my.metro: Employee Overview

View information about my.metro, a central location for university faculty and staff to access internal information — including forms, databases, applications, articles, links to third-party tools and much more.

Article Type: General Information

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my.metro

• my.metro is a central location for university faculty and staff to access internal information — including forms, databases, applications, articles, links to third-party tools and much more.
• Browse to my.metrostate.edu and use your StarID@minnstate.edu and password to log in.
• Once you are signed in you will be at the my.metro Employee Dashboard home page.

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Tips:

• You can copy and share links to folders and documents:
  • Note: Keep in mind folder and document shared links will only work for Metro State employees.

• View additional my.metro knowledge base articles about resources available from my.metro, such as:
  • my.metro: Create Metro State Branded Signature
  • my.metro: Early Alert Reporting
  • my.metro: Employee Overview
  • my.metro: Faculty & Staff Profiles - How to add and edit
  • my.metro: My Advisees Dashboard
  • my.metro: My Advisees Dashboard - Use-Cases
  • my.metro: My Advisees Dashboard/Student Lookup Utility: Student Notes
  • my.metro: Non-Attendance Reporting
  • my.metro: Report an Issue or Contact a Group Admin
  • my.metro: Student Lookup Utility
• The Bookstore Adoptions Insights Portal, with listed support resources and information, is available from:
  • Employee Dashboard left category navigation:
    • a) Listed under "For Faculty"
    • b) Listed under "Tools" from Apps and Courses > My Apps
• Use underlined headings to sort content listings:

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Navigation and Searching

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Top navigation bar (from left to right):

• Logo – click on the Metropolitan State University logo to go to the university website.
• Email – click to go to your O365 online account.
• Calendar – click to view university events and academic calendar items.
• Service Portal – click to view services and submit requests or view the knowledge base.
  • The Knowledge Base contains hundreds of helpful articles, instructions, information and resources.
• Quick Links – click to view links to frequently used sites and resources.

My.metro, navigation bar (from left to right):

• my.metro – click to return to home employee dashboard page.
• My groups – click to view group, division or department, information.

Left column navigation: Category boxes and menus

• Each category box provides a menu of related resources.Next to the category title you can select the arrow to collapse or expand a category.

Searching:

• From the search box, you can search by key word or phrase.
• In the field next to Search you can search by All Groups (default) or narrow your search to a specific division, department or group from the drop down menu.