Certifier Effort Quick Access Guide

All certifiers who have effort reports that need to be certified in the GWeb Information System during the current effort cycle will receive an email notification.

These are the steps that need to be taken:

1. Make sure you are logged in to VPN.
2. Go to https://it.gwu.edu/gweb, login to current faculty & staff.
3. Select the tab Employee Information Menu.
4. Select Employee Dashboard.
5. On the right side of the screen select Effort Certification.

To Certify your Effort Report (only if you had effort on a sponsored project for this period):

6. On the left side of the screen select the tab Certify My Effort.
7. Your effort report will now be displayed.
8. You can then double click on your report, look at the pay details and certify. Completed.

To Review and Certify Effort Reports that you are responsible for (reports assigned to you for certification):

6. On the left side of the screen select the tab Review or Certify Reports.
7. Under Advanced Search select Chart of Account Code: Z and Effort Period Code: Current Cycle.
8. The reports that you are responsible for will now be in your queue.
9. You can then double click on an individual, look at their pay details and certify. Completed.

More detailed instructions, user guides, and demos can be found here:  https://controller.gwu.edu/labor-effort.