How to Use WebAMP

• Type your user ID and password in the text boxes on the Login screen. Use the Tab key or the mouse to navigate through the boxes.
• Click on Login to enter the system text and access the Main Menu.
• If you misplaced your user name and password please contact us by or, phone at 800-665-8961 ext. 3.

• The first time you login, you will enter the Respondent Information screen. Please provide your first name, last name, e-mail address, and phone number in the text boxes provided.
• You will not be able to access the rest of the survey until your contact data have been entered without errors.
• Click on Save when you have entered the information correctly and are ready to enter the WebAMP system.
• You may return to update your respondent information at any time by clicking on Your Contact Information in the left navigational menu on most screens.

• WebAMP has six data entry sections:
  
  • Student Enrollment
  • Degree Awards (4 Year institutions only)
  • Activity Data
  • Individual Data
  • Graduate School (4 Year institutions only)
  • Alliance Abstract, Budgets, and Other Information (lead institutions only)
• The system is designed so that you can enter data, save your work in progress, leave the system, and return later to continue data entry. You can edit your data as often as you like before you submit your data as final to NSF. To submit data as final, click on the Finish tab in the header bar. If your data is complete and without error, you will be prompted to enter the number of hours it took to complete the survey. Click on Save, and final submission is complete.
• After final submission you will no longer be able to edit your data.
• After final submission you may still return to the WebAMP system to view the read-only version of the information you have submitted.

• The color and shape of the status icon displayed next to the name of a data entry section in the header identifies that section's status. Click on any section's status icon to go to that section.
  • A means that no data have been entered or saved for this section.
  • A indicates that you need to review, complete, or correct the data.
  • A means that the data may be submitted as they are, but they should be reviewed.
  • A means that the data are complete and ready for submission.
  • A indicates that data entry is still in progress for this section.
  • A means that data have been submitted as final. After you have submitted your data as final, all the status icons in the header bar will display this status.
• Icons are refreshed each time the browser displays the screen.

• The top portion of every screen (the "header") includes links to help, e-mail help, logout, and the validation menu for each section. Both the section name and status icon serve as links.
• On validation screens, an additional navigation menu appears on the left side of the screen. It includes links to your contact information, blank surveys for printing, data submission alternatives, options for printing or downloading data entered to date, reports, and comments.

• If you are a lead or partner institution, validation screens will be available to you in each data entry screen.
  • The header features a link to each Validation Menu. The validation screen allows you to see an overview of the status of all the data in that section.
  • The , , , and status icons indicate which records need attention before you submit final data.
  • Click on an icon to enter the data entry as final for that item. Remember to save any changes that you make.
  • On validation screens, an additional navigation menu appears on the left side of the screen. It includes links to your contact information, blank surveys for printing, data submission alternatives, options for printing or downloading data entered to date, reports, and comments.
• If you are a lead institution, you will have an additional tab available to you in the header called Partners.
  • Like the validation screens available to Partner institutions, this screen is designed to give you an overview of the status of all the data that have been entered.
  • To access this section, click on the Partners tab in the header.
  • The validation screen will list each institution in your alliance and indicate the overall status of each major areas of data entry (Enrollment, Degrees, Activities, Individuals, Graduate Support, and Alliance Data).
  • The status of each section is indicated with the status icons , , , and . Click on any of these icons to access the data entry screen for that item.
  • In the Main Menu of your partner institutions, you will see Return to Your Lead Institution. Clicking on this link will return you to the (lead institution) Main Menu.

• From any screen, you may click on the section name or status icon in the header to go to the validation screen for that area (Enrollment, Degrees, Activities, Individuals, Graduate Support Abstracts, Budgets, and Text).
• In the Validation Menu, you can see an overview of the records and their statuses ( , , , and . ). Click on any of these icons to access the Data Entry screen for that item.
• In the Data Entry screen, enter your data or make changes. To save your changes click on Quick Save, which saves the data you have entered and returns you back to the data entry screen, or Save and Return to Enrollment Menu, which will save the data you have entered and return you back to the validation menu).
• Throughout the system, the Online Help and Email buttons are available to access online and email help respectively.

• Complete the data entry screens. Check the status of individual data entry screens in the Validation Menu. Review and correct each screen as often as you need. Click on one of the Quick Save or the Save and Go to Validation buttons.
• Once you have completed your reviews, additions, and corrections, click on the Finish tab in the header bar. If there are no errors with your data, you will be prompted to enter the number of hours it took to complete the survey, and then click Send Final Submission.
• After you have completed final submission, click on Collection Results. A printed copy of your submission can be found in the read-only version.