DUCK stands for Digital University Campus Kiosk.  It contains student academic records, faculty schedules, and grade submission forms.

To access DUCK, you must first be connected to the Internet. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to http://duck.clayton.edu (from the Clayton State homepage, click on Academics > The DUCK).  

Course Descriptions

To view course descriptions from the Clayton State University Academic Catalog, click on the "Course Descriptions" hyperlink, and then click on the letter corresponding to the Course ID (e.g., click on "H" to locate the description of HCMG3101).

Scroll down and click on the Course Title.

The catalog description will be displayed, as shown below.

Schedule

To view the course schedule, click on the "Schedule" hyperlink. 

You may view the entire schedule booklet or filter your view by course name, course ID, department/program, or faculty. To view the schedule by Course ID (e.g., HCMG3101), click on the "By Course ID" hyperlink under the desired term (e.g., Fall 2005).

Scroll down and click on the letter corresponding to the Course ID (e.g., Click on "Sections which start with H" to locate the schedule for HCMG3101).

Scroll down and locate the schedule for the course. Clicking on the hyperlinked course name will display the Clayton State University Catalog course description; clicking on the hyperlinked Instructor name will display the directory entry for that professor, including department, phone, office location, email and web addresses.

Directory

To locate contact information for a student, faculty, or staff member, click on the "Directory" hyperlink. 

You may either browse the Directory by department or Search by Last Name or E-mail Address. To browse by department, click on the department hyperlink.

Contact information for the selected department and individual staff members will be displayed, as shown below. Note: Clicking on a web address will take you to the selected website; clicking on an email address will open a pre-addressed MS Outlook message. 

To search the Directory by last name, type the Last Name in the Search field, and press the Enter key on your keyboard. Note: You may search for students, faculty, or staff members.

A list of matching names (faculty, staff and students) from the Directory will be displayed, as shown below. Note: Clicking on a web address will take you to the selected website; clicking on an email address will open a pre-addressed MS Outlook message. 

To search the Directory by email address, enter the csu##### portion of the student's Email Address in the Search field, and press the Enter key on your keyboard.

A list of matching names from the Directory will be displayed, as shown below. Note: Clicking on a web address will take you to the selected website; clicking on an email address will open a pre-addressed MS Outlook message. 

Personal Access/Login

To log into The DUCK, click on the "Personal Access/Login" hyperlink.

If you receive a Security Alert, click OK. Note: To avoid seeing this message every time you log into DUCK, click in the checkbox labeled "In the future, do not show this warning."

The User ID is your Social Security Number and the PIN is a 6-digit number that you have chosen. Your default PIN is the last four digits of your social security number followed by your two digit birth month. After entering your User ID and PIN, click on the "Login" button.

The Main Menu is divided into three sections: 

1. Academic and Financial Information for Students

2. Faculty Services

3. Personal Information

Section 1 - Academic and Financial Information for Students

This menu is visible only to students and allows users to register, check on financial aid, view their student records, and change their majors.

Section 2 - Faculty Services

This menu is visible only to faculty and allows users to view class rosters, advisees, search for students, submit midterm and final grades, manage surveys, and check placement scores.

List of Classes

Click on the "List of Classes" hyperlink.

Select the desired term from the dropdown menu, and click on the Submit button.

A table listing your assigned courses will be displayed, as shown below. To view the course roster for specific a section, click on the hyperlinked CRN.

The course roster, including email addresses, link to student records, WebCT Vista passwords, registration status, midterm grades, prerequisites, and majors will be displayed.

Downloading a Course Roster to Excel

Step 1: Right click on “Comma Separated List of Students,” and select "Save Target As."   

Step 2: Select the desired "Save in" location on your hard drive, and change the file name. The file type should remain “Text Document.” Click on the Save button.

When the download is complete, click on the Close button.

Step 3: Open MS Excel. Open the file that you just saved. You will probably have to change the "Files type" to All Files or Text Files.

Step 4: When the Text Import Wizard appears, click on the Next button.

Step 5: Select Tab and Comma as the delimiters, and then click on the Next button. 

Click on the Finish button.

Step 6: After viewing or editing the file, you will want to save it as an Excel Workbook file.

Section 3 - Personal Information

This menu is visible to both students and faculty and allows users to change their DUCK PIN, update personal contact information, respond to a survey, manage email/webspace (students only), and receive messages.

 

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