Transfer Simplification Project Quick-Start Guide

Welcome to the Transfer Simplification Project Quick-Start Guide!

This guide includes full instruction manuals and training videos that will get you ready for your role in the Transfer Simplification Project if you are new to TES or new to evaluating transfer credit at Indiana University.

Optional: Review "Transfer Training for Faculty"

If you are new to TES or new to evaluating transfer credit at Indiana University, visit the Transfer Training for Faculty course. This course covers all the basics on evaluating a course for transfer to IU.

Optional: Learn background information about the courses in the Transfer Simplification Project

Looking for more information about how the courses you are evaluating currently are utilized at IU? Request the Transfer Simplification Project Data Tracking Sheet for your campus. The Data Tracking Sheet shows the number of times a course and most recent semester has been posted to an IU student's record, how external courses are accepted at all IU campuses, and more.

1. Log in to TES

Screenshot of the TES (Transfer Evaluation System) login screen.

You'll evaluate courses in TES - the Transfer Evaluation System.

If you received an email link inviting you to evaluate a course in TES, just click on the link. The login window above should appear.

You can also go to TES directly at https://tes.collegesource.com/TES_login.aspx

No login information? Look for an email with the subject line "TES Account Password Setup" from your campus TES administrator

Optional: "The Evaluation Tracker" is a 41-minute video that walks through every step of the TES course evaluation process

2. Get started in TES

Once you are logged in to TES, you should click "Track" and then "My Evaluations"

Once you are logged in to TES, select "Track" and then "My Evaluations"

3. Select the course to be reviewed

To select a course to review in TES, click the small arrow next to the course institution and then the course title.

To select the course to be reviewed:

Click the arrow next to the the transfer course institution (in this example, Anderson University)

Next, click the name of the transfer course you will review (in this example, GERM 1010)

A course description for the transfer course will appear.

4. Determine next step - Do you see one or two course descriptions?

Does your TES screen look like the image below, with only ONE course description?

TES evaluation tracker screenshot with just one course description.

If so, you'll continue to the Quick Start Guide - One Course Description

Or, does your TES screen look like the image below, with TWO course descriptions?

TES evaluation tracker screenshot with two course descriptions.

If so, you'll continue to the Quick Start Guide - Two Course Descriptions

To continue, select

Quick Start Guide - One Course Description

Quick Start Guide - Two Course Descriptions

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