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PowerFAIDS®

Self-Guided Tutorials
 
 
       
     
     
 
August
2006
   
   
The PowerFAIDS Anticipated Aid Extract is a great tool to create a file of estimated aid for student billing purposes. You can create the Anticipated Aid Extract as often as needed. This session describes how to manage and export estimated aid transactions to your billing office.

WATCH NOW viewing time: 21:30 (htm file)

 

 
September
2006
   
   
Learn how to reconfirm student eligibility for FFELP and Alternative Loan proceeds by analyzing CommonLine disbursement roster data according to eligibility rules that you create. The LDA creates a file to forward to your Business Office to indicate your approval to release loan disbursements in the net amounts, not the gross amounts.

Watch NOW viewing time 36:14 (htm file)

 

 
March
2008
   
   
Learn all the steps you need to know to set up your PowerFAIDS Communications parameters, select and modify document templates, create and add messages to your emails and letters, and use additional data fields to customize your student communications.

Watch NOW viewing time 21:25 (htm file)

 

 
September
2006
   
   
PowerFAIDS Algorithms provide you more control, flexibility, and power in constructing budgets, QC rules and packaging formulas. This session provides a practical, how to overview on the mechanics of writing effective algorithms and gives examples of each of the various functions.

Watch NOW viewing time: 39:11 (htm file)

 

 
January
2007
   
   
Selection Sets are the basic foundation for any process in PowerFAIDS. This session explains how to identify and use data elements available in the database to refine and enhance your financial aid processes. Also, learn how to create and use of Custom Data variables.

Watch NOW viewing time: 52:21 (htm file)

 

 
September
2006
   
   
PowerFAIDS gives you the capability to create custom reports specific to your institutional needs. This session shows how to create simple customized reports, complex customized reports, and use effective reporting formats for exporting data for research or use in other campus systems.

Watch NOW viewing time: 48:37 (htm file)

 

 
October
2006
   
   
PowerFAIDS produces a fixed format file that can be used to transmit financial aid awards to your business office to generate checks, aid in the collection of unnecessary payments, or correct previous disbursement transactions. This session describes how to manage and export scheduled disbursement transactions and manual adjustments.

Watch NOW viewing time: 49:08 (htm file)

 

 
September
2006
   
   
This session describes how to prepare student data for inclusion in each of the FISAP and Common Data Set repots, how to analyze the report data, how to run these important reports in New PowerFAIDS.

Watch NOW FISAP Reporting viewing time: 18:38 (htm file)
Watch NOW Common Data Set viewing time: 24:07 (htm file)

 

 
October
2006
   
   
This session explores the features and usage strategies of these integration points: External Update, External Award Load, External Award Acceptance, Anticipated Aid Extract, and PowerFAIDS Disbursement. Join us to hear how you can use these features to improve and automate your service to students.

Watch NOW viewing time: 50:58 (htm file)

 

 
January
2007
   
   
PowerFAIDS Net Partner 3.0 lets you customize the look and feel of the software, so your students experience continuity with the rest of your institution's website. We have included an option for closed captioning to this demonstration for your convenience.

Watch NOW viewing time: 4:03 (htm file)

 

 
December
2007
 
 
PARAMETER ROLL FORWARD: MULTIYEAR PROCESSING AND STUDENT MIGRATION
 
 
   
PowerFAIDS Parameter Roll Forward (ParmRoll) makes a copy of your current year parameters (2007-2008) to create your new award year parameters (2008-2009). This tutorial walks you through reviewing your new parameters, updating your processing rules, and making sure that your database is ready to receive 2008-2009 student records for processing according to federal regulations and your institutional rules. We have included an option for closed captioning to this demonstration for your convenience.

Watch NOW viewing time: 21.20 (htm file)

 

 
September
2006
   
   
PowerFAIDS supports electronic Pell Grant reporting under the COD (Common Origination and Disbursement) system. This session will help you to accurately process and report Pell originations and disbursements on a timely basis as well as send and receive Pell Data Requests.

Watch NOW viewing time: 49:11 (htm file)

 

 
October
2006
   
   
The PowerFAIDS Scheduler is a great tool to automate campus data delivery into and reporting out of PowerFAIDS. Hear about the system requirements, installation, activation and usage of the Scheduler module via live demonstrations. Learn scheduling strategies that won't conflict with your other usage of PowerFAIDS.

Watch NOW viewing time 47:13 (htm file)

 

 
October
2006
   
   
The Security module in new PowerFAIDS sets the permissions for access to your PowerFAIDS database. This Power Chat discusses creating and using Security Groups, creating and updating Users in Security, and using the Permissions Matrix to help you manage the Security access at your campus.

Watch NOW viewing time: 33:23 (htm file)

 

 
August
2006
   
   
IT Perspectives on your Financial Aid Solution. This is a technical presentation for IT staff supporting new PowerFAIDS. We cover transition and technical issues, the technology platform, hardware and software requirements, and installation procedures.

Watch NOW viewing time: 29:57 (htm file)
 
     
     
 
June
2008
   
   
WHAT'S NEW IN 13.2 (558 KB PDF)
Download the PowerPoint (571 KB PPT)
View the Recorded Session (htm file)

This release of the software supports 2008/2009 COD Reporting updates for Pell, ACG, SMART, and Direct Loans; enables NSLDS Transfer Monitoring, and supports increased aggregate loan limits for heath profession students, and increased Unsubsidized Stafford loan eligibility. This release also includes several new enhancements.
 
     
January
2008
   
   
WHAT'S NEW IN 13.1 (472 KB PDF)
Download the PowerPoint (498 KB PPT)
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This release of the software provides supports 2008/2009 Federal Methodology need analysis; ISIR Load and Post for 2008/2009; new ISIR Codes; and the new ACG Self Identification File.
 
     
November
2007
   
   
WHAT'S NEW IN 13.0 (190 KB PDF)
Download the PowerPoint (201 KB PPT)

This release of the software supports Parameter Roll Forward to enable processing for the 2008/2009 year, student migration to the new academic year; 2008/2009 Institutional Methodology need analysis; Estimated Federal Methodology based on 2008/2009 specifications currently available; support for PROFILE Image Access, and IDOC Submission.
 
     
September
2007
   
   
WHAT'S NEW IN 12.4 (193 KB PDF)
Download the PowerPoint (296 KB PPT)
View the Functional (Financial Aid Staff) Recorded Session
   viewing time: 14:45 (htm file)

NEW TECHNICAL UPDATE 12.4 (109 KB PDF)
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View the Technical (IT Staff) Recorded Session
   viewing time: 5:55 (htm file)

This release of the software updates periodic reports for 2007, adds more flexible functionality for SMTP, and adds improved report writer, student, and administration module. We have included an option for closed captioning to this demonstration for your convenience.
 
     
June
2007
   
   
WHAT'S NEW IN 12.3 (158 KB PDF)
Download the PowerPoint (182 KB PPT)
View the Recorded Session (htm file)

This release of the software supports 2007/2008 Pell Grant Data Requests; Origination and Disbursement Reporting records for Academic Competitiveness Grants (ACG) and National SMART Grants (NSG) for 2006/2007 and 2007/2008; and Direct Loan Processing for 2007/2008. We have included an option for closed captioning to this demonstration for your convenience.
 
     
     
     
 

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