1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE DATABASE - VIDEO

1a - Key Points About the Database

1b - REGISTERING AND SIGNING IN - VIDEO

1c - Navigating the Database Screens

2 - USING THE PLACEMENT SCREEN - VIDEO

2a -Classifying Placements - Activity Name, Program Checkboxes, Job Title, etc.

2a.1 - FY2024 Placement Screen Definitions and Discussion

2b. Classifying and Defining STEM Placements

2c - Placement and WBLP Screen - Sharing via Email/Username

2d - Participants with more than one work experience

2d - Worksites with multiple participants - Using the COPY WBLP button

2e - Placement Screen - Required and Optional Fields

2g - Work and Learning Program Elements (Preview of FY19 elements)

2h - Career Areas

2z - Deleting Placement Screen Records

3 - USING THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND SKILLS/TASKS SCREENS - VIDEO

4 - USING THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW SCREEN - VIDEO

5 - ACTIVITY SCREEN - VIDEO

6 - Reflection Screen

7 - Importing

8 - REPORTS MENU AND EMPLOYER SCREENS - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

8a - About the Reports/Admin Menu

8b - Connecting Activities Quarterly Report

8c - Connecting Activities Qualifying Wages Report

8d - Custom Reports

8e - Employer Screens

9 - Sharing, Collaboration and Privacy

9a - UPDATING MY ACCOUNT SETTINGS - VIDEO

9b - Add | Invite New Usernames

9c - Using the "One-Step WBLP Review Screen" for Supervisors

9d: Instructions for students to create their WBLPs online

DATABASE FIELD LIST

What's New in the Database

Winter/Spring 2019 Webinar Series

See the video: Introduction -- What is the Massachusetts Career Ready Database for an overview of the database and an introduction to database navigation. [NOTE: At one point in our evolution, the Connecting Activities database was named the "Career Ready" database.

Sign into the database at https://masswbl.org or from the Database Signin button at the top of each page on http://massconnecting.org

You will see a welcome page. Take a quick look at what`s new in the database and click to continue. You will then see the Main Menu. From the main menu, you can:

• Start a new Placement and Work-Based Learning Plan (WBLP)
• Work on a Placement and WBLP that has already been started.
• Go to the Activity or Employer screens
• Go to the Reports/Admin menu.
• Go to the My Account screen to update your account information (the settings for your username/password

FEATURES -- Some of the navigation features you will see in the database include:

• NAVIGATION MENU along the top of each screen
• NAVIGATION BUTTONS for opening each screen, starting a new record, or other actions
• FILTER BARS for selecting and viewing a subset of records, based on critiera that you select
• TEXT FIELDS, CHECKBOXES, RADIO BUTTONS and DROPDOWN LISTS for entering information.
• SAVE button to save your entries.