Intro to PAWSBrown Bag Workshop

Ceil Thomas

Office of Communications and Marketing

PAWS.gru.edu(Portal And Web Services)

• PAWS replaces the HI Intranet (hi.gru.edu) and eventually the MyMCG portal in early 2014.

• Serves as the primary source for internal communications through an enterprise-wide portal

• Connect and engage all employees including faculty, physicians, staff, and students.

• Increase usability and navigational functionality

• Increase relevance of content and applications

PAWS History

In 2010, decided to invest in the

redeployment of an employee intranet

Multiple focus groups and

employee surveys were conducted to

evaluate needs

Task Force was established

Microsoft SharePoint was

selected as platform

In April of 2013, the enterprise

unveiled PAWS.

Benefits of PAWS• Streamlined authoring process• Faster turnaround time for new pages and changes• Greater consistency• Improved site navigation• Increased site flexibility• Support for decentralized authoring• Increased security• Reduced duplication of information• Greater capacity for growth• There are guidelines regarding what content can be placed on the PAWS

home page• Please check with your department leadership about the status of

migrating to PAWS• If you have a request, please email paws@gru.edu

PAWS Training• Nearly everyone using the new intranet will need

some type of training on how to navigate the editing process.

• Next PAWS Training Session on September 17. PAWS Training registration: gru.edu/ocm/pawstraining.php

Quick Access

applications toolbar

Drop down menu to navigate to

websites

People Finder to look up employee

information

Alerts from IT andHR Training opportunities

Latest live-streaming

news

Click to access individual department pages like

OCM and HR

Links to templates, logos,

and branding guidelines.

Links to frequently used forms, benefits, compensation,

etc.

How to make PAWS your homepage

• Open PAWS in your web browser. (paws.gru.edu)• If you are using IE, select Tools from the top menu and Internet

Options from the drop down. • Select “Use Current” in the first option “Home page”.

• If you are using FireFox, open PAWS in the web browser. • Select the Tools drop down and then select Options, and then select

Options again. • Select the “General” tab. Select “Use Current Page” and the PAWS site will

come up every time you open FireFox.