Logging In & Out Tutorial

Whatever your role, the first thing you'll need to do to begin using ECWeb is to log in.

The Login Screen

To log into ECWeb, open your web browser and go to vaww.ecweb.ethics.va.gov

In the NT Username field, enter the same username you use to log into your computer.

Enter Password.1 (with a capital P) in the password field the first time you log into ECWeb. (Be sure to change the password soon after you log in. Then use the new password on all subsequent logins.)

Then click the Submit button to log in.

The Welcome Screen

On the Welcome page, you have two choices:

• You can enter your facility's "live" ECWeb area to begin entering records for actual consultations.

• Or, if you'd prefer to practice before you begin working with "live" records, you can choose the training area of ECWeb.

To enter the "live" area of ECWeb: If you work at more than one VA facility, choose the facility you want from the Facility pull down list.

If you've been assigned more than one role in ECWeb, choose the role you want for the session from the Role pull down list.

Then click the Submit button.

The Main Menu

The first screen you'll see after successfully logging in is the Main Menu for the role you selected.

Make sure that your name and facility are listed correctly at the top of the screen.

The menu is the "home page" that will be the starting point for most of the work you'll do in ECWeb. You can learn what's behind each of options available on the menu in the tutorial topics of this learning module.

Logging Out

Once you've completed all of your work in ECWeb, you'll need to log out.

To log out of ECWeb, just click Exit System - either on the Main Menu, or in the upper right-hand corner of many other screens.

The Training Area of ECWeb

Let's look briefly now at the training area of ECWeb.

After you've entered your username and password and logged in, to access the training area instead of your facility's "live" area, just click the link at the bottom of the Welcome screen.

The main difference between the training and "live" areas of ECWeb is that a watermark that says TRAINING AREA - NO REAL DATA appears on every page of the training area.

The watermark is there to remind you of the most important rule you need to follow in the training area - namely:

• Do NOT enter any real information into the training area of ECWeb. This includes no identifiable health information, no names of real people (even public figures), and no names that may be copyrighted, such as Bugs Bunny or Homer Simpson.

• DO use fictitious names such as Doctor One or Sample Consultant.

Other than that, you can test the data fields and review the functionality as much as you would like in the training area.

One other difference between the training and "live" areas of ECWeb is that, unlike the "live" area, the training area is shared by all ECWeb users. As a result, any data that you enter in the training area will be visible to ECWeb users at all VA facilities.

This is another good reason to be careful to enter only fictional data in the training area.

Accessing ECWeb Remotely

If you plan to access ECWeb remotely - for example, through VPN or a thin client - you should be aware of one other thing.

You may be prompted for an additional login before you reach the ECWeb login screen. If the window shown here appears, enter the username and password you normally use to log into your computer - with one slight difference.

You'll need to enter a few extra characters before the username, followed by a backslash.If you are working in a field facility, you will enter VHAXX\ (where XX is your VISN number). You may know this as your "domain". If you work in the central office, you will enter dva\.

Note that the Backslash key is just above the Enter key on most keyboards.