1. Boss User Guide - Mba

Singapore Management University

BOSS USER GUIDE A STUDENT GUIDE TO NAVIGATING THROUGH BOSS

Prepared by: Master of Business Administration Programme Office

1/23/2014

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Contents Contents ........................................................................................................................................................ 1

1. Introduction to BOSS............................................................................................................................. 2

1.1 What is BOSS? ............................................................................................................................... 2

1.2 Important things to note about BOSS Bidding .............................................................................. 2

1.3 Features in BOSS ........................................................................................................................... 2

1.4 Terms used in BOSS....................................................................................................................... 3

2. Using BOSS ............................................................................................................................................ 4

2.1 BOSS Bidding Flow ........................................................................................................................ 4

2.2 Search for course .......................................................................................................................... 5

2.3 Add a Course/Section to Cart........................................................................................................ 7

2.4 Planning Your Timetable ............................................................................................................... 8

2.5 Checking Out Your Cart ................................................................................................................. 9

2.6 After Checking Out Your Cart ...................................................................................................... 11

2.7 Resubmission of Bids .................................................................................................................. 12

2.8 Checking the E-Account after Bidding Activities ......................................................................... 12

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1. Introduction to BOSS

1.1 What is BOSS? BOSS is SMUs Bidding Online System for the registration of courses. BOSS is intended to empower students with the choice of selecting the courses they wish to enroll for in any one term. This choice is not necessarily an easy one. Based on available resources in the form of e-dollars(e$), students will need to make their choice by carefully considering the demand and supply of the courses as well as their academic study plan not just for the current term but also the future terms.

1.2 Important things to note about BOSS Bidding 1.2.1 Before BOSS Bidding rounds

You should know clearly which Elective Term and Round you are bidding for during the current bidding period

Ensure that you have no administration hold placed please go to OASIS > Personal & Finances > Certification/Personal Info > Holds. If there is any holds held against you, do liaise with the relevant offices to have it lifted. Do note that you will not be able to carry out bidding activities if you are on any administrative holds.

1.2.2 During BOSS Bidding rounds Read the instructions carefully in the Plan & Bid tab of the BOSS Bidding system Check that your E-account is allocated 100 e-dollars Please refer to the below guides to successfully add a course, edit a bid, drop a course,

D.I.C.E and more 1.2.3 After BOSS Bidding rounds

Check the overall BOSS results for your bids Confirm that your E-account balance equates to the amount after deducting the sum of

the amount of all successful bids

1.3 Features in BOSS 1.3.1 Timetable Planner Allows you to plan for courses by giving you a calendar view of the planned

sections of the courses you select. Here you would be able to toggle sections on and off and see if the sections that you have chosen clashes with one another in terms of class timings or exam schedules. Personalized class & exam timetable can be downloaded in excel format.

1.3.2 Quick links Redirects students to OASIS where course descriptions and BOSS User Guide is available

1.3.3 Class search Allows students to search available courses by Subject Areas such as Finance, Accounting, and Communication, etc.

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1.4 Terms used in BOSS 1.4.1 E-dollars

Each student will be allocated e-dollars before the start of each bidding cycle. Each student will have e$100.00 each for the current term being bid for. During the bidding exercise, all unused e-dollars will be carried forward to the next bidding round.

1.4.2 DICE Drop If Course Exceeds DICE will be required if you bid for more than the Maximum Enrollment credit units. For example, if the maximum enrollment is 5.0 credit units, and you bid the maximum biddable of 6.0 credit units in this case, you are required to indicate a DICE value to a section that you wish to drop if all 5 bids are successful.

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2. Using BOSS

2.1 BOSS Bidding Flow

1. Search for course

2. Add desired

course/section to cart

3. Use timetable planner to view schedule of selected

course/section

4. Checkout

5. Select course/sections and enter bid amount

4. More than 5

courses added?

7. If YES, choose a course

to D.I.C.E If NO, proceed to submit

bids

8. Bids submitted

successfully - to wait for bidding results

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2.2 Search for course Step 1: Log-in to OASIS and navigate to BOSS Bidding Online System. You will be brought to the BOSS Summary Page as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Summary Page (Home Page)

1. Admin Hold Do ensure that you do not have any outstanding admin hold. If you do, please liaise with the relevant offices to have it lifted. Do note that you will not be able to carry out bidding activities if you are on any administrative holds.

2. BOSS Dates Information on the BOSS bidding dates and rounds 3. Term Info Information on the Maximum enrollment of credit units and the Maximum

biddable credit units for the current term. 4. E-Account Information on e-dollars and all transactions

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Step 2: Navigate to Plan & Bid page and click on Add to Cart icon to conduct a class search.

Figure 2: Plan & Bid Page

Step 3: Search for courses by using the drop-down list in the Subject Area field. You may select multiple subject areas (e.g. MKTG & OBHR) to retrieve all the courses under the selected subject areas. Note: Fields Course Area and Curriculum Requirement are not applicable to Post-graduates.

Figure 3: Course Search Page

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2.3 Add a Course/Section to Cart Step 1: Check the course to view the sections available and select Add to Cart to proceed.

Figure 4: Course Search - View Course Sections

Step 2: Adding a course/section to cart is not equivalent to placing a bid.

Figure 5: Course Search - Added to Cart

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2.4 Planning Your Timetable After adding sections into your cart, proceed to Plan & Bid page to pin sections into the calendar by clicking on the pin icon in your bidding cart. Note: Only one section is biddable for courses offering more than one section.

Figure 6: Class timetable

You have schedule conflict(s)

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2.5 Checking Out Your Cart Step 1: Select Checkout in the Plan & Bid page.

Step 2: In the Checkout Bids page, place bid amounts in the e$ column. All bids have to be at least 10 e-dollars and you are allowed to enter amounts up to 2 decimal places as seen in figure 7. Enter DICE value in the DICE column for the additional course (in this case, the 6th course) you have bid for. Submit your bids once any errors have been rectified.

Figure 7: Placing Bids

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Figure 8: Submit bids

After submission, if you have placed bids for two sections of the same course, error message as seen in Figure 9 will pop up. You will have to rectify the error before proceeding to submit your bids.

Figure 9: Conflicting Schedule Error

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2.6 After Checking Out Your Cart After checking out, return to Plan & Bid page. You will be able to see the courses and bid details in your Bidding Cart. In your Class Timetable, you will be able to see the schedule and details of the classes.

Figure 10: Plan & Bid Page after Submitting Bids

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2.7 Resubmission of Bids If you would like to make changes to the previously submitted bids and courses, click Checkout.

A pop up message will appear when you attempt to make changes. Note: The timestamp of your bids placed will be according to the latest change made.

Figure 11: Warning Message for Attempting Changes

2.8 Checking the E-Account after Bidding Activities After you have completed the bidding process, please proceed back to the Summary page to verify your E-Account to ensure that the amount left for bidding is accurate.

Contents1. Introduction to BOSS1.1 What is BOSS?1.2 Important things to note about BOSS Bidding1.3 Features in BOSS1.4 Terms used in BOSS

2. Using BOSS2.1 BOSS Bidding Flow2.2 Search for course2.3 Add a Course/Section to Cart2.4 Planning Your Timetable2.5 Checking Out Your Cart2.6 After Checking Out Your Cart2.7 Resubmission of Bids2.8 Checking the E-Account after Bidding Activities

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1. Boss User Guide - Mba