Session 29 Financial Aid Professionals (FAP) Portal and Beyond Marcello Rojtman

2 Objectives Online Resource tools Financial Aid Professionals - FAP Portal Information for Financial Aid Professionals - IFAP List Serve FSA Tech

3 Online Resource Tools Access Required to FSA Financial Aid Professionals (FAP) Portal and IFAP Federal Register/Vol. 62 No.182 9/14/1997 Notice Usage of FAP Portal and IFAP FSA FAP Portal - over 10 Thousand Visitors a week IFAP – Over 100 Thousand Visitors a week

4 Financial Aid Professionals Portal The four parts of the Portal Masthead List of Links FSA Calendar FSA Headlines

5 FAP Portal -- Masthead The Masthead contains the following links: Search for simple or advanced search My FSA for a customize look Other Links to access FSA related web sites Help Center to access HELP, FAQs, Contacts, Suggestions, Got a Question, About us Feedback to send questions and comments Privacy Privacy Disclosure statement IFAP – Online library

6 FAP Portal – List of FSA Links Three categories: Resources and Training: Reference materials and training opportunities FAA Access to Student Data: Student Application and Disbursement Information Participation and Funding: School Application and Disbursement Information

7 FAP Portal – FSA Calendar FSA Calendar Records: FSA Events Deadlines Training NPRMs

8 FAP Portal – FSA Calendar View all Categories in a month

9 View just one category in a month FAP Portal – FSA Calendar

10 FAP Portal – FSA Calendar View all categories in a day

11 FAP Portal – FSA Calendar View one category in a day

12 FAP Portal – What’s New View the newest calendar items NEW

13 FAP Portal – FSA Calendar Case Study A FAA from the University of Miami is coordinating a training session for the Florida Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. She was instructed that the training should not conflict with the Department of Education training in Region 4 or in the State of Florida. How can she confirm 12/16/2007 is a good date to have the training?

14 FAP Portal – Search Basic Search –Type Phrase or Word Select the “Advanced” link for Advance Search

15 FAP Portal – Search Advance Search Type Key phrase or Word Select Area Select “Search Now”

16 FAP Portal – MY FSA MyFSA My FSA Links MyBookmarks Change Password Logout

17 FAP Portal – MY FSA Register to Customize the FAP Portal

18 FAP Portal – MY FSA I would like to be able to personalize the FAP Portal. How would she begin?

19 FAP Portal – FSA Headlines FSA Headlines: – “FSA News” –“FSA Policy and Rule Change” Selecting the “More” link allows one to view previous FSA Headlines

20 FAP Portal – FSA Contact The FSA Contact List is a service directory for the FSA community.

21 FAP Portal – FSA Contact Case Study FSA ContactCase Study Max from the University of Baltimore Needs assistance processing Funding Adjustments on ACG and National SMART Grant. Where should Max find were to go for help?

22 Objectives Online Resource tools Financial Aid Professionals - FAP Portal Information for Financial Aid Professionals - IFAP List Serve FSA Tech

23 Information for Financial Aid Professionals – IFAP Online library for Student Aid Professionals. Most up to date guidance to manage the Federal Student Aid Programs.

24 IFAP –Three Areas Masthead Web Pages and Functions Categorize Popular Publications /Web pages

25 IFAP – Masthead Help Center – Customer Service Call Center contact information, FAQ and more. What’s New – List publication that have are no more then 14 days old. Other links – Links to FSA related web sites. Feedback – form to send Questions and comments. FAP – link to the FAPPortal.

26 IFAP – Web Pages and Functions Search – Simple, Advanced Search and About this search Other Views – Current, Archived and By Topic view of Publications. FAP Portal Features – Links to FSA FAP Portal Member Services – Setting Notification and More RSS – Web Feed Download Plug-ins and Viewers – readers for PDF, MS Word, MS Excel and More New

27 IFAP - RSS Web Feed Receive the latest IFAP content links to your aggregator of choice within hours

28 IFAP – Categorize Popular Publications And Web Pages Short cut to the Most Popular Publications

29 IFAP – Current FSA Publication Last three years of Publications Archive View for Older Publications

30 IFAP – Publications by Topic View IFAP’s content through an index.

31 IFAP – What’s New

32 IFAP – Help Center (FAQ)

33 IFAP – Member Service Notification of new content Update Member Service Profile Register to access Different from MyFSA

34 IFAP – Member Service -- Registration 1. Select Member Services 2. Select Click Here to Register 3. Complete the IFAP User Registration form and select the Submit Registration Button

35 IFAP – Member Service Subscription Service Weekly 48 Hour

36 IFAP – Member Service Case Study Max has a new job. He would like to make sure his member service profile is updated with his new information. How does Max update the IFAP member service profile?

37 IFAP – Search Engine Search all IFAP Content Sort Results By Date or Relevance Blue Status Bar

38 IFAP – Advance Search Engine Filter by Year Filter by Publication Control Results

39 IFAP – Searchable FSA Handbook New

40 Enhancements for IFAP and FAP Portal Redesign –Implementing the latest web technology –Design for an ease of use

41 Both the FAP Portal and IFAP web sites provide timely information to the Financial Aid Community regardless of time of day.

42 Objectives Online Resource tools Financial Aid Professionals - FAP Portal Information for Financial Aid Professionals - IFAP List Serve FSA Tech

43 Listserv - FSA TECH  For technical questions about FSA systems, software, and mainframe products. Answers are researched by FSA systems developers and sent to everyone on the listserv.  To Sign up for FSA Tech or Change FSATECH Digest Options: tml tml  For Assistance at or call if you have any

44 Online Resource tools Financial Aid Professionals - FAP Portal Information for Financial Aid Professionals - IFAP List Serve FSA Tech Summary

Please join us in the PC Lab for further discussion, questions, or demonstrations. IFAP and FAP Portal:

46 Questions and Comments IFAP and FAP Portal: