Certify My Support Staff for Department Heads
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Department Heads certify the non-sponsored effort of graduate assistants. PIs and Project Leads certify the sponsored effort.
 Login to My Akron. On the Faculty/Staff tab, click on
. Enter your UAnet id and password. In ecrt, click on the link Certify My Support Staff- Group
On each page:
In the Certified Effort column,
•
Click on the
button to
save your changes.
• Click to mark the certify
checkboxes for any fully
completed effort card.
• Click on the
button.
Note: The “All” can be confusing.
The Certify All button will certify
only those support staff effort
statements that have a
checkmark in the Certify
Checkboxes column and have
100% of the effort (Sponsored and
Non-Sponsored) certified. The
effort statements without a
checkmark and without 100% effort
certified will remain on this page
until 100% of the individual’s effort
is accounted for and marked as
Certified.
 After you Certify All, an
Attestation message displays.
Click on the OK button.
Note: If there are more supporting
individuals than can display on
one page, the next page of
support staff effort statements
then will display. You also may
select a page to display.
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enter the percent of effort that the
supporting individual worked for
Non-Sponsored projects for which
you are the Department Head.
It is important to certify only
Non-Sponsored effort for which
you are the Department Head.
Note: All percentages must be
entered as whole numbers or to
one decimal precision (e.g. 10 or
10.5).
! If the certified percentages do
not match the Computed Effort
percentages, a cost transfer may
be triggered.
 For Non-Sponsored effort,
you must breakdown the time
spent. Click on the Activity
icon under the
Codes
Non-Sponsored section of the
supporting individual’s effort
statement. The Add Activity
Codes window displays.
 See the next page for details
on entering Activity Codes.
Step
Continued: Adding Activity Codes for Non-Sponsored Activity
Click on the Activity Codes
icon under the Non-Sponsored section
of the effort statement. The Add Activity Codes window displays
Note: Activity Lines
must equal this
percentage. This is the
percentage that you
entered for the total
Non-Sponsored time for
the supporting
individual.
 In the “Type memo here” field, enter a brief
description for this type of Activity.
In the last field, enter a percentage for this type
of Activity. Data must be entered as a whole
number or to one decimal precision (e.g. 10 or
10.5).
NOTE: Activity lines must equal the percentage
of time allocated to Non-Sponsored Activity.
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If necessary, add additional Activity lines (to equal
Click on the Add
Activity Line button.
For definitions of the Activity Codes and
required memo notations, see the PDF
document “Introduction to ecrt” at
Non-Sponsored Effort total) by clicking on the Add Activity
Line button again. You may need to scroll down to see the
button.
https://editor2.uakron.edu/pages/its/learning/training/e
crt.php .
In the first drop down field, select an Activity from the list.
The Activity Codes for Graduate Assistants begin with GA.
As you enter Activity Codes, the percentage will
update. When your Activity reaches the total
percentage for Non Sponsored Activities, the
number’s font will change from red to green.
Click on the
button. Continue with Step 5 on
the reverse side of this page.