PERKINS ASK HOWE INTRANET

April 2016

Perkins is pleased to announce the launch of our new Intranet, “ask Howe”. Going forward, ask Howe will be an important tool for information sharing, communication, and collaboration across all Perkins programs. This document highlights the major features of ask Howe and provides an overview of the major areas of the site.

ask Howe Key Features

Improved Look and Feel

  • ask Howe was designed to provide aneasy to use and robust user experience. The site is laid out in a straight-forward, intuitive design built with an emphasis on accessibility.

Improved Accessibility

  • ask Howe was developed with accessibility in mind. The site was tested by Perkins staff to ensure it was fully accessible.

Access from Anywhere

  • ask Howe will be accessible anywhere. As long as you have an internet connection, you can gain access to Ask Howe.

Access on Mobile Devices

  • ask Howe will be accessible from smart phones or other mobile devices. Upon the initial launch, not all features will be available, but we will continue to work to build features into the mobile platform.

Collaboration

  • ask Howe provides a Group feature to allow employees to share information to other group members only. This feature will be important for a variety of committees and working groups.

Easy Sign-On Process

  • Employees will sign on to Ask Howe using their network user id and password. No need to remember a separate userid and password.

Updated Employee Directory

  • The People section in ask Howe will be populated with active employee data from the HR system. As employees join and depart Perkins, the ask Howe directory will remain updated.

The following pages describe the main content areas of ask Howe.

HomePagecontains a variety of features for employees to get quick access to important information.

People is an active employee directory showing names, titles, contact information and even employee photos. You can search for Perkins employees by name or title, or view all employees within a department.

Groups allow for collaboration across programs on a variety of topics. Groups are by invitation only and have group posts and events

Resources

Under resources, users will have access to forms, company policies, curriculum resources, training, benefits information, and more.

Users will also be able to search any resource by typing the resource name/title in the “Find a Resource” search box or by applying Department and Category filters

Departments

Under the “Departments” menu bar, employees will have access to all departments for news and announcements. Users can select a department to learn about the department’s news, events, and employees and can drill down to a specific individual in a department to learn more about that individual.


Events and Announcements

Under this menu, users will have access to news and organization-wide announcements. Users can access both the ‘list view’ and the ‘calendar view’ as well as search by keywords or date.

List View

Calendar View
Who to Call

For emergencies or inquiries on who to contact, Ask Howe can help. The user may simply click on the “Who to Call” bar for relevant numbers and extensions.

How Do I…?

“How DO I” is a great tool for to find answers to frequently asked questionson topics ranging from how to enroll in Health Care Insurance to how to troubleshoot hearing aid problems.

Type in a key word such as Phone in the Topic list and search!

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