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Porches Guides, Manuals & Movies

View in-depth, step-by-step documentation and movies on a variety of Porches topics including creating RSS Channels, Group Studio, Cognos Reporting and more!

Porch Basics
Banner - Cognos, DegreeWorks, Finance
Time Reporting - Approver
Time Reporting - Employee

Porch Basics

Getting Started	Making Porches Your Homepage (PDF) Porches Quick Reference Guide (PDF) Using the Porches University Search (PDF)
Channels	Channel Administrator's Guide (PDF) Creating Bookmarks in the Bookmarks Channel (PDF) Creating an RSS Reader Channel (PDF) Working with Channels (PDF)
Groups	Group Administrator's Guide (PDF) How to Join a Group (PDF) Requesting a Group (PDF) Working with Groups (PDF)
Tabs	Customizing My Tab (PDF) Working with Tabs (PDF)

General	Internet Native Banner Overview (WMV) Self Service Banner Overview (WMV)
Cognos	Cognos Basic Overview (PDF) Cognos Reporting Presentation (WMV)
DegreeWorks	DegreeWorks Training Manual for Faculty (PDF) DegreeWorks Training Manual for Students (PDF) Adding or Changing an Advisor - SGAADVR (PDF) Adding or Removing Registration Holds - SOAHOLD (PDF) Graduation Application Instructions (PDF) Midterm and Final Grading Instructions (PDF) Printing a Class Roster (PDF) Registration - SFAREGS (PDF) Registration - SFAREGS View Only (PDF)
Faculty and Advisors	Feedback and Early Alerts (PDF)
Finance	Finance Self Service Guide (PDF)

Time Reporting - Approver

General	Approver Flowchart (PDF) Approvers Training Manual (PDF Approvers Step-by-Step Movie (WMV) FAQ for Approvers (PDF)
FLSA	Time Sheet and Leave Report Approval with FLSA Information Slides (PPTX) Time Sheet and Leave Report Approval with FLSA Information Movie (WMV)
Proxy	Setting Up and Acting as a Proxy Step-by-Step Movie (WMV)

Time Reporting - Employee

General	Time Reporting FAQ (PDF)
Exempt Employee	Exempt Employee FAQ (PDF) Exempt Employee Flowchart (PDF) Exempt Employee Training Manual (PDF) Leave Reporting Step-byStep Movie (WMV)
Non-Exempt Employee	FAQ for NonExempt Employees (PDF) NonExempt Employee Flowchart (PDF) NonExempt Employee Training Manual (PDF) NonExempt Web Time Entry Step-by-Step Movie (WMV) Web Time Entry with FLSA Information for NonExempts Movie (WMV) Web Time Entry with FLSA Information for NonExempts Slides (WMV)
Student Employee	Student Web Time Entry Step-by-Step Movie (WMV) Student Employee Training Manual (PDF) Student Employee Flowchart (PDF)