Class Rosters and Attendance

Each week, attendance should be taken from the official roster. If a student is not listed on the roster, and if they tell you they have registered, they will be allowed to sit in the class for a maximum of two class sessions. By the third class session, inform the student he or she must go to the SCS Registration office to either register for the course, or to alert the Registrar that they do not appear on the roster. After the third class session, make any corrections or additions to the class roster, then sign and return it to the SCS offices on either the Chicago (Wieboldt Hall, 6th floor) or Evanston (405 Church Street) campus. You can drop off, mail or fax your roster. Fax numbers: Evanston: (847) 491-3660; Chicago: (312) 503-4942.

Class rosters are obtained online, in either of two ways. An activated NU NetID and password is necessary to access rosters.

1. Rosters that include student photos are available through CAESAR (Computer Assisted Student Access Route), which is Northwestern's online student services system for registration and records.
   
   CAESAR Instructions:
   
   • go to the Caesar homepage http://www.northwestern.edu/caesar/
   • Log on with your NU NetID and password
   • Select the term in which you are teaching (e.g. Fall 2007)
   • Click on the Class Roster icon

   For questions about CAESAR, please contact the CAESAR Help Line at (847) 491-4357 or email caesar@northwestern.edu.

   Please note: CAESAR works best with Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6.2 on Windows workstations, Netscape 6.2 on Macintosh workstations, and Netscape Communicator 4.72 on UNIX and Linux workstations. There may be minor problems with CAESAR on Mozilla, Firefox, and Safari 12. Other browsers may not work with CAESAR.

2. Rosters are avalable via Blackboard, which is Northwestern University's online course management system, an easy means of communicating with students.

   Blackboard Instructions:

   • Logon with your NU NetID and password
   • Select your course
   • Make sure you have made this course "Available." To make your course "Available", navigate to
     
     Control Panel - Settings - Course Options - Course Availability.
     
     Once you have made the course "Available" it will take about 24 hours for a roster to appear
     
     
   • To obtain the roster itself: Click on Communication in the left column on the screen
   • Select "Roster"

   For questions about the Blackboard Course Management System, contact Course Management at (847) 491-4044, email course-management@northwestern.edu, or visit the Course Management Help and Support Site, http://course-management.northwestern.edu/.

   Please note the Course Management System only works if you are listed as the Instructor of record in CAESAR. Contact Blackboard at (847) 491-4044 if any difficulties arise, or visit the Blackboard FAQ page.

For instructors whose NetIDs/NU email addresses have not been activated, class enrollment can be obtained through logging into CAESAR as a guest user:

• Go to the CAESAR homepage.
• Click on View Quarterly Class Schedule (on left side of screen)
• Click on View Schedule Classes
• Make sure the current term (e.g. "2006 Fall") is showing in the Term field, then choose Basic Search
• Select Continuing Education from the Course Career pull-down menu and select the Subject area. Hit "Search"
• Find your course from the resulting list.
• When you have found your course, click on the course detail icon (two small squares) on the far right for enrollment information
• You'll see "current enrollment" listed midway down the screen.To get class rosters from CAESAR, you have to have a Net ID and password.