Financial Aid Professionals (FAP) Portal and Beyond

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Session 29

• Financial Aid Professionals (FAP) Portal and
  Beyond
• Marcello Rojtman

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Objectives

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

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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

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Financial Aid Professionals Portal
http//fsa4schools.ed.gov

• The four parts of the Portal
• Masthead
• List of Links
• FSA Calendar
• FSA Headlines

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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

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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

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FAP Portal FSA Calendar

• FSA Calendar Records
• FSA Events
• Deadlines
• Training
• NPRMs

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FAP Portal FSA Calendar
View all Categories in a month
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FAP Portal FSA Calendar
View just one category in a month
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FAP Portal FSA Calendar
View all categories in a day
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FAP Portal FSA Calendar
View one category in a day
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FAP Portal Whats New
NEW
View the newest calendar items
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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?

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FAP Portal Search

• Basic Search
• Type Phrase or Word
• Select the Advanced link for Advance Search

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FAP Portal Search

• Advance Search
• Type Key phrase or Word
• Select Area
• Select Search Now

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FAP Portal MY FSA

• MyFSA
• My FSA Links
• MyBookmarks
• Change Password
• Logout

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FAP Portal MY FSA

• Register to
• Customize the
• FAP Portal

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FAP Portal MY FSA

• I would like to be able to personalize the FAP
  Portal.
• How would she begin?

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FAP Portal FSA Headlines

• FSA Headlines
• FSA News
• FSA Policy and Rule Change
• Selecting the More link allows one to view
  previous FSA Headlines

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FAP Portal FSA Contact

• The FSA Contact List is a service directory for
  the FSA community.

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FAP Portal FSA Contact Case 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?

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Objectives

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

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Information for Financial Aid Professionals
IFAP http//ifap.ed.gov

• Online library for Student Aid Professionals.
• Most up to date guidance to manage the Federal
  Student Aid Programs.

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IFAP Three Areas

• Masthead
• Web Pages and Functions
• Categorize
• Popular Publications/Web pages

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IFAP Masthead
Help Center Customer Service Call Center
contact information, FAQ and more. Whats 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.
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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 Email Notification and More RSS Web
Feed Download Plug-ins and Viewers readers for
PDF, MS Word, MS Excel and More
New
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IFAP - RSS Web Feed
Receive the latest IFAP content links to your
aggregator of choice within hours
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IFAP Categorize Popular Publications And Web
Pages
Short cut to the Most Popular Publications
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IFAP Current FSA Publication
Last three years of Publications Archive View
for Older Publications
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IFAP Publications by Topic
View IFAPs content through an index.
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IFAP Whats New
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IFAP Help Center (FAQ)
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IFAP Member Service

• Notification of new content
• Update Member Service Profile
• Register to access
• Different from MyFSA

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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

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IFAP Member Service Subscription Service
Weekly
48 Hour
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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?  
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IFAP Search Engine

• Search all IFAP Content
• Sort Results By Date or Relevance
• Blue Status Bar

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IFAP Advance Search Engine

• Filter by Year
• Filter by Publication
• Control Results

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IFAP Searchable FSA Handbook
New
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Enhancements for IFAP and FAP Portal

• Redesign
• Implementing the latest web technology
• Design for an ease of use

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

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

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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 http//www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/services/
  fsatechsubscribe.html
• For Assistance E-mail at webcommunications_at_ed.gov
  or call 1.800.433.7327 if you have any questions

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Summary

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

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IFAP and FAP Portal

• Please join us in the PC Lab for further
  discussion, questions, or demonstrations.

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Questions and Comments
IFAP and FAP Portal