Session 29

Financial Aid Professionals (FAP) Portal and Beyond

Marcello Rojtman

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ObjectivesOnline Resource tools

Financial Aid Professionals -FAP PortalInformation for Financial Aid Professionals - IFAP

List Serve

FSA Tech

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Online Resource ToolsAccess 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 sitesHelp 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 LinksThree 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 CalendarFSA 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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View just one category in a month

FAP Portal – FSA Calendar

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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 – What’s New

View the newest calendar items

NEW

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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

PasswordLogout

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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 toolsFinancial Aid Professionals - FAP PortalInformation 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

• CategorizePopular Publications/Web pages

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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.

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IFAP – Web Pages and FunctionsSearch – 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 IFAP’s content through an index.

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IFAP – What’s 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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ObjectivesOnline Resource tools

Financial Aid Professionals - FAP PortalInformation 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@ed.gov or call 1.800.433.7327 if you have any questions

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Online Resource tools

Financial Aid Professionals - FAP PortalInformation 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:

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Questions and Comments

IFAP and FAP Portal: