DfE Portal Guide for new users - Course Directory Provider Portal
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DfE Portal Guide for new users - Course Directory Provider Portal
Course Directory: Provider Portal Help Guide 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3 Aim of this document.......................................................................................................................... 3 What is the National Careers Service Course Directory Provider Portal? .......................................... 3 Where will my course information appear? ....................................................................................... 3 Do I need to read all this? ................................................................................................................... 3 2. How your courses are updated ....................................................................................................... 4 Overview of the update process ......................................................................................................... 4 3. Login ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Who can upload their courses to the Course Directory Provider Portal? .......................................... 5 How to access the National Careers Service Course Directory Provider Portal ................................. 5 User accounts...................................................................................................................................... 5 Trouble shooting ................................................................................................................................. 6 4. The Home Page ............................................................................................................................... 6 Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Where do I start? ................................................................................................................................ 6 5. Manual Upload - how to amend information ................................................................................. 7 Mandatory information ...................................................................................................................... 7 Context specific help ........................................................................................................................... 7 6. Main Provider Details...................................................................................................................... 7 Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Updating Main Details ........................................................................................................................ 7 7. Venues............................................................................................................................................. 9 Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Entering venue information ................................................................................................................ 9 Archiving a venue .............................................................................................................................. 11 8. Courses.......................................................................................................................................... 11 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Courses home page........................................................................................................................... 11 Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 1 of 25 Adding a new course ......................................................................................................................... 12 Viewing and editing information ...................................................................................................... 13 Status ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Saving your changes.......................................................................................................................... 14 Opportunities .................................................................................................................................... 15 9. Organisations ................................................................................................................................ 16 What is an Organisation? .................................................................................................................. 16 Creating Organisations...................................................................................................................... 16 How do Providers become members of an Organisation? ............................................................... 17 Organisation Superuser home page ................................................................................................. 18 Organisation Admin Reports ............................................................................................................. 18 10. Bulk upload ................................................................................................................................... 19 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Bulk Upload home page for Provider Superusers ............................................................................. 19 Upload a file ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Downloading Current Provision ........................................................................................................ 19 11. Manage Users ............................................................................................................................... 24 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 24 12. Update my own login details ........................................................................................................ 25 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 25 13. Adding details of Apprenticeships to the Portal ........................................................................... 25 Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 2 of 25 1. Introduction Aim of this document This document is aimed at SFA-funded Providers wishing to upload information to the National Careers Service Course Directory via the Provider Portal and Apprenticeship Providers participating in the Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS) Private Beta pilot. Please note: This document will be updated regularly to reflect any new or modified functionality. What is the National Careers Service Course Directory Provider Portal? The Course Directory Provider Portal is an internet based application for adding and modifying course information. The Course Directory Provider Portal allows Providers to update their course provision quickly and regularly. Where will my course information appear? Your course information, apart from that of Apprenticeship Providers participating in the Digital Apprenticeship Private Beta pilot, will appear on the National Careers Service website, and as it is open data, it will also appear on data.gov.uk, and be freely available for third parties to download and use. [email protected]/pages/home.aspx http://data.gov.uk Do I need to read all this? If you are new to the Course Directory Provider Portal, we recommend reading this whole document. However, if you have already uploaded information and are refreshing your information via the Bulk Upload process then please look refer to section 10. If you are a provider who needs to add your apprenticeship information to the Portal please also refer to the Apprenticeship User Guide. I want to find out more about the Skills Funding Agency You can find more about the role of the Skills Funding Agency by visiting their website. http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/skills-funding-agency I am having trouble and I really need to speak to someone Information Advisers are on hand to offer dedicated support and advice to Providers submitting data to the Course Directory. If you need help, please contact: Phone: 0844 811 5073 Email: [email protected] Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 3 of 25 2. How your courses are updated Overview of the update process Once you are logged in to the Course Directory Provider Portal you can update your courses in one of two ways: Manually or via Bulk Upload. Currently Apprenticeships can only be added manually. Please note: In general, the same data input rules will apply for both updating methods. However in few instances, when updating via bulk upload, you will need to use codes. Please refer to Appendix B for guidance or to the Data Standards document. All successfully changed data will be updated overnight. Updates appear daily on the National Careers Service website, weekly updates to the open data CSV downloads, and monthly updates to data.gov.uk, except for Apprenticeship data uploaded as part of the Digital Apprenticeship Service Private Beta pilot. Data flow process (not applicable to DAS Private Beta Providers) Providers upload Information (at least every 3 months) Open source data CSV files (updated weekly) SFA Provider Portal Data.Gov.uk (validation checks carried out) (updated monthly) National Careers Service Course Directory (overnight upload) Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 4 of 25 3. Login Who can upload their courses to the Course Directory Provider Portal? To access this service you will need to be a Skills Funding Agency Provider with an active contract to deliver provision that is within scope for the Course Directory. If you do not have your login details please contact the Course Directory Provider Portal Support team. Once your details are registered by the Support Team, you will receive an email that will contain an activation link. Click on the link and follow the instructions. How to access the National Careers Service Course Directory Provider Portal You can access the Course Directory Provider Portal by going to the following address. https://coursedirectoryproviderportal.org.uk You will see the following page: To login as an SFA funded Provider, click on the Log in using a Portal Account button. Enter your email address and password to be taken to your Portal homepage. User accounts There are two types of user accounts for the Course Directory Provider Portal: Superuser - the main Course Directory Provider Portal user for a given Provider. There is only one Superuser per Provider and they can perform all functions in data maintenance. They are responsible for the management of the data on the Course Directory. They have the ability to change the main Provider details and create users for their Provider. Users - other users who have been given login details to the Course Directory Provider Portal by the Superuser. They will be responsible for manual updates, but cannot change the main Provider details or create other users. Please note: The type of the account you have been assigned with will be displayed next to your name, at the top left corner, once you log in to the Course Directory Provider Portal. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 5 of 25 Trouble shooting In the vast majority of cases, activation and password emails will be received within a few minutes, however if this is not the case and you are experiencing difficulty logging in the following tips and suggestions may help. Emails not being received 1. Check any spam/junk folders that the email may have been placed 2. Check with your IT department for any spam blockers that may have inadvertently caught the email prior to its arrival in your Inbox 3. Contact the Support Team to investigate further and have the email resent to you. Trouble logging in 1. Passwords should be made up of 10 characters with at least 1 numeric and at least 1 character in lowercase. 2. Avoid copying and pasting your account details when logging in. Depending on where they are being copied from, extra spaces may be included, causing your login details to be rejected. 3. A simple mistake to make; check that caps lock has not been enabled when entering the username and password. 4. Contact the Support Team to investigate further Please note: Activation and password creation emails have a 24 hour expiry, after which new activation or password creation emails will have to be requested. 4. The Home Page Overview The home page is designed to enable easy navigation and access to all sections of the Course Directory Provider Portal. Where do I start? You can upload your courses either manually or via the Bulk Upload functionality. When updating manually you will need to enter the course details one at a time – this Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 6 of 25 option is better for Providers who have a small number of courses. If you choose to upload via Bulk Upload you can upload hundreds of courses in one go. Please see the section on Bulk upload for full details on this process. Please note: You can use both methods to update data, however, every time you bulk upload a file, the existing data including the changes done manually will be erased and replaced with the new information. If you want to update the information about your apprenticeship provision, please refer to the Apprenticeship User Guide. 5. Manual Upload - how to amend information Mandatory information All mandatory fields are marked with a red asterisk. Not all fields are mandatory; however it is recommended that you fill in as many fields as possible, to provide accurate and informative course details for prospective learners. Context specific help All of the fields have a help option that will assist you when entering the information. Hovering over this icon next to each field will give you further information. 6. Main Provider Details Overview In this section the Superusers can amend the Provider name and contact details. The Course Directory will use the United Kingdom Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP) details to populate main Provider information if the Provider details are blank. If you prefer to use different information to that held on UKRLP, please fill in all contact details. The information you input will have precedence over the data referred from the UKRLP. Please Note: When updating via bulk upload, if you leave your Provider details fields blank in your CSV file, your main details on the Course Directory will be erased and populated from the UKRLP. Keep your main details in your CSV file if they are different from the details registered on UKRLP. Updating Main Details Please note: For DAS Apprenticeship Private Beta pilot providers, please refer to Apprenticeship User Guide for further information. Provider Details UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN) - This is a unique identifier for the Provider from the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP) please see; https://www.ukrlp.co.uk/ for more information. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 7 of 25 Provider name This should be the name by which your Provider is best known. The Provider name does not have to be same as the legal or trading name on the UKRLP. Provider alias If your Provider has an alternative name which a user may search for please fill in this field. Please note: The alias field is searchable but will not be visible in the search results. Provider Type This field shows the type of Provider you are. As a SFA funded Provider you will be set Further Education (FE). UPIN This is your unique contract number with the Skills Funding Agency. Most Providers will have this unless they are delivering subcontracted provision under a lead Organisation which has the direct contract with the Skills Funding Agency. Address Address contains six fields; Address 1; Address 2; Town; County; Post Code; Country. We use Royal Mail, Postal Address File (PAF) data. You can enter a postcode and perform a search, which will populate your address. Email Please enter an email address for administrative enquiries. Website Please enter the URL of your main website. Phone Please enter a phone number for administrative enquiries. Fax Please enter a phone number for administrative enquiries. Please note: Only a Superuser can amend the Main Details. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 8 of 25 7. Venues Overview Use Venues to amend the information about where your course opportunities are held. If you have more than one venue in which opportunities are offered, it is easier to enter all the venues first. If you do forget to do this, there is an option to add a new venue when adding/amending course opportunities. To add a venue, click on Add a new venue button. Entering venue information There are four mandatory fields in the Venue section which are marked with a red asterisk. You should try to complete as many fields as possible to give learners the most accurate information. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 9 of 25 VENUE_ID (bulk upload only) This is a unique identifier to allow us to process your file successfully. This may be any identifier you choose but must be alphanumeric. Provider venue ID If you have your own venue ID or unique identifier, you can enter this information here. Venue Name Venue name contains the name of the venue. There are instances where an opportunity may not have a fixed venue, for example, training is offered on a client site. You will not need to create these instances, but at opportunity level you will need to select the correct attendance mode. Address Address consists of six fields; Address 1, Address 2, Town, County, Post Code, Country. We use Royal Mail PAF data. You can enter a postcode and perform a search, which will populate your address. Phone Enter a phone number for that particular venue. Email Enter an email address for that particular venue. Website Enter a URL address, if applicable for that particular venue. Fax Enter a fax number for that particular venue. Facilities This should be a description of the main features or facilities that may be relevant to the opportunity at that site. For example, overnight accommodation and meals available, full chemical and physics laboratory facilities. This is not a mandatory field, but we recommend that you complete the information, as it is valuable for learners. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 10 of 25 Archiving a venue To archive a venue, click on the edit link to the right of your venue, and press the Archive button. The status of the venue will change to Archived. Be aware that if there are opportunities attached to that venue, they will also be archived. You will receive a warning message, where you will have an option to re-attach those opportunities to another venue or to proceed and archive them. To un-archive a venue please click on View/Amend link and press the Unarchive button. Please note: If the archived venue had opportunities attached to it before it was archived these opportunities will not be automatically unarchived. You will need to unarchive these opportunities at opportunity level. 8. Courses Overview Courses home page The home page gives you a list of courses currently on the Portal. On the left hand side you will find a Course/ Opportunity finder that will allow you to search on your own data using a number of filters. To amend a current course you need to click on the edit link next to the relevant course. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 11 of 25 Adding a new course To add a new course click on 'Add a new course' option from the navigation panel. You will be asked if your course has a Learning Aim Reference, if it does you will need to provide the reference number. Please note: The Learning Aim Reference box links to the database in real time; this can slow the process down. Please be patient when waiting for results. Please note: When updating via bulk upload, if you don't provide a Learning Aim Reference, you will need to supply Provider course title, and qualification type as minimum information For help on qualification type codes please refer to the Data Standards or the Quick Guide – Bulk Upload Codes. If you have a valid Learning Aim Reference the Portal will auto-complete the majority of the mandatory fields. If you do not have a Learning Aim Reference or the LAR doesn’t have Qualification information available you will need to complete all of the mandatory fields yourself. If you don’t know the Learning Aim Reference you can search for them on The Hub. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 12 of 25 Once you have filled in all required data click on Create and Add Opportunity button, you will be taken to the opportunity page. You will need to complete all of the mandatory fields, if you have the required information for the non-mandatory fields then please add this as well, it will make it easier for prospective students. For further information on the individual fields, either hover over the question mark or refer to the Data Standards. There is the option to Create but courses will remain in Pending without a valid Opportunity, and will not show on the NCS website. Viewing and editing information The summary table has the following columns: Status, Course details, Last update and Edit option. To edit information, simply click on the Edit link. Live - this status indicates that this course, opportunity or venue is live and searchable by users on the public facing website. Archived - This status is useful if you have decided to withdraw a course for a short period but will be running in the near future. Pending - This status is shown against a course when it doesn’t have a live Opportunity attached. An Opportunity needs to be added to make the Course live. Please note: Records with pending data will not be copied over to the live website. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 13 of 25 Status The status appears to the left of each row in the summary table. Saving your changes When you fill out a form, your changes will not be saved automatically so you will need to click the Create button OR the Save button. Amending a course To amend a course please click on the course View/Amend link. Once the courses form opens make all necessary changes and press on the 'Save' button. Please note: From time to time you will need to remove or change some Learning Aim References. Based on your action you may need to fill in additional fields. Archiving a course Archiving courses is the same as archiving a venue. Simply click on View/Amend link and then click on the Archive button. If you need to archive more than one Course, you can do that by clicking the checkbox next to the courses then click Archive Selected. To Un-archive an archived courses please click on the view/amend link next to the courses and then press on the Unarchive button. Please note: When you archive a course you will be archiving all opportunities attached to that course. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 14 of 25 For further information on the individual fields, either hover over the question mark or refer to the Data Standards. Opportunities Opportunities are the delivery method for the course. One course can be delivered through different Opportunities. Opportunities can be linked to either Regions or Venues (for more details of valid regions please refer to Valid Regions for Bulk Upload). Course Opportunity Opportunity Opportunity Region Venue Venue You will need to complete all of the mandatory fields, if you have the required information for the non-mandatory fields then please add this as well, it will make it easier for prospective students. For further information on the individual fields, either hover over the question mark or refer to the Data Standards. Viewing/amending opportunities To amend an opportunity please click on the opportunity view/amend link. Duplicating opportunities Duplicating an opportunity is a handy short cut if you have several similar opportunities delivered at different venues or on different days. If for example you have a course attached to opportunities delivered at different venues and where all other information is same, simply click on the duplicate button. Archiving an opportunity Archiving an opportunity is the same as archiving a venue. Simply click on view/amend link and then click on the 'Archive' button. To Un-archive an archived course please click on the view/amend link next to the opportunity and then press on the 'Un-archive' button. The course/opportunity finder The course and opportunity finder allows you to search for your courses and opportunities. After pressing 'Search' your courses will appear in a data table to the right of the course finder. Your search criteria will remain in the course finder. To wipe this search from the course finder, click 'Clear'. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 15 of 25 9. Organisations What is an Organisation? An Organisation is a group of Providers. This may be: A consortium A partnership An organisation that has a contract with the Skills Funding Agency and sub-contracts A provision to multiple Providers who do not have direct contracts A group of Providers who have formed an organisation in order to meet Minimum Contracting Levels A group of Providers who want to share their back office duties A group of Providers A trusted third party who uploads provision on behalf of Providers A multi-academy trust The Organisation functionality is flexible and supports all these arrangements. The only requirement is that any opportunity be offered under a current contract with the Skills Funding Agency. If you need advice on how to best set up an Organisation for your needs, please contact the Support Team. Creating Organisations Organisations can be created by Providers or by the Support Team. Providers can do it by selecting Add a new Organisation on the Organisations tab: You will need to complete all of the mandatory fields, if you have the required information for the non-mandatory fields then please add this as well, it will make it easier for prospective students. For further information on the individual fields, either hover over the question mark or refer to the Data Standards. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 16 of 25 Organisation Type: This field is mandatory. The listed types cover common scenarios: Partnership - a legal partnership between entities Shared Back Office - an arrangement where Providers want to share and/or centralise back office responsibilities. In this scenario, Organisation will likely not be a legal entity, not have a UKPRN and exist purely so a single Organisation Superuser can upload content on behalf of all member Providers. MIS Vendor - MIS vendors who manage or hold Provider data may want to do bulk uploads on behalf of their clients. Under this scenario a group of Providers would agree to have a single vendor upload content for all them and create an Organisation for the purpose. The Organisation Superuser details would be provided to the MIS Vendor. Consortium - a different type of legal organisation structure, typically but not always with a Lead Provider. Note there is no concept of a Lead Provider in the Organisation system on the Course Directory. If a Lead Provider exists, it is suggested the Superuser be a staff member at the Lead Provider. Other - any other type of scenario Like Providers, Organisations require a Superuser. You will be prompted to create this user - this is exactly the same as creating a Superuser for a Provider: Once you've entered the Organisation Superuser, they will be emailed a link to complete setting up their account. As the Provider who created the Organisation, you will be automatically invited to be part of it. You will not be able to accept the invitation until the Organisation Superuser has activated their account. How do Providers become members of an Organisation? Providers are invited to join an Organisation by the Organisation Superuser. Providers can accept or reject an invitation. The invitation system is a formality and not intended to be a mechanism for initiating relationships - it is anticipated setting up an Organisation and inviting Providers to join it will be the last stage of setting up a relationship, and all the parties will be in direct contact with each other. When accepting an invitation, a Provider can choose if they want to allow the Organisation Superuser access to their content. Should the need arise to change this; the Provider Superuser can amend this setting via the Organisations menu item at any time. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 17 of 25 Organisation Superuser home page On the Organisation home page, the Organisation user can see what Providers are members of their Organisation, invite other Providers to be members and see what invitations are outstanding. Clicking a Providers name shows a summary of their details. Clicking Remove removes them from the Organisation. Clicking View allows you use the Provider Portal exactly as if you were that Providers Superuser. You can view and edit all their provision. You can withdraw an invitation, view basic Provider details for invited Providers, and view reasons for rejection. Organisation Admin Reports Organisation Superusers can view the traffic light status of all member Providers. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 18 of 25 10. Bulk upload Overview Bulk upload allows you to update your entire provision in a single file. This includes your Courses, Opportunities, Venues and your main Provider information. This is particularly useful if you have a large number of Courses and Opportunities. We would recommend that anything over 10 courses be uploaded via the Bulk Upload function. Bulk upload supports Comma Separated Values (CSV) files. Further in depth guidance can be found on the Help pages, please refer to the Data Standards and Quick Guide for Bulk Upload Codes, Apprenticeship Data Standards. Please note: A bulk upload replaces your entire current provision, unless you are uploading on behalf of an Organisation. It is important to make sure only one person bulk uploads at a time, and coordinates with any people making changes manually on the Portal. Bulk Upload home page for Provider Superusers Click on the Bulk Upload tab – you will have 2 options, Upload a file or View Previous Upload Status. Upload a file From this page you can download your current course provision, or upload a new file. Downloading Current Provision Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 19 of 25 This will download all the Live Courses/ Opportunities/Apprenticeships you have on the Portal in the appropriate CSV format. Any archived or Pending Courses/Opportunities/Apprenticeships will not be included. There are four steps you need to take before you upload a file. Step 1: Read both the Data Standards and this Help Guide It is very important you familiarise yourself with the Data Standards / Apprenticeship Data Standards before you start preparing for an update. The Data Standards list the name and format of every piece of data used in the Course Directory. Not all fields are mandatory, but the more data you supply, the more useful your information will be to learners. For Course Data a number of fields use specific codes rather than the value itself, e.g. Study Mode, instead of 'Full Time', you should enter SM1. A complete list of fields requiring codes and the codes themselves can be found in the Data Standards or the Quick Guide – Bulk Upload Codes. Step 2: Understand the file format and create your file Bulk Upload files are in CSV file format with a defined column and section order. To ensure compatibility please make sure you are using the latest CSV template available. The CSV template can be downloaded from the Help page of the Portal. For Course Data your file must have four sections in the order shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4. Provider Venues Courses Opportunities For Apprenticeship Data file must have four sections in the order shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4. Provider Locations Apprenticeships Delivery Locations Headers for each section should read exactly as they are in the template, including the * where it is shown. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 20 of 25 Step 3: Save and upload your file Once you have created and saved the file in CSV format, please follow the steps below: Click on the Browse/Choose file button: Select the file you want to upload, click open, this will highlight the file on the Portal: Check the tick box that you agree for the new file information to replace the existing data: Click on the Upload button: You will be able to see that you have a Pending Bulk Upload in the banner at the top of the screen. If your file contains any errors you may need to carry out some additional actions. Step 4: Review errors and re-upload if necessary Click on View previous upload status to check the progress of your upload. The file goes through 4 validation stages. If the file fails during Stage 1 to 3, the entire file will be rejected and no data will be published. The errors are reported on the Provider Portal. If the file passes Stage 3 you will be asked to confirm that you are happy to publish only the valid Course/Opportunities/Apprenticeships and discard any that are invalid. Without this confirmation, your data will not be published. You will be sent a summary email outlining the status of your file upload. You will also be sent an email if your new CSV file is uploading 90% less data than what we hold for you on our database. You will than need to confirm that you are happy for us to proceed with the upload. If you do not confirm your new file data will not be published. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 21 of 25 Please note: Successfully loaded files are processed overnight, meaning your updated information will not appear on the National Careers Service website until the following day. Viewing errors Clicking on your file name allows you to view a summary of errors. The areas where the system has found errors will be presented as buttons. You will see the section name and a count of issues found. By clicking on theses buttons you can open a report table that gives you further explanation. Please Note: This is a static table and it only informs you of the errors. Any amendments need to be done on your original CSV file. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 22 of 25 Organisation bulk uploading content for their member Providers The Organisation Bulk Upload screen gives you a summary table of provision for all your Providers: Organisations can Bulk Upload for more than one Provider in a single file by repeating the format for each Provider and including ProviderId at the start of each Provider section. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 23 of 25 You can see this ID on the Course Directory Home Page. Please see Organisation CSV Template for Bulk Upload / Organisation CSV Template for Apprenticeship Bulk Upload on the Help page for an example of a file with multiple Providers. You can include one, some or all the member Providers in a single file. Any Providers you do not include will not have their data erased. Please note: if you include even one single opportunity run by that Provider, however, all existing provision offered by that Provider will be erased. 11. Manage Users Overview This is a privilege assigned to the Superuser only. Here you can add or amend user's details. If you are creating a new Portal user, please enter a valid email address as the user will be sent an activation link to this address. The new user account will not be active until this link is used to access the Portal. Please note: New Apprenticeship users cannot be created by the Superuser and must be requested from Tribal by emailing [email protected]. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 24 of 25 12. Update my own login details Overview On this tab you can access and edit your own login details. 13. Adding details of Apprenticeships to the Portal Apprenticeship provision is added to the Portal in a slightly different way due to the structure of Apprenticeships i.e. multiple component qualifications and delivery locations. A step-by-step guide of how to do this can be found at Apprenticeship User Guide. Last updated 24 June 2016 V3.0 Page 25 of 25