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Channels – Channels provide interactive information for the user.  A channel is one block of information on a MyUA Portal page.  Channels can have targeted, non-targeted, interactive and static content.

Content – Content is the information and services displayed in a channel containing links, text and images.

Custom – The term custom is used to describe a tab or channel that is created by or modified by the user of MyUA.

Layout – Layout is the term used to describe what the content of portal page looks like. It is a combination of tabs, columns, and channels.

Luminis – The name of the suite of software products, developed by SunGard SCT, that runs the MyUA portal.

Predefined – Predefined refers to those tabs and channels that users receive by default.  When a user first logs into MyUA the content shown is Predefined. This content was chosen as the most pertinent to most users; however, users can remove content or add their own at will.

Role – MyUA users are assigned one or more roles based on information extracted from Banner, the UA database containing all of the university's information. A user will have the role of ‘student’, ‘faculty’ or ‘staff’ or any combination of the three. The portal software uses roles to personalize content presented to users, so  that if you are a staff member and a student, you will see both tabs.

Tabs – Tabs are sectional navigation tools in the portal. Just as a section of the newspapers' contains stories on the same topic, tabs usually contain channels with a common theme. Predefined tabs appear in the portal according to the user’s role. Users can also create their own tabs.

Targeted Content Channels – Content for channels can be targeted at users based upon their role or access group.

CAM – MyUA Channel Administrator

MAU (Major Academic Unit) – UAA, UAF and UAS

MAU (Major Administrative Unit) – UAA, UAF and UAS plus Statewide Administration (SW)

Statewide – Administration for the entire University of Alaska.

UA Username – First letter of your first name, first letter of your middle name and your last name possibly with a number after it. A University of Alaska Username is assigned in the Banner system and uniquely identifies a student, faculty or staff member.

UserID or UA ID or UA User ID – University of Alaska System ID – 30 Million number - A University of Alaska UserID (variously referred to as student ID, employee ID, UA ID, UAOnline ID, Banner ID and University of Alaska System Identification Number) is also assigned in the Banner system and uniquely identifies a student, faculty or staff member. UserID is an 8 digit number; the same number found on official paper work for an individual and the ID used to login to UAOnline