Website Tutorial For Industry Members

Introduction
Welcome to the new MECOP website. All of the same information from the old website has been transferred to the new website, along with many new and improved features. While we know the new organization of information will take a little getting used to, we believe it is a vast and needed improvement from the old website. Please take some time to get acquainted with the new site by looking up information as you normally would and exploring the new features. The help topics included in this tutorial are aimed to guide you through any questions you may have regarding the new features.
Logging in:
In the menu, go to Industry->Login or University->Login
Enter your email address and password. If you are not a board member, you may need to create a new account. This is covered in the next section. If you do not know your password, click the "forgot your password?" link under the login form and enter your email address. If the system cannot find you, please contact the MECOP office.
If you would like the system to remember you, you can check the "Keep me signed in unless I sign out" box. Cookies need to be enabled (they are by default in most browsers) for this feature to function properly.


Registering a non-Board Member:
Send the mentor to the member home page and have them click the "need to register for a non-board member account?" link.
They will need to enter their email address and select your organization from the drop down list.
This will generate an email message to you asking you to accept or deny their request. If for some reason you do not receive the email, you can accept/deny from the mentor/interviewers page which is accessible from the board member home page (see topic Managing Mentors/Interviewers in this tutorial).
Once a mentor is approved, they can login using Member Login Form.


Online Appraisals
The appraisals page lists all students currently listed as interns within your company. You can create, edit and print appraisals online for interns at any time by clicking on the icons next to their names. Upon submitting an appraisal, the data is saved in the database so you can retrieve it anytime to edit and/or print it.
Editing your Company Homepage
Each company gets its own page on the site containing the company logo, a brief description, and a link to the company website. As a board member, you can edit this info by clicking on the Company Homepage link from the Board Member Home page. Company pages can be accessed by the general public either from the homepage of the site or by clicking on Members in the Industry submenu.
Intern Document Search
To use the intern document repository, follow these steps:
Click on the Document Repository link on the board member home page.
Type in any part of the last name of an intern to retrieve appraisal, resume and application data for the student. Check the Yes radio button if you want your search to return former interns.
If there are one or more matching records, the intern's name(s) will appear as links on the results page. Click on an intern's name to view their data.


Intern Position Counts (available soon)
This is a tool designed to provide a real-time view of how many interns are going to be needed at each company. The form asks for firm and possible slots per discipline. Keeping your company's data accurate is critical in providing a reliable real-time allocation report.
Managing Mentors/Interviewers
This page has two functions:
Edit the status of mentors/interviewers. Possible statuses are:
Pending this is the default setting for a prospective new mentor once they have submitted a request to be a mentor but before they have been approved.
Current these people have access to the board member home page and most data within.
Inactive former mentors that are not currently active but that you may want to reactive in the future. No access to board members portion of the website.
Deleted No access to board members portion of the website and no longer listed on the Mentors/Interviewers page. If you accidentally delete someone and want to reactivate them, you will need to contact the MECOP office.
Assign interns to current mentors/interviewers.

By default board members can fill out an appraisal for any intern at their company. Other mentors/interviewers need to be


Resume Search by Company or Discipline
Placement reports can be accessed by clicking on Placement on the board member home page and then Placement Reports on the Placement page. The result of a placement report query is a list of all current interns in a given discipline or in a given company. Each intern is linked to his/her resume if it is available.
Subcommittees
The subcommittee pages provide the following information on MECOP board subcommittees:
Members
Meetings (when, where, agenda, relevant files, minutes, attendance report)
Action Items (owner, status, due date)

If logged in as a subcommittee chair, you will have a link to administer your subcommittee page. Here you will be able to add/delete members, meetings and action items.

Conclusion
We hope you enjoy using the new website.
If you have any questions regarding MECOP website policy, please contact at bonysst.blogspot.com
If you have any questions regarding technical issues with the website, please use the feedback form accessible from the Quicklinks menu.