Welcome to The Weekly Wag, your home for quick news and updates on the ctcLink project.
You Can Win With ctcLink Training
“Doing the training made me excited because I learned that I won’t need to have five or six programs open at the same time,” said Barbara Lester, who works in the Advising Center. Her tip: “Don’t wait to do the training. Do little pieces as at a time. It makes it easier to get through.”
Get started today and you could win a $25 gift card to Amazon. See “Delta Dog Offers Tips for Tackling Training” to learn how. The next drawing will be October 15. Enter today.
Congratulations, Justin Farris!
This week’s Golden Paw Award winner is Justin Farris, who works in Continuing Education. Through his extraordinary effort, Highline is making great strides in our collective journey to ctcLink. Read about his accomplishments on the Paws Up page.
Lunch Bunch
Sixteen people joined Delta Dog for lunch on Friday, October 9. They asked great questions and ctcLink project team members provided great answers, like this one:
Question: Will the Financial Aid Portal still exist after we go live with ctcLink?
Answer: It won’t go away immediately, but it will be phased out for existing students. New students will use ctcLink for financial aid right away.
The next Lunch and Learn with Delta Dog. will be October 30. (Delta Dog will be furloughing with the rest of us on October 16 and presenting at Professional Development Day on October 23.)
See Delta Dog at PDD
Delta Dog and ctcLink team members will present three workshops during Professional Development Day, October 23. You can learn how to get started with ctcLink trainings, see key functions and features impacting faculty, and learn what ctcLink has to offer for staff and faculty advisors.
Countdown Calendar
The clock is ticking. Just 72 working days until Highline goes live with ctcLink on February 8, 2021.
Get Social
Delta Dog wants to connect with her two-legged campus friends through social media. Join her on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Word of the Week
While you learn and work with ctcLink and its software, PeopleSoft, you’ll come across many words and terms. To help you learn the lingo, here’s this week’s word (find others on the Terminology page):
Finance
One of the three main working systems — referred to as “pillars” — in the PeopleSoft software that runs ctcLink. Finance (FIN) will support all of our business processing and will replace the Financial Management System (FMS). The other two pillars are Campus Solutions and Human Capital Management.
Ask Delta Dog
Who is this blue dog? Learn why Delta Dog is our trusty companion on the journey to ctcLink.
If you have questions about ctcLink, ask Delta Dog.
You can also view the Frequently Asked Questions page.
For information about the statewide ctcLink project, visit the SBCTC ctcLink page and read the blog, ctcLink Connect.