Getting Started With Making Cents

You can track your progress in Making InCENTive$ through SUNY Oneonta's Campus Connection.

To track your progress:

1. Go to connect.oneonta.edu/ in a web browser (you can even do this through your phone's web browser)
2. Sign in using your Single Sign-on
3. In the top right corner find your initials (or your photo if you have uploaded one)
4. Select Paths from the drop down menu
5. At the top Left of the My Paths page open the Progress for drop down
6. Select Making InCENTive$
7. Now you can look through your Making InCENTive$ Progress

Once you have followed the directions above to see your progress you can also look for additional things to satisfy the Making InCENTive$ path.

Here are two ways you can find additional items to fulfill the path:

1. Go to the Making InCENTive$ path progress page
   • Scroll to the bottom of the page
   • Here you will see drop downs that show the requirements of the categories
   • Click on a drop down to see items that will satisfy the requirements of that category
   • Click on an individual item to open details of that item
     • Here you can click View Events By Category
       • This will bring up events & activities that will satisfy the requirements of the category
     • If you are missing credit that you should have received you can also use Report Experience to let us know
       • Please give us 2 weeks after an event or activity to get the credit assigned
         • We will usually get it assigned more quickly (especially as the end of the semester approaches)
       • To report missing credit you would select Report Missing Credit in Making InCENTive$
         • We will then review to see if the credit has already been received
         • We may reject this if we have not entered data for a recent event, the credit will be assigned as soon as we can enter the data
2. You can also search for Making InCENTive$ credit through the events page:
   • Go to the events page
   • Open the Categories drop down
   • Find the Making InCENTive$ categories you are looking for

Join the Making Cent$ Organization on Campus Connection!

To complete this step please go to Campus Connection and find the Making Cent$ organization. Then select join organization. This is a requirement to completing Making InCENTive$ but it will also keep you up to do on events and activities that will help you complete your Making InCENTive$ path.

Making Cent$ of Life After College is a core activity of the Making Cent$ Program. To earn their Personal Finance Achievement Award, students must complete either the in person event or the self-guided activity at least once.

When a student completes this activity for the first time, they will receive the "Making Cent$ of Life After College" credit. If a student chooses to complete this activity multiple times, the assigned credit would depend on what category the students needs to fill the most. This activity is able to receive credits in these other categories: invest/retirement, tax, employment, save, budget, credit/debt management, and participation.

Money Personalities is a core activity of the Making Cent$ Program. To earn their Personal Finance Achievement Award students must complete this activity at least one time. Watch Campus Connection for in person and virtual sessions.

When a student completes this activity for the first time, they will receive the "Money Personalities" credit. If a student chooses to complete this activity multiple times, the assigned credit would depend on what category the students needs to fill the most. This activity is able to receive credits in these other categories: employment, save, and participation.

Tax activities will help you to understand some of the basics of taxes. This includes how to fill out your initial employment paperwork and considerations to make when it comes to filing your taxes.

Students must complete 4 events or activities with the Making InCENTive$ Tax Credit

The following activities are eligible to earn 1 credit in the Tax Category:

• INTD 1000 - Financial Decision Making
• FINC 2230 - Personal Finance
• Making Cent$ of Life After College (either in person or self-guided)
• Miscellaneous Financial Meeting (depends upon the meeting topic)
• Attend a Making Cent$ Presentation (depends upon the presentation topic)

Employment activities are meant to help you consider many of the aspects that you will consider with employment. These activities may cover initial employment benefits and paper work. Some of these activities will also encourage you to consider what you will earn in a future job or career and possibilities of earning extra money besides what you would get with your normal job or career.

Students must complete 4 events or activities with the Making InCENTive$ Employment Credit

The following activities are eligible to earn 1 credit in the Employment Category:

• INTD 1000 - Financial Decision Making
• FINC 2230 - Personal Finance
• Making Cent$ of Life After College (either in person or self-guided)
• Money Personalities
• FDIC - Your Income and Expenses
• CashCourse: Making The Most of Employee Benefits or Las prestaciones laborales
• Miscellaneous Financial Meeting (depends upon the meeting topic)
• Attend a Making Cent$ Presentation (depends upon the presentation topic)

Save events & activities are meant to help you understand the importance of saving on your every day life. This is separate from investing because it is meant to help guide you into creating healthy saving habits that will help you in emergencies or saving for those large items that you really want.

Students must complete 4 events or activities with the Making InCENTive$ Save Credit

The following activities are eligible to earn 1 credit in the Save Category:

• INTD 1000 - Financial Decision Making
• FINC 2230 - Personal Finance
• FDIC - Building Your Financial Future
• FDIC - Your Savings
• FDIC - You Can Bank on It
• Making Cent$ of Life After College (either in person or self-guided)
• Build a Savvy Spending Plan
• Miscellaneous Financial Meeting (depends upon the meeting topic)
• Money Personalities
• Attend a Making Cent$ Presentation (depends upon the presentation topic)

Budget events and activities are meant to help you understand budgeting and/or improve your budgeting knowledge.

Students must complete 4 events or activities with the Making InCENTive$ Budget Credit

The following activities are eligible to earn 1 credit in the Budget Category:

• INTD 1000 - Financial Decision Making
• FINC 2230 - Personal Finance
• FDIC - Your Spending and Saving Plan
• FDIC - Your Money Values and Influences
• Making Cent$ of Life After College (either in person or self-guided)
• Build a Savvy Spending Plan
• Miscellaneous Financial Meeting (depends upon the meeting topic)
• Attend a Making Cent$ Presentation (depends upon the presentation topic)

Activities that fulfill the Credit/Debt Management requirements will help you to understand many of the aspects of credit and debt and encourage you to make wise informed decisions in regards to your credit/debt management.

Students must complete 4 events or activities with the Making InCENTive$ Credit/Debt Management Credit

The following activities are eligible to earn 1 credit in the Credit/Debt Management Category:

• INTD 1000 - Financial Decision Making
• FINC 2230 - Personal Finance
• Making Cent$ of Life After College (either in person or self-guided)
• Student Loan Checkup
• FDIC - Borrowing Basics
• FDIC - Credit Reports and Scores
• FDIC - Managing Debt
• FDIC - Buying a Home
• FDIC - Using Credit Cards
• Making Cent$ Credit Report Check

The Making Cent$ Exit Interview will become available to you after you complete all of the other requirements of Making InCENTive$. There is a form on campus connection that you will fill out to let us know how the Making Cent$ Program helped you.