SESSIONS GEARED TOWARD TECHNICAL STAFF
Pod Casts
Have you been thinking of developing Podcasts to communicate with your students? This session will convey information about resources necessary to develop a Podcast and a collection of consideration points one should consider in making this decision.
***UPDATE***
This session was cancelled at the Federal Student Aid Conference in New Orleans. Based upon feedback from the New Orleans Conference attendees, we will be providing conference call capability for this session in San Diego so that those New Orleans attendees and others who could not attend the New Orleans Conference will be able to listen to Dr. King's presentation in San Diego. The presentation will be Monday, November 26, from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm.
If you wish to dial into this presentation, please call 1-888-748-5134 and use the passcode 8104447.
Financial Aid for Technical Staff
Don't know if HERA is a misspelled word or a sandwich? Is Pell Grant really a long lost relative of the Civil War General? Can a SMART Grant really improve your IQ scores? Do the financial aid acronyms drive you crazy? Come to this session and learn (1) the history of the major financial aid programs, (2) just what all those acronyms really stand for, and (3) how you too can impress your financial aid office colleagues with your new found vocabulary of financial aid terms!
First Time SAIG Users
This session will provide basic instructions to all new SAIG users on how to enroll for SAIG and the many tools that are available to users.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Database (IPEDS)
A representative from the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) will provide an update on the data collection system of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). This session will review upcoming changes, report on current projects, and discuss planned improvements and enhancements. Staff will demonstrate how IPEDS data can be easily accessed and used in addressing key needs for information through the IPEDS web based data use book.
Federal Student Aid Technical Architecture Initiatives
Federal Student Aid is implementing technical infrastructure based on Enterprise Portal, Security Architecture, Enterprise Service Bus, and Service-Oriented Architecture. This session will present a high-level view into the technologies, tools, and standards that will provide web-based interfaces to FSA's business applications, enabling more seamless, standards-based connectivity between our systems.
E-Authentication
What is e-Authentication and how does it affect your business? Learn all that you need to know about e-Authentication and the policies and guidance necessary to do business safely over the Internet. The session will also highlight what is happening in the Federal Government and the industry.
Security on Your Campus: How to Protect Privacy Information
Learn about vulnerabilities that can compromise privacy information, how to identify the vulnerability, and how to protect your data.
Bridging the Cultural Divide in Higher Education
Digital Natives present a variety of new challenges to higher education leaders. We will explore how higher education institutions should plan for, manage and support the complex needs of digital native students.
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for Business People
Learn the basics of software development for financial aid administrators in plain language. Learn at a high-level, the formal process and steps necessary to develop and maintain software. Come learn the basics so that discussions with your technical staff may be improved!
2008-2009 Application Processing and Common Origination and Disbursement Systems Update
The session is for Software Developers to provide updates to the Application Processing and Common Origination and Disbursement systems for 2008-2009.
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