1. The Mobius User Guide
2. Business Processes
3. News & Updates
4. Internal Mobius Login
5. Alberta Secure Assess Service (ASAS)
6. Mobius Suggestions

Features of the Manual

Navigation

1. The Mobius Manual Icon is located on the Alberta Works Policy Manual home page. Clicking on this Icon will bring you to the Mobius Manual home page.

2. The left navigation bar has seven sections and remains visible as you move around the manual.

   • Search takes you to the search feature where you can search for specific content. If you search from the home page of the Mobius Manual you can search various areas of Mobius. See the Search section below to learn more about the search tool.
   • Help brings you to the page you are viewing now.
   • Tools and Resources provides you with fact sheets, tip sheets, glossaries, as well as a collection of helpful links and other related information, such as Mobius Quick Reference Guide 2011.
   • Forms houses applications and supplementary documents required by Albertans to access Alberta Works programs and services.
   • Current Mobius Projects provides you with information about the ongoing changes and improvements to Mobius. It contains newsletters and project updates, project contact lists, Questions & Answers (Q &A) and other information to keep you up to date about Mobius projects in progress.
   • Complete Index takes you to a detailed table of contents. You can click on any link listed to go directly to that area.
   • Clipboard (available once you are within a Topic of the manual) provides you with a way of printing or e-mailing multiple sections of the content to a colleague or client. See the Clipboard section below to learn more about this tool.
   • The Mobius logo will return you to the Mobius Manual home page when you click on it.
   • The Alberta Works logo is available to take you directly to the Alberta Works Policy Manual home page.
      
3. The top navigation bar on the Mobius Manual home page has one element of Select Document. Once you click items on this page, the top navigation bar has four elements.
   • Select Document: allows you to jump between topics.
   • Jump to Part/Section: allows you to switch between Sections or a Topic within that area.
   • Print Section: allows you to print a complete section of the content you are in.
   • Previous/Next: allows you to advance through the content as if you were reading a paper copy. This is different from the Back and Forward buttons on your browser, which allow you to move back and forward to recently viewed web pages.
      
4. Published Date is the date the article becomes effective in the manual.

Main Body of Text

The information at the top of the article contains the Manual Topic, the Section and/or Sub-sections so that you can go back up a level. At the lowest level is the main body of your article. It works the same as the Alberta Works Policy Manual.

In this manual, the content is displayed on one screen and are set up the same way:

1. Left navigation bar
2. Top navigation bar
3. Main body of text

In addition to the content there are four important features on each article page:

• Bookmark this page adds this article to your Browser Favourites – just like an ‘Add to my favourites’ feature.
• Select Previous Policy allows you to select replaced versions of the current content. The default is always the current Policy article.
• Related Information allows you link to topics or other resources that are related to the current Policy article (e.g., Forms), within the content of the policy.
• Clipboard icon adds the page you are viewing to your Clipboard for later reference. See Clipboard below for more information.

How to Find the Information You Need

This policy manual gives you several different ways to find the information you are looking for:

1. Search for the information you are looking for. See the Search section below to learn more about the search tool.
2. Browse by heading. This is the traditional ‘drill down’ method for finding content from the main body of the manual, one click at a time.
3. Complete Index. Using this link in the left navigation bar allows you to view a detailed table of contents for the manual Click on the heading you want, to take you directly to that article.
4. Favorites. Using your bookmarked Favourites in your internet browser click on the link to go directly to the article. Over time, you will likely have several favourites stored, so be sure to organize them into logical groupings within your internet browser.
5. Select Document. Use this function to search by jumping between Topics.
6. Jump to Part/Section. Use this function to search by jumping between Sections of the Manual.

Search

Follow these steps to search for content.

1. Select Search from the navigation bar.
2. Type a word or phrase you are searching for (e.g., skills investment) into the Search Terms text box.
3. Select at least one document you want to search through.
4. Click the Search button to perform the search.
5. Search results will be returned below the search box.

The search function will locate articles that contain words entered in the search term box as well as related keywords.

Note
If your Internet Browser is running in compatibility view, your search may display other sections of the manual in the search results.  To resolve this, you will need to turn off the compatibility view by clicking the button that looks like a torn page in the address bar and proceed to search with it off.

Search Tips: Click on the link for Search Tips, and the Google Search Tips will appear in a new window.

Keywords

Keywords have been entered into the Mobius Manual for articles to assist users who may refer to some particular item by words that are NOT found in the content. A document will also be returned if you search for a word that is found within the article.

Clipboard

The Clipboard allows you to print or e-mail multiple sections of the articles to yourself, a colleague, or client.

1. From Search Results: select the items to add to your clipboard by checking the ‘add to clipboard’ box within the results shown and then on Update Clipboard to have them added.
2. From the article select the paperclip icon, to Add to clipboard.
3. Click on the ‘Clipboard’ button.

When items are added to your Clipboard the left-hand navigation bar will show you how many items you have placed in your Clipboard. The number of items the Clipboard can contain is limited. Clipboard will be cleared upon closing your browser and will not be available to reference the next time you open your manual.

Printing

You can print an entire Section or Sub-section of the manual by clicking the Print Section button.

Glossary

There are two types of Glossaries:

1. The Glossary link under “Tools” is a list of acronyms, defined terms and phases listed in alphabetical order for all of the Mobius Manual.
2. The second type of Glossary can be found when you within an article.

Acrobat Reader

Some of our documents have been prepared in Adobe Portable Document (PDF) format because it is quick and easy to convert documents to the web, and the software is free and accessible to most computer users. If you do not currently have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC, you will need to visit the Adobe Acrobat website to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Adobe site provides complete download and installation instructions.

If You Have Questions

Comments and Suggestions

To ensure that this site continues to meet your needs, we would like to hear from you. If you would like to add a tool, resource, keyword(s) or have other comments or suggestions please provide your feedback.

Specific questions on content or interpretation should be directed to the appropriate area listed below:

1. If you are a Training Provider, contact your Regional Student Funding Contact in Edmonton at 780‑427‑3722, or toll free in Canada at 1‑800‑222‑6485.
2. If you are a prospective client of Alberta Human Services, visit a training provider or the Alberta Service Centre in your community.
3. If you are now receiving funding from Alberta Human Services, please contact your case manager or the Student Funding Contact Centre in Edmonton at 780‑427‑3722, or toll free in Canada at 1‑800‑222‑6485.