Intro to PAWS
Brown Bag Workshop
Ceil Thomas
Office of Communications and Marketing
PAWS.gru.edu
(Portal And Web Services)
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PAWS replaces the HI Intranet
(hi.gru.edu) and eventually the MyMCG
portal in early 2014.
Serves as the primary source for internal
communications through an enterprisewide portal
Connect and engage all employees
including faculty, physicians, staff, and
students.
Increase usability and navigational
functionality
Increase relevance of content and
applications
PAWS History
In 2010, decided to
invest in the
redeployment of an
employee intranet
Multiple focus
groups and
employee surveys
were conducted to
evaluate needs
In April of 2013, the
enterprise unveiled
PAWS.
Task Force was
established
Microsoft
SharePoint was
selected as platform
Benefits of PAWS
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Streamlined authoring process
Faster turnaround time for new pages and changes
Greater consistency
Improved site navigation
Increased site flexibility
Support for decentralized authoring
Increased security
Reduced duplication of information
Greater capacity for growth
There are guidelines regarding what content can be placed on the PAWS
home page
Please check with your department leadership about the status of
migrating to PAWS
If you have a request, please email paws@gru.edu
PAWS Training
• Nearly everyone using the new intranet will need
some type of training on how to navigate the editing
process.
• Next PAWS Training Session on September 17.
PAWS Training registration: gru.edu/ocm/pawstraining.php
Quick
Access
applications
toolbar
Drop down menu
to navigate to
websites
People Finder to
look up employee
information
Alerts from IT and
HR Training
opportunities
Latest
live-streaming
news
Click to access individual
department pages like
OCM and HR
Links to
templates, logos,
and branding
guidelines.
Links to
frequently used
forms, benefits,
compensation,
etc.
How to make PAWS your homepage
• Open PAWS in your web browser. (paws.gru.edu)
• If you are using IE, select Tools from the top menu and Internet
Options from the drop down.
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Select “Use Current” in the first option “Home page”.
• If you are using FireFox, open PAWS in the web browser.
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Select the Tools drop down and then select Options, and then select
Options again.
Select the “General” tab. Select “Use Current Page” and the PAWS site will
come up every time you open FireFox.