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The following recorded web demonstrations are available for you to view at your convenience. Simply click on the title of the recording you would like to watch. You will be asked to answer a few questions and then be given access to watch the recording immediately. If you have any questions regarding our Web Demo Room please contact us at WebDemoRoom@datatel.com.

Captivate and Retain the Right People - Every Time!
Sending the right message to the right people at the right time is the foundation of marketing. And today, the Web is the key vehicle for delivering that message. Learn how your institution's Web site can leave an immediate and lasting impact with your prospective students.

DUG 2007 Favorite: Reporting Made Easier with HR Data Marts and the Right Reporting Tool
This was a favorite session at DUG and clients have asked us to repeat it right away. This session is all about ad-hoc reporting and how to make it easy! Discover how implementing data marts can facilitate your ad-hoc reporting, and determine which reporting tool can best enhance the reporting experience of your HR and Payroll end users. 

Join Reporting Product Manager, John Van Weeren, and HR Product Manager, Tracy Williams, as they use the data marts against a series of different reporting tools to prove just how easy they are to use.

Energy, Engagement and Results
Employee engagement seems to be one of the hottest topics to hit HR in recent years. However, with all the hype, is it possible that employee engagement will go down as yet one more HR fad? Dr. Theresa Welbourne explores this question by delving into the roots of the employee engagement phenomenon and uncovering some of the missing links and opportunities for HR. Attend and learn more about:

• How transformation of the employee contract is linked to employee engagement
• The link between employee energy and engagement
• Research on the role of employee energy on organization performance
• What "above and beyond" means (goal of employee engagement)
• The role of leadership in employee engagement, and it's not what you think!
• Trend data on leadership energy and confidence from a large-scale study
• How you can help your leaders optimize their energy, improve confidence, and drive success

FA Award Acceptance and Loan Change
With FA Award Acceptance and Loan Change, students can accept posted awards via the Web and propose changes to loan amounts, increasing their satisfaction while decreasing the amount of data entry required in the financial aid office.

Got Continuing Education? Take a Look at Instant Enrollment
You are invited to a live demonstration of our optional Instant Enrollment WebAdvisor workflow, which can support your Continuing Education (CE) efforts on campus. Instant Enrollment contains the ability to view only CE courses on campus. It also can process a credit card at the time of registration through Datatel's E-Commerce solution so only paid registrations are accepted.

Improved Boardroom Financial Reporting with FRx
Datatel has partnered with FRx Software Corp., a Microsoft company, to deliver a seamless interface between FRx Software's financial reporting application and Datatel Colleague Finance. 

Through this interface, clients can greatly enhance their reporting capabilities with quality, boardroom-ready financial statements that can be distributed electronically or via the Web and include drill down capability to see the "numbers behind the numbers." 

You are invited to our free one-hour Web demo to see how the FRx software works in conjunction with your Colleague Finance General Ledger chart of accounts data.

IT to the Rescue-Data Integrity Solved: Workflow from an IT Perspective
In 2007, many Datatel clients will discover the power of workflow - the ability to automate your business processes within Colleague. Perhaps your users are asking about this powerful functionality, and as an IT professional, you need to learn what implementing workflow will mean for you. 

Data integrity is one of the many problems solved with workflow. Implementation involves IT partnering with end-user offices. End-users define the business process, and IT creates the workflows with an Envision-like workflow language. Come learn about the essential set-up required to implement workflow - implementing the resource database, defining workflows, etc.

Kick Back and Relax - NovusHR is Tracking that Employee Applicant
NovusHR manages the entire employment application process, from job requisition to online posting to new hire selection. Easy to navigate using a Web browser, NovusHR enables applicants to view and apply for multiple open jobs using one application. NovusHR is designed with a feature-rich "back end" processing function that gives HR staff the ability to review and comment on applications and electronically route them to a hiring manager or search committee. Job applications are customized during implementation to meet the exact needs of each client.

There are two important differentiators in this solution: The option for a hosted or non-hosted solution and advanced search committee functionality, such as the ability to define a search committee and designate security parameters for each member regarding what they have access to view and do. Join us for a look at how this solution can bring incredible enhancements to your HR employee applicant tracking process.

Make Informed Decisions with the Right Reporting Tool
The comprehensive reporting capabilities in Datatel Colleague give your key decision-makers all the information they need to keep the institution on track - from pre-packaged and ad-hoc analytical reports to predictive modeling. This high-level presentation will share with you how your institution can make significant strides toward reaching strategic goals.

Manage Your Funds with Ease: A Peek at Colleague Finance
Come hear how Datatel Colleague Finance can help your office maintain data accuracy, automate time-consuming tasks, and distribute reports and financial information to the appropriate users, facilitating more effective decision-making. Fully integrated with the Colleague general ledger chart of accounts, our enhanced reporting functionality lets you produce quality, boardroom-ready financial statements that can be easily distributed to key decision-makers via both e-mail and the Web. Join us for this high-level overview to see how you can find confidence in your numbers, efficiency in your business processes, and secure access to your data.

Meet Student Expectations in Today's World
Today's students are technologically savvy and expect to find a wide range of personal services at their fingertips - 24x7. They want the power to serve themselves without sacrificing the personal interaction with the advisors, educators, and administrators of their institution. This delicate balance can be easily achieved and maintained with Datatel Colleague Student. Come take a closer look at how the fully integrated components of Colleague Student - such as student information; registration; financial aid management and disbursement; course planning, scheduling; and faculty management - combined with a higher education-focused, role-based portal and a multitude of self-service options can help you exceed your students' high expectations.

Meet Your Enrollment Goals for Your 2008 Incoming Class
Please Note: This presentation was recorded at 1280 x 1024 pixel setting (screen resolution) and requires that setting to be viewed correctly. You can change your pixel setting by going to "Control Panels", selecting "Display" and changing the Screen Resolution to 1280 x 1024 pixel and then hit "Apply".

Are you challenged with increasing your enrollment goals each year? Today, your institution's Web site makes the first impact on a prospective student. The Web is the key vehicle for making that a positive experience. Learn to turn an accidental hit on your Web site by a prospect into a student with higher education's premier, award-winning e-marketing solution. Join us for a look at the unique features of ActiveAdmissions--including personalization, dynamic navigation, and compelling design--and to learn how your institution's Web site can leave an immediate and lasting impact on your prospective students.

No More Waiting, Automate that Process: Workflow in Colleague
Every day, colleges and universities face a string of routine tasks - adding new employees, paying adjunct faculty, processing promotions, ordering goods and services, routing approval forms, and more. Each task can involve a considerable amount of time and paperwork. With Datatel's expert consulting and technically advanced software you can perform these tasks online in half the time. Join us for a look at Datatel Colleague's built-in workflow functionality and see how your institution can optimize everyday operations, guarantee data integrity, and improve the management and security of business processes.

Putting the ‘U' in YouTube
Social networking is the buzz right now in higher education. Flickr, YouTube, Digg, Facebook, and MySpace are the Web sites students frequent to meet new people and share experiences. How can institutions enter into this cyber social networking dynamic? And more importantly, why do you need to be a part of this aspect of students' socialization? This session not only introduces you to this circle, but also demonstrates how you can use these sites to your advantage in your cohesive marketing strategy.

Save Time, Simplify & Increase Your Online Student Applications
Paper applications and duplicate processing efforts have become a thing of the past for higher education institutions across the country. Come learn how you too can experience a 50 percent increase in the number of applicants in a short amount of time while maintaining data integrity in your ERP. We'll demonstrate the effective use of the Web site to provide self-service access for prospective students in an easy and time-saving manner. You'll increase your applicant pool in no time.

Self-Sufficient Employees - Colleague HR's Web Time Entry
Please Note: This presentation was recorded at 1280 x 1024 pixel setting (screen resolution) and requires that setting to be viewed correctly. You can change your pixel setting by going to "Control Panels", selecting "Display" and changing the Screen Resolution to 1280 x 1024 pixel and then hit "Apply".

Join us for a look at the optional WebAdvisor Time Card Entry and Approval screens. This Web transaction supports time entry for Schedule Positive (hours defaulting into the timecard), Positive Hours (no defaulted work schedule) and Time In/Time Out (often used for student and part-time employees who must clock in and out).

This product allows data that has been entered directly by employees and approved by supervisors to flow right into the normal payroll staff processing cycle while maintaining payroll staff final data control. We'll do a live demonstration of the actual Time Entry WebAdvisor transactions under several scenarios and show you the parameter set-up options.

Simplifying Employee Access - Web Requisitions and Purchase Orders
Two new optional WebAdvisor transactions in the Datatel Colleague Finance system are Web Requisitions and Web Purchase Orders. Come see how these transactions work as they are distributed to your end-users on campus.

Our beta clients will tell you that the Requisition and Purchase Order inquiry screens alone are worth it! Now you can avoid the phone calls with the question, "What is the status of my PO (or requisition)?" by referring end-users to current transactions, which include a vendor look-up.

Tired of Asking IT for Your Reports?
We've all needed a report and had to ask IT for help. In an ideal environment, though, you shouldn't have to rely on your institution's overworked IT staff to generate the reports you need every day. With the reporting options in Datatel Colleague you can generate effective reports with minimal IT involvement. Join us for a high-level overview on reporting options with Colleague; arguably the best data capture system in higher education.

Yikes! There's CRM in my ERP!
CRM is a strategy that originated in marketing and corporate circles, and it has recently been making headway in higher education. This session will review the principles of CRM and show how it can be used effectively as a strategy within your institution's Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) plan. We will also discuss how Datatel can support your CRM strategies by helping to build and maintain relationships with all the communities served by your institution.