APPLY PAGE: Upn accessing the system fr the first time, yu will land n the Apply Page. This page will shw yu any currently pen pprtunities that yu can apply fr, as well as any relevant deadlines r ther infrmatin related t them. Review the prgram summaries and if applying fr funding thrugh the Let s Talk Abut It r Rad Schlars prgrams select presentatins/series. Select the prgram yu with t apply fr by clicking the Apply buttn. Yu can preview the applicatin withut having t save any wrk by clicking n the Preview buttn. T start a request click n the blue Apply buttn under the pprtunity yu d like t apply t. LOGON PAGE: Yu will access the system via the lg n page. The Nrth Carlina Humanities Cuncil may have prvided yu with a link t this page, r it may be hyperlinked n their website. It s recmmend that yu bkmark this page in yur internet brwser fr ease f access. If yu ve already created an accunt yu may enter yur email and passwrd and lg right in. Otherwise yu ll want t click n the Create New Accunt buttn. If at any time after creating an accunt, yu can t remember yur passwrd, yu may click n the Frgt Yur Passwrd buttn, enter yur email address and will be sent a link t reset yur passwrd.
CREATE NEW ACCOUNT: Creating a new accunt is a multi-step prcess; The first sectin cllects Organizatin Infrmatin; The secnd sectin cllects User Infrmatin; Sectins three and fur cllect Executive Officer infrmatin. After Organizatin Infrmatin has been entered click n the Next buttn. The next sectin is the User Infrmatin sectin, r YOUR infrmatin. If yu address is the same as yur rganizatin yu may use the Cpy Address frm Organizatin buttn t autmatically pull the address infrmatin frm the rganizatin address fields int the address fields in this sectin.
It is very imprtant t nte that the email address entered in the email/username field becmes the Applicant s Username in the system. Once the fields n the User Infrmatin sectin are cmpleted, click n the Next buttn. Please nte that shuld yu need t navigate t previus sectin in the registratin prcess, yu must use the Previus buttn at the bttm f each sectin in rder fr the infrmatin entered in registratin fields t remain intact. If yu attempt t navigate t the previus sectin by using their brwser's back buttn yu will lse all registratin infrmatin entered. In the next sectin yu indicate if yu are the Organizatin s Executive Officer (these will be the same user fields as abve) If yu are the executive fficer select Yes. Yu are taken t a sectin f ptinal fields that includes nly the fields that were nt required in the User Infrmatin sectin. If yu are nt the executive fficer select N, and cmplete the Executive Officer s fields. Once the executive fficer s infrmatin entered, clicking n the Next buttn t create a passwrd. Passwrd requirements are listed at the tp f the sectin, s the applicant can create their passwrd accrdingly. Once the passwrd is created, the applicant clicks the Create Accunt buttn.
EMAIL CONFIRMATION: Upn clicking Create Accunt yu will be taken t the Email Cnfirmatin page, s yu can cnfirm that yu are receiving emails frm the system. Fllw the nscreen instructins and click the Cntinue buttn t finish the registratin prcess. Nw yu have an accunt in this system, and remember, this is an accunt that yu will use fr bth present and future applicatins. APPLICATION FORM: Once in the applicatin, nte, that yur cntact infrmatin and rganizatin infrmatin autmatically ppulates at the tp f the frm. If yu d like a cpy the applicatin, yu can click the Questin List buttn. Once yu ve cmpleted the frm, yu may click the Applicatin Packet buttn t dwnlad a cpy f the questins and yur respnses. Yu may als update yur cntact infrmatin, and view yur email histry. Next, yu will simply wrk yur way thrugh the frm respnding t the fields. Nte that any fields with an asterisk are required fields and must be cmpleted prir t submitting an applicatin. As yu cmplete the frm, the system will aut-save every 100 characters typed r every time yu click ut f a field. Yu may cllapse questin grups as yu g, nce yu ve finished all f the questins in that grup, as an indicatr t yurself that yu ve cmpleted that sectin and reduce scrlling time Sme fields may have character limits.
Respnses that are lnger than the set limit will be saved, but an errr message will appear infrming the applicant the limit has been exceeded. Yu will nt be allwed t submit the frm until the length f the respnse has been decreased in accrdance with the limit. File uplad fields will nly accept ne file, per field. Uplad fields have size limits. If yu attempt t uplad a file that is larger than the set MiB limit, yu will receive an errr message infrming the applicant that the file is t large and the file will nt be saved. Uplad fields may als have File Type restrictins. If yu attempt t uplad a file type in an unaccepted file type acceptable file type yu will receive a warning that the file type is nt acceptable and yu will nt be able t uplad the file. Once a file has been upladed, it may be deleted by clicking the red X next t the file name and a new file can be upladed. Even thugh the system is aut-saving there is still a Save buttn at the bttm f the frm. When yu click save yu are taken t a cnfirmatin page s yu knw the save was successful. If yu click Cntinue yu will be taken back int the frm s yu can cntinue wrking. If yu save and exit the system, yu will access the draft f the frm frm yur Dashbard the next time yu lg in. Pick back up where yu left ff by clicking Edit link t the right f the request. When all f the fields are cmplete, submit the applicatin. If any required fields were nt cmpleted, r a respnse t a text questin type is lnger than the set limit, the system will nt allw the frm t be submitted. An errr message appears listing the fields that need t be cmpleted r edited. These fields are utlined in red s they are easy t identify as the applicant scrlls thrugh the frm. When a frm is submitted successfully, the applicant will be taken t a cnfirmatin page. When yu click Cntinue yu are taken t yur dashbard where yu can VIEW yur submitted request. Nte, that nce an applicatin has been submitted yu can n lnger edit it. Please nte, that yu will be autmatically lgged ut f the system after 90 minutes f inactivity (yu will receive a warning message at 80 minutes f the pending time ut ).
APPLICANT DASHBOARD: After yu d submitted r saved yur applicatin yu can return t yur applicant Dashbard by clicking n the Hme icn link in the navigatin menu. On yur Dashbard yu can view requests that have been submitted, Or yu can edit applicatins that yu have saved but have nt submitted. If yur request is apprved yu may be assigned Fllw Up Reprts t be cmpleted and submitted thrugh the system. EDITING YOUR PROFILE: If yu wish t edit yur accunt infrmatin r change yur passwrd, click yur name in the type right. This will expand a drp-dwn menu. If yu click Edit My Prfile, yu will be able t update yur user infrmatin r change yur passwrd. Be sure t click save in the bttm right nce yu ve finished.