February 11, 2016<\/p>\n
~ Do it prior to starting the Form 471 ~ As I’ve mentioned, the new Form 471 is much shorter than in prior years, which is because schools and libraries are required to provide so much of this data in their EPC profile PRIOR TO STARTING their Form 471s.\u00a0 Here are the 4 requirements elements (and links to my previous messages walking you through those steps):<\/p>\n 1)\u00a0 Ensuring All Schools and Admin Buildings are in your EPC Portal – https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=11371<\/a> This message walks you through the new Connectivity Questions Module<\/strong>, which must be completed for each school or library building prior to submitting the Form 471.<\/p>\n Notes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Where to Access the Connectivity Module in EPC:<\/strong> > Go to your EPC Landing Page<\/strong> (home screen).\u00a0 Click on the USAC Logo<\/strong> in the top left side of the page to get there. > After you enter the district-level questions related to aggregated Internet, you must then enter school-building level questions related to bandwidth and WIFI.\u00a0 There is no way to answer them on a single page, unfortunately.\u00a0 You must enter each school’s data one school at a time.<\/p>\n Please refer to the attached screenshots and instructions as you attempt to complete the Connectivity Questions Module.\u00a0 There are separate pages for what districts will see vs what single school entities will see.<\/p>\n Next message?\u00a0 Completing the Contract Module in EPC…<\/p>\n — Julie<\/p>\n Julie Tritt Schell 717-730-7133 – o penn*link<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>~ Helpful Screenshots Attached<\/a> ~<\/p>\n
\n2)\u00a0 Entering Enrollment and NSLP Data (in each school’s profile) – https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=11411<\/a>
\n3)\u00a0 Completing the Connectivity Questions Module (both at the district and school building levels) – THIS MESSAGE<\/strong>
\n4)\u00a0 Entering Contract Data (for all contracts that you will cite on the 471) – DETAILS COMING SOON….<\/em><\/p>\n\n
\nTo access the page in your EPC profile to update this information, follow these steps from your EPC Landing Page (attached are screenshots explaining exact where to go):<\/p>\n
\n> Click on you Entity’s Name<\/strong> which is the first entity on the Organization List.
\n> Next Page:\u00a0 Click on Related Actions<\/strong>.
\n> Then click on the lightning bolt which says Manage Connectivity Questions<\/strong> (near the bottom of the list) which looks like this:<\/p>\n
\nPA E-rate Coordinator<\/p>\n
\n717-730-9060 – f
\njtschell@comcast.net<\/a>
\nwww.e-ratepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n