MyBU Student & Faculty Link Crosswalk

With the implementation of MyBU Student, the Faculty Link portal is no longer available. This crosswalk shows where relevant functionality can be found in the new system.

Faculty Link – University Tools

Faculty Link Function	Description	Where To Find in MyBU Student
University Class Schedule	By selecting the desired semester and college, the faculty member can access current and future university class schedules.	Class Information>Class Search OR Faculty Reports>University Class Schedule
University Class Schedule/Building Description	Hyperlink to the building location information from the university class schedules.	Class Information>Class Search OR Faculty Reports>University Class Schedule
University Class Schedule Download	Provides a user with the option to download the class schedule for a semester. May select by College, or College and Department, or Instructor name (min 4 characters), or Subject. May also limit to CRC Only.	Faculty Reports>University Class Schedule
University Course Descriptions	Provides descriptions of courses offered by the university. The listing can be searched by semester, college, department acronym, and course number. It can also be downloaded for the term and college.	Class Information>Course Catalog or Faculty Reports>Course Descriptions Download
University Course Descriptions/Download	Listing of university courses can be downloaded for the term and college.	Faculty Reports>Course Descriptions Download
University Course – Transfer Equivalency System	Provides descriptions of courses offered by the university for the CollegeSource Transfer Equivalency System (TES) process for evaluating student transfer credit. The listing can be searched by semester and starting course.	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>University Course – Transfer Equivalency System
University Course Description Search	Both the course title and course description are searched for the keywords or phrases a user supplies. The application returns matches that contain all the words and phrases. You can search all three semesters or limit your search by semester. There is also an advanced search with additional features – search by college, and HUB areas.	Class Information>Course Catalog or Faculty Reports>Course Descriptions Download
University Final Exam Schedule	Displays the final exam schedule for the entire university for the current semester only. During intersession no information is available.	Faculty Reports>Final Exam Schedule for a Term
University Final Exam Schedule/Location Description	Provides hyperlink to the location information from the final exam schedule.	Faculty Reports>Final Exam Schedule for a Term
University Final Exam Schedule Download	Provides a user with the option to download the Final Exam Schedule.	Faculty Reports>Final Exam Schedule for a Term

Faculty Link Function	Description	Where To Find in MyBU Student
Faculty Annual Report (CRC)	Provides an interactive version of the university form that faculty may complete and submit electronically during the annual review process, usually September and October. Reports completed on-line during previous cycles can be viewed or downloaded through the links provided. RE-directs to MyCV.	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>MyCV
Faculty Annual Report (Medical Campus)	Provides an interactive version of the Medical Campus form that faculty may complete and submit electronically during the annual review process. Access is limited to Medical Campus faculty.	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>Faculty Annual Report (Medical Campus)
Faculty External Activity Report	Each year all full-time faculty members are required to complete an external activity report for the previous calendar year to ensure that the external activities of faculty members are consistent with the policy set forth in the Faculty Handbook.	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources
My CV	Allows faculty to create an online CV including their publications, grants, professional and teaching activities.	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>MyCV
Program Learning Outcomes Assessment	Link to https://www.bu.edu/provost/planning-assessment/program-learning-outcomesassessment/ for detailed description	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>Program Learning Outcomes Assessment
What’s on the Link?	Provides descriptive information about the features of The Faculty/Staff Link. No longer needed. Calendars Displays the University’s main calendar page which lists special events, the academic calendar, housing schedules, athletic schedules, and holidays. https://www.bu.edu/calendar/	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>General Faculty Resources>Academic Calendar

Faculty Link – Instructor Tools

Faculty Link Function	Description	Where To Find in MyBU Student
Class Lists	Presents the current courses the instructor is teaching. By selecting a course, the instructor can view and download the class list, send email to individual students, or send email to the entire class at once.	Class Roster
Class Lists/Authorize Teaching Assistants	Ability to grant Teaching Assistants access to the specific class (by name or UID).	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Class Lists/Link a personal course site within the Student Link	Allows to specify a url for the site that is outside of CourseInfo or WebCT. The class will have the link to that site in the Student Link.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Class Lists/WebCT	IS&T Service catalog indicates WebCT as retired service.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Class Lists/Request course textbook	Discontinued. Replaced by Adoption and Insights – separate option on the menu.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Class Lists/Request media services	https://www-test.bu.edu/media/classroom.html not found.	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>Request Media Services
Class Lists/Display Matrix	Allows the instructor to see when the students in his class have other scheduled classes in order to schedule office hours or reschedule class activities at an optimum time for everybody.	Faculty Reports>Student Matrix – coming in the Fall.
Class Lists/Send Email	By selecting a course, the instructor can view and download the class list, send email to individual students, or send email to the entire class at once.	Class Roster
Class Lists/Download Class List	By selecting a course, the instructor can view and download the class list, send email to individual students, or send email to the entire class at once.	Class Roster
Class Lists/View Photos	The instructor has the option to view a photo gallery of the class .	Class Roster
Class Lists/Download Photos	The instructor has the option to download a photo gallery of the class for use in creating seating charts and/or screen-savers.	Faculty Reports>Class Roster Photos
Class Lists/Download Thumbnails	Smaller images are downloaded for this function.	Class Roster
Class Lists/Student Information	By clicking on a student’s name, the faculty member may access the entire academic record of that student. That information is only available for the duration of the class.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Grading/Enter Grades	Allows an instructor to enter students’ final grades online.	Grade Roster
Grading/Submit Grades	Allows an instructor to publish grades for viewing in the Student and Faculty/Staff Links. Teaching assistants are not allowed to do that.	Grade Roster
Grading/Upload Grades	Upload a file of students’ grades for this class. Further instructions are available when option is selected.	Grade Roster
Grading/Add Student Not on Roster and Assign Grade	Add student(s) to class and assign grade.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Grading/Include Comment On Grade	Comment on a student in the class. There is a grade comment fields on the student-class file.	Grade Roster
Grading/Chart Grade Distribution	Chart grade distribution for class. Various chart styles are available.	Faculty Reports>Grade Distribution
Advisee List	Provides the same access features as the Class List function. Advisors may obtain a complete list of advisees. Students may elect to give a faculty member permission to view records for advising purposes, even though the student may not be an assigned advisee.	Advising>View Advisees based on the security role.
Link Your Homepage	Provides the tools to couple a faculty member’s webpage address or URL with his/her name anytime the professor’s name appears on the Link.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Instructor’s Classes	Allows access to the current or past teaching schedule of any faculty member. The schedule may be represented textually or graphically. Faculty can click on the class get the class roster.	Faculty Reports>Instructor Class Schedule
Create a Blackboard Site	Presents instructor with the list of instructor’s classes and gives them an option of creating a blank Blackboard site or copying the site of the previous course, so they don’t have to rebuild it again.	Faculty Resources>Blackboard Course Copy
Link Personal Site to a Course	Provides the tools to couple a faculty member’s webpage address or URL with his/her name anytime the professor’s name appears on the Link as a stand-alone function.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Degree Audit Program Review	WhatIf Program Audit. For Advising purposes only.	View As Student>What-If Report
Barnes & Noble at BU Adoption & Insights Portal	https://aip.bncollege.com/ app/courselist/	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>Barnes & Noble at BU Adoption & Insights Portal
BU InClassLfA	Discontinued.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024

Faculty Link – Other Resources

Faculty Link Function	Description	Where To Find in MyBU Student
Faculty Salary Review Comments	Allows departments the ability to paste the dean’s or chairman’s salary increase comments into the recommendation form. Goes to Business Link function.	This functionality is now in BUWorks.
Faculty Assembly/Faculty Council	Provides a link to the web pages of the Faculty Assembly and the Faculty Council, which represent the faculty in important University matters. https://www-test.bu.edu/fafc/	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>General Faculty Resources>Faculty Assembly/Faculty Council
Faculty Handbook	Provides a link to the handbook maintained by the Office of the Provost. https://wwwtest.bu.edu/handbook	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>General Faculty Resources>Faculty Handbook
My Grant Expenses	Offers principal investigators grant-to-date accounting and journal entry tracking reports. Investigators may also delegate viewing access to colleagues and assistants. Office of Research – My Grant Expenses	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>General Faculty Resources>My Grant Expenses
Business Link	Provides access to the Business Link.	N/A
BUWorks Central Portal	Allows an employee to view and change personal information, apply for a parking permit or an MBTA pass, change their Kerberos password, and view job listings. https://ypo.buw.bu.edu/	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>General Faculty Resources>BU Works
Courseware Information	Provides information about the course management software, CourseInfo and WebCT, in use at Boston University.	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>Courseware Information.
UIS Mainframe File Services	Allows faculty to manage his mainframe files including downloading, copying, viewing, renaming and deleting.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Student Employee Time Approval	Goes to Business Link function.	This function is now in BUWorks: https://ppo.buw.bu.edu/ -Refer to the SEO Timesheets page for support.
Evaluate Your Student(s)	Goes to Business Link function	This function is now in BUWorks: https://ppo.buw.bu.edu/
Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduate	Program Management – List of Accessible Programs.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Compliance Tracking	This is where we upload the list of students required to comply with the MA. Motor Vehicle Law. Once uploaded this link allows us to track student acknowledgment of being notified of the law. It may be used to add other compliance data, too.	Function Will Not Be Available After Summer 2024
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)	CTL was established to promote and support exemplary teaching, to facilitate the continued professional development of faculty as teachers, and to introduce new faculty to the culture of excellence in teaching at Boston University. https://www.bu.edu/ctl/	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>Center for Teaching & Learning
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)	Browse and select the services provided to the BU community by IS&T. https://www.bu.edu/tech/	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
IT Help Center	The IT Help Center provides centralized technology support (software, hardware, and account services) to the BU community via phone, e-mail, and walk-in locations. https://www.bu.edu/tech/ about/help-center/	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>IT Help Center
BU Libraries	https://www.bu.edu/library	Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>BU Library
BU Today		Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>General Faculty Resources>BU Today
Questions & Info		Training & Reference
Report Problem		Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & OtherEducational Resources>Report Problem
Suggestion Box		Faculty Resources>Faculty Resources>Technology & Other Educational Resources>Suggestion Box

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