Transcript Bringing the IntraNet Into Your Office

Bringing the IntraNet Into
Your Office
Annette MacMullin
Senior Associate Director
Northeastern University
Brian R. Hodge
Vice President
bak associates
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Introduction
• Defining Policies & Procedures
• P & P: Issues to Address
• P & P: Advice on Getting Started
• P&P: Time Table
• Demonstrate NU’s Intranet Site
• MicroSoft Front Page Demonstration
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Definitions of Policy &
Procedure
Policy - “What” we do and “Why” we
do things in a certain manner
Procedure - Derived from the policy
and explains “How” we carry out
the policy
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Issues to Address
• Complexity of Project May Seem
Overwhelming
• Time Commitment
• Concerns of Putting Current
Practices Down in Writing
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Issues to Address
(continued)
• Staff Fears
• What to Include
• Who Will Have Access
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Planning Stage
• Size and Make-Up of Your Aid Office
& Your Institution
• Framework
• Who Should Be Involved
• Setting up a Time Table
• Selection of Medium
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Size and Make-Up of Your
Aid Office & Your Institution
• Large or Small Office
• Institutional Structure – Community
College vs. University
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Framework
• NASFAA:
Policy & Procedures 2001: An Aid
Odyssey
• Decide on a Design
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Who Should Be Involved
• The More, the Better!
• Identify Staff With Areas of
Responsibilities
• Individuals to Question and Review
P&P
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Setting up a Time Table
• Set up Reasonable Timetable
• On-Going!
• Start During Your “Down-Time”
• Snapshot
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Selection of Medium
• Paper versus Electronic
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Things to Avoid
• Assigning Task to One Person
• Not Following What You Have in
Writing
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NU’s SFS Intranet Site
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Microsoft FrontPage
It’s so simple!
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Questions?
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