This training covers the high-level administrative functions that Community Entities, in their role as a local administrator of the BC Housing instance of HIFIS, might be expected to perform.  Topics covered include: user accounts; programs; reports; configuration for admissions, housing placements, food banks, waiting lists, and goods and services modules; lookup tables; the directory of services; people; custom tables and questionnaires; and various administrative tasks.

Total learning time is around 2.5 hours.

This training covers many administrative functions in HIFIS that might be delegated to someone who administers a portion of the system - a "Local" administrator. Topics covered include: service providers; user accounts; rights; programs; reports; coordinated access; configuration for admissions, housing placements, food banks, waiting lists, and goods and services modules; lookup tables; the directory of services; people; custom tables and questionnaires; and some system settings and administrative tasks.

Total learning time is around 3.5 hours.

This training covers all administrative functions within HIFIS and is useful for high level system administrators. Topics covered include: service providers; clusters; user accounts; rights; programs; reports; coordinated access; configuration for admissions, housing placements, food banks, waiting lists, and goods and services modules; lookup tables; the directory of services; people; custom tables and questionnaires; and various system settings and administrative tasks.

Total learning time is around 5.5 hours.

This HIFIS Guru-in-Training Program module covers the fundamental elements that are used to configure HIFIS, and is broken into three chapters.

• Chapter 1: Building Blocks covers Service Providers, Clusters, Places, and Programs

• Chapter 2: Users and Rights covers User accounts, Rights, and Rights Templates

• Chapter 3: HIFIS Fields covers Look-up Tables and other drop-down menus, Geographic Regions, Mandatories, and your data dictionary

Become the ultimate HIFIS master with the HIFIS Masterclass: Advanced HIFIS Use! This course covers:

• Custom tables

• Questionnaires & surveys

• Lookup tables

• People and places

• Mandatory and disabled fields

• Default programs

• Service inventories

Note: we recommend that you have completed HIFIS Masterclass: Basic HIFIS Configuration before you start this course.

A six-week course for communities at the earliest stages of HIFIS 4 pre-implementation. Covers planning and needs assessment, IT & legal requirements, consent and the basics of data collection.

• Week 1: Assembling Your Project Team
• Week 2: Partner Agencies
• Week 3: Service Providers & Clusters
• Week 4: Consent and HIFIS 4
• Week 5: Access to Client Files
• Week 6: Collecting Personal Information
• Bonus: Geographic Regions

An eight-week course for communities at the intermediate stages of HIFIS 4 pre-implementation. Covers HIFIS 4 modules, data sharing, rights and rights templates, user accounts, and user acceptance testing.

• Week 1: Staff Roles in HIFIS 4

• Week 2: Data Sharing & User Rights

• Week 3: Shelters

• Week 4: Housing & Case Management

• Week 5: Light Touch Services

• Week 6: Service Interruptions

• Week 7: Housekeeping & Creative Solutions

• Week 8: User Testing & Feedback

• Bonus: Point-In-Time Counts

A six-week course for communities approaching HIFIS 4 launch. Covers configuring your HIFIS 4 software and fine-tuning all the remaining details.

• Week 1: Administration & Supervision in HIFIS 4
• Week 2: Data Requirements & Reporting
• Week 3: Programs
• Week 4: Data Dictionary
• Week 5: Custom Forms
• Week 6: Inventories
• Bonus: By-Name Lists

A four-week course for communities who have their HIFIS 4 software set up and configured and want to make sure the changeover and post-launch phase goes smoothly.

• Week 1: Getting Ready to Press the Big Red Button

• Week 2: Users & Training

• Week 3: Logging Issues & Change Management

• Week 4: Quality Assurance

• Bonus: Data Conversion