password are the same information that you use to access Groupwise and MyMCG.  For assistance, please contact the IT Service Desk.

   

Step 4

 Steps 4, 5 and 6 only occur after the first login.   

After the first login only, students need to submit electronic authorization to MCG to be able to conduct transactions via PULSE (formerly known as Banner.)  Read each authorization and select Authorize from each pull-down.

Step 5

Click the Submit button at the bottom of the Authorizations page.

Step 6

Review your authorization choices and click the Submit button.

 Access and Update Personal Information

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Step 1

If not already logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click either of the Personal Information links.

Step 3

Click the Update Addresses and Phones link to edit or add information. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click either the Current or Primary link to edit or add to address and/or phone Personal Information. 

Step 5

In the image below the student added a cell phone to the Personal Information in PULSE (also known as Banner) by  clicking the Phone Type pull-down and selecting Mobile or Cellular.  Then the student inputted the area code.  The seven remaining digits were typed in the Phone Number field without a hyphen.  Now the student will need to click the Submit button.

Step 6

Review the new cell phone info and click the Personal Information link to make more edits or additions. 

 Learn Your Student ID Number (PULSE ID)

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Step 1

If not already logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Once you are logged into PULSE and after you have agreed to the Terms of Usage and submitted the Authorizations on the Main Menu page, click either of the Student (Services) & Financial Aid links.

Step 3

Click the Registration link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click the Select Term link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 5

Look in the top right corner of the screen and you will see your PULSE ID which is also your Student ID Number.


 

 View Holds

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Step 1

If not already logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Once you are logged into PULSE and after you have agreed to the Terms of Usage and submitted the Authorizations on the Main Menu page, click either of the Student (Services) & Financial Aid links.

Step 3

Click the Student Records link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click the View Holds link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 5

If holds are present, use the Hold Type, the Reason, and the Originator fields to determine who to contact to resolve a hold.


 

 Register for a Class

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Step 1

If not already logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click either of the Student (Services) & Financial Aid links.

Step 3

Click the Registration link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click the Registration Status link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 5

Click to open the Search by Term pull-down and (instead of the term pictured below) click the current term of registration to select it.  Click the Submit button.

Step 6

In the image below, the student has no holds or restrictions.  This student is eligible to register now.  Click the Add or Drop Classes link at the bottom of the screen.

Step 7

If you know the CRNs for the classes you want to register for, type the CRNs or Course Reference Numbers in the empty fields and click the Submit Changes button. (If you don't know the class or CRN, see the Look Up a Class or CRN topic.)

Step 8

Review the registration results. 

  • If the number of credit hours (Cred) is a link, then the number of credit hours is adjustable.  To change the number of credit hours, click the number in the Cred column or click Change Class Options link at the bottom of the Current Schedule page.

  • Edit the number of credit hours and click the Submit Changes button.
  • Click the Add or Drop Classes link to review the adjustment. 

  • To add more classes, type the CRNs in the empty fields and click the Submit Changes button. To drop a class, see the Drop a Class topic.


 

 Look Up a Class or a CRN

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Step 1

If not presently logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click either of the Student (Services) & Financial Aid links.

Step 3

Click the Registration link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click the Look Up Classes link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 5

Click to open the Search by Term pull-down and click the term of registration to select it.  Click the Submit button.

Step 6

Click to open the Subject pull-down and click a subject of study.  Click the Class Search button. The subject must be chosen.  Selection of the other criteria is optional.

Step 7

Click the checkbox to select a class and click the Register button.  (If you don't find the class you are searching for, click the Back button on the top left of the Internet Explorer toolbar to search again.)

Step 8

Review the registration results.  To add more classes, type the CRNs in the empty fields and click the Submit Changes button. To drop a class, see the Drop a Class topic.


 

 Drop a Class

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Step 1

If not presently logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click either of the Student (Services) & Financial Aid links.

Step 3

Click the Registration link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click to open the Search by Term pull-down and click the term of registration to select it.  Click the Submit button.

Step 5

Click the pull-down on the row of the class you want to drop and click DROP to select.  Click the Submit Changes button.

Step 6

Review the registration results.  To add more classes, type the CRNs in the empty fields and click the Submit Changes button. To drop a class, see the Drop a Class topic.  To review your schedule, go to the Confirm the Schedule of Classes topic.


 

 Confirm the Schedule of Classes

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Step 1

If not presently logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click the Student Services & Financial Aid link.

Step 3

Click the Registration link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click the Student Detail Schedule link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 5

Click the Select a Term pull-down and click to choose the appropriate term.  Then click the Submit button.

Step 6

Review the schedule.


 
 Check Financial Aid Status and/or Awards

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Step 1

If not presently logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click on the Student Services & Financial Aid link.

Step 3

From the Student & Financial Aid menu, click on the Financial Aid link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click the Financial Aid Status link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 5

Click the Select Aid Year pull-down and click to select the current aid year.  Then click the Submit button.

Step 6

Click the Student Requirements link.

Step 7

Documents must be submitted in order to be eligible for Financial Aid.  A required document that has been completed and submitted satisfies a requirement.  Notice which documents have satisfied requirements and which documents still need to be submitted to satisfy requirements.  Once all the required documentation has been submitted and processed through the Financial Aid office, all the requirements will be satisfied.

Click the Overall Financial Aid Status link at the bottom of the screen.

Step 8

Click the awarded link to see the details of the total. (Notice that when all the requirements are satisfied, a link to the requirements page is absent from the Financial Aid Status page.)

Step 9

Review the details and click the Overall Financial Aid Status link at the bottom of the page to continue to review Financial Aid information.


 

 Review Charges and Payments to an Account

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Step 1

If not presently logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click the Student Services & Financial Aid link.

Step 3

Click the Student Records link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click the Student Bill link. In Banner 6, this link was called Account Summary.  (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 5

Review the charges and payments to the account.


 

 Generate an Unofficial Transcript

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Step 1

If not presently logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click either of the Student (Services) & Financial Aid links.

Step 3

On the Student & Financial Aid page, click the Student Records link.

Step 4

On the Student Records page, click the Academic Transcript link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.) This link will be available soon.

Step 5

Click the Submit button.

Step 6

Review or print the unofficial transcript.


 

 Request an Official Transcript

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Step 1

If not presently logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

Step 2

Click either of the Student (Services) & Financial Aid links.

Step 3

On the Student & Financial Aid page, click the Student Records link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)

Step 4

Click the Request Printed Transcript link. (The availability of links may vary and the links may be in a different order from what is seen in the image below.)  This link will be available soon.

Step 5

For this example, click the Look Up College Code link. Only select or enter information in one of the four options.

(There are three other options to choose from.  You may click the ...Addresses pull-down and select one of your address types to send the transcript to OR you may click the Internal College pull-down and select an MCG Dept. to send a transcript to OR you may type in who you would like the transcript to go to.)

Step 6

Click to open the state or country pull-down.  Click the state or country to select it.  Click the List Cities in Selected State, Province or Country button.

Step 7

Click to open the City pull-down and click the city to select it.  Click the List Colleges in selected City button.

Step 8

Click to open the College pull-down and click the college to select it.  Click the Copy selected College information to Data Entry form button.

Step 9

Click to open the Transcript Type pull-down and click Official to select it.  Click the Continue button.

Step 10

Click to open the In Progress Cut-Off Term pull-down and click the term to select it.  Click to open the Print Transcript pull-down and select the desired option.  Click the Continue button.

Step 11

Click the Submit Request button.

Step 12

Continue exploring by clicking the RETURN TO MENU link or click the EXIT link to log off.


 

 Contact Information

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If not already logged in, login to MCG's PULSE (also known as Banner) using the instructions above.

If you are experiencing difficulties logging in, contact the IT Service Desk, (706) 721-4000

For questions not addressed in the PULSE Self-Help Web Guides, contact the appropriate office below:

For questions or comments in reference to this Web page, contact:
Lisa J. Stamper, (706) 721-5476