MACRAO Session 7.6
Linda Falkiewicz ‐ Wayne State University
Kristin Schuette ‐ Michigan State University
MTN Overview
 Public website: https://www.michigantransfernetwork.org/
 Sponsored by MACRAO, Hosted by MSU
 Participation to MACRAO Members
 65 Participating Institutions
 950,000 Transfer Equivalencies
 1 Million hits a year
If you’re not participating, you’re missing out!
First Steps
 Contact the MTN Coordinators. Names are listed on the “Other Information” page.
 You will be assigned a user id and password.  Return to the MTN, click on “Other Information”, and Login.
Login Help
 If you don’t know your User ID or forgot your password, click on the “MACRAO login page” link for help.
 If you don't know your User Id, look in the MACRAO online directory ‐ User Id's are listed with member information.  Link to reset your password ‐ Can't remember your password?
Getting Started
 Look at the main menu and become familiar with the administrative options.
 Click on some of the links –
as long as you don’t “submit” anything, you won’t change anything.
 Read the Help.
 View User Group Admin Documents.
Institution Information
 Enter general comments –
will display on public institution page. HTML code acceptable (links, etc.).
 Enter/make sure institution home page, Admissions, and transfer web site links are correct.
 If institution is listed on the MACRAO site, the info is the same/shared – only one update corrects both sites!
Institution Information (cont’d)
 Choose colors.
 Upload logo image.
(Tip: read the small print!)
Your Institution’s Page
 This is the MTN front door to your school – make it look good!
Loading Data
 The MTN allows entry in several formats.
 If your school only has a few equivalencies, use the manual entry and update pages.
 If your school has many equivalencies (thousands!), take the time to build for the upload option. This will save you time in the future.
 Note: The manual Add/Update/Delete functions can be used on uploaded data, but the next upload will replace any/all manual changes to the previous load of data.
Loading Data ‐ Resources
 Read the documentation in the “User Group Admin Documents” found on the Admin Menu.
 View the MACRAO Conference 2007 presentation “Michigan Transfer Network ‐ Make It Work for Your School!” at http://www.macrao.org/Meetings/AnnualConference/AnnualConference2007/
Sessions/MTNMakeItWork.pdf.
 Ask other participating schools ‐ click on “View Institution User List” found on the Admin Menu.
 Contact the MTN Coordinators.
Checking Data
 Potential Subject Code Problems Report
 Only lists subject codes loaded by your institution for another institution's courses where the subject code does not exist in the other institution's data.
 Data can only be checked against transfer institutions who have also loaded data to the MTN system and only for those courses the transfer institution loaded.
 Just because a subject is listed here, does not mean it is wrong ‐ it only means you should take a closer look.
Checking Data (cont’d)
 By looking at the “Search by Transferring Institution” page, you can see if other schools have loaded wrong subject/course information for your school.
Ongoing Updates
 Remember to update your data – contact information and last update date provided on your institution page.
System Reports
 Count of Equivalencies
 View total equivalency counts by institution.
 View the count of equivalencies loaded by your institution, broken down by transferring institution.
 Count of MTN Site Hits
 View total site report – where are students looking to transfer to/from?
 View your institution’s hits detail – where are students looking to transfer credits to/from your institution?
 Helpful information for recruiters.
Questions?
 Linda Falkiewicz, [email protected]
 Kristin Schuette, [email protected]