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You Need ACEweb!

You Need ACEweb!. An ACEware Presentation. Today’s topics. How it works. What it will do for you. Controlling Content. Getting it done: Justifying the Purchase, Financing, Installation. What is ACEweb ?.

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You Need ACEweb!

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  1. You Need ACEweb! An ACEware Presentation

  2. Today’s topics . . . How it works What it will do for you Controlling Content Getting it done: Justifying the Purchase, Financing, Installation

  3. What is ACEweb? ACEweb is the companion module for the Student Manager package that lets you publish your course offerings on the Web

  4. ACEweb Student Manager ACEweb reads data from Student Manager and displays it online for your participants to view. Of course, you must have Student Manager installed and operational. The GREAT thing is that you DO NOT have to double enter info on your Web Site

  5. Vocabulary Lesson 1 • Static web page - a web page that is delivered to the reader exactly as stored • Dynamic web page – a web page that has been prepared with fresh information for each individual reading the page

  6. ACEweb delivers DYNAMIC content every page view!

  7. Today’s topics . . . What it will do for you How it works

  8. You determine look & feel of your website Allows you to . . . • Apply your site design • Decide what information is displayed • Provide special instructions • Specify login criteria

  9. Communicate With Your Participants – Even When the Office is Empty! • Collect email addresses to build mailing lists • Send immediate course confirmations • Complete requests for catalog information • Course proposals

  10. And of course . . . Register for a class!

  11. From the welcome page that greets returning participants . . .

  12. To “Tell a Friend”

  13. Your customer service will continue to be outstanding!

  14. Top 10 OnlineCustomer Service Features • New course links & highlights • Coupon acceptance (flat rate & percentage) • Supports open-fee Donations • Proxy registration • Membership requirements monitored

  15. Top 10 OnlineCustomer Service Features • Supplemental data capture feature • Pre-requisite tracking • Online invoicing & bill pay • Course search feature • Event registration (multi-seat)

  16. Don’t forget the calendar module! • Public • As seen by participants on your website • Staff • Back office staff • Includes all course sessions & non-published courses • Session • From a specific course, displays all sessions • Student History • Calendar view of • upcoming classes

  17. Hover for course detailsClick course link to enroll

  18. Today’s topics . . . How it works What it will do for you Controlling Content

  19. ACEweb Templates ACEweb comes with a set of HTML templates and style sheets that control the look and feel of the site. You will (of course) Put in YOUR logo and name

  20. Customize templates • Use the default templates • with your logo Use the default templates with your logo & color scheme Apply your design for a seamless entry into ACEweb

  21. Have Different Audiences? (who need/want different looks…) • Purchase an Alternate Interface ( $3,500 each) • Provides a separate look/feel/settings • Connects to the same Student Manager Data

  22. Server IIS and SSL One Copy of ACEweb.. You can have Up to 9 different Alternate Interfaces On one Server..all Connecting to one Student Manager Target Marketing.. Hello?!?!?

  23. ACEweb Preferences Preferences are set in an INI file accessed via your web browser

  24. ACEweb Data Data displayed on ACEweb comes from your Student Manager course screen.

  25. ACEweb Info Tab Control Publish Properties and more on the ACEweb Info tab.

  26. Nothing to frazzle your already stressed program coordinator types!

  27. Tons of options make your site unique

  28. ACEweb offers several course display options Display all courses in a list Categorize courses: When a user clicks a group link, the list of courses in that group is displayed

  29. Course display options (cont.) View courses by location and/or instructor Categorize courses in a 2-level grouping format.

  30. Display course listing Standard option displays course groups in a table format. Your style sheet (included with ACEweb) controls colors and text You CAN have a class listed under MULTIPLE groups ( Set via Grouping Codes ) The Graphical option displays an image and description for each group

  31. Course listings Course listings are displayed in table format. You control what information is displayed in the table with an INI setting

  32. You also control You You You You • You control what fields are on the Person Info pages and what data is required. Note: some options may require editing the HTML template. • You determine how users pay. You can allow billings or require credit card payment. (This can be set on a course by course basis) • You determine whether credit card validation is done: Real-time or if is done after the registration is submitted. • You determine what is displayed in the registration history pages, and if they are allowed to change their workshop enrollment after they enroll in the course.

  33. Instructor Access • You may allow you instructors online access to: • View/print course rosters • Email one or all registrants in a course • Save roster information to an Excel spreadsheet • View/print Attendance Sheets • Save Attendance Sheet information to Excel • Enter/edit registrants’ hours, grades, and credits NEW in 3.0… Now also may edit Workshop (Lesson) Grades

  34. Play with ACEweb! The website has examples of most ACEweb options Create students (add yourself) Enroll in a course Receive sample confirmation notices

  35. Today’s topics . . . How it works What it will do for you Getting it done: Justifying the Purchase, Financing, Installing Controlling Content

  36. Justify the purchase • Over time ACEweb pays for itself • Minimal hardware investment – plays well with others • Increases staff efficiency • Improves web presence

  37. How do we pay for ACEweb? Together, we’ll help you build your future!

  38. Right off our website! Installation

  39. Vocabulary Lesson 2 IIS – Short for Internet Information Server, it is a Microsoft product that comes bundled with most of their server software. IIS is very universal and is relatively easy to administer. (Your IT staff should not wig-out at this request.)

  40. Vocabulary Lesson 3 SSL Certificate – Secure Socket Layer. Encodes data sent over the web and makes it unreadable to anyone intercepting the transmission (Again, standard stuff)

  41. Preparing Student Managerfor the web Set Course Status to Active Select at least one Grouping Code Set Course Begin Date .. And create a catalog code with descriptions/prereqs, etc.

  42. Specify a Publish Property

  43. Customize HTML Templates See SM Online Help & your tech for assistance

  44. You’re ready to go!

  45. Questions? Our Next Webinar…. Billing & Invoicing October 7, 2:00 Central

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