Online Payments Pay.Gov®

Pay.Gov® Payment Provider allows applicants, students, and alumni to make credit card and ACH payments via the Application, Graduate Application, Student, or Alumni/Donor portals. Pay.Gov uses page redirection and may be used with or without Web Services for your portals. For information on setting up Web Services, see Managing CAMS Enterprise.pdf. You will need to select Pay.Gov as the Online Payment Vendor and enter the Online Payment Parameter as shown below.

To Set UP Pay.Gov Online Payment

  1. From the CAMS Enterprise Home page, click CAMS Manager >CAMS Portal >Portal Configuration >Payment Configuration. The Payment Configuration window opens with the Student tab selected.
  2. Select Pay.Gov from the Online Payment Vendor drop-down.
  3. Select Authorize After Payment if students should be authorized and moved to Official Registration after any payment is made.
  4. The Username and Password fields are not used with this provider.
  5. Multiple items can be listed on the payment page that a student can choose to pay. The Tuition TransDoc is determined by the TransDoc selected for the On Line Tuition Payment TransDoc drop-down in the Campuses reference table in CAMS Manager >Lookup Table Options >Table Maintenance. Refer to Online Payment TransDocs for instructions to add additional TransDocs.
  6. In the lower grid, right-click to create the five parameters’ Identifier and Value entries as provided to you by Pay.Gov. The Identifier values are:

Note: The Identifiers “app_name” and “form_id” are used for the Application Portal; “app_name_student” and “form_id_student” are used for the Student Portal. The Values entered here are unique to the Application and Student Portals.

  1. Once online payments have been made using Pay.Gov the payments will be available for transfer to billing from CAMS Manager >CAMS Portal >Transfer >Credit Cards (or Checks for ACH payments).
  2. Click the Alumni tab.
  3. Select Pay.Gov from the Online Payment Vendor drop-down list.
  4. The Username and Password fields are not used with this provider.
  5. Right-click in the Online Payment Parameters (static) grid to create the three parameters’ Identifier and Value entries as provided to you by Pay.Gov. The Identifier values are:

Note: The Values entered for the Identifiers “app_name” and “form_id” here are unique to the Alumni Portal.

  1. Online donations are recorded in CAMS Enterprise Development System Batch.
  2. Click CAMS Manager >CAMS Portal >Portal Configuration >Application Configuration.
  3. The Application Portal uses the same vendor as set for the Student portal.
  4. If you wish to allow applicants to pay the application fee online, click the Enable Application Online Payments checkbox. Additional fields display.
  5. Select the Application Fee Transaction Document and enter the Application Fee Amount.
  6. Check the Force Online Payment Prior to Submit New Application option if applicants must pay the fee prior to submitting their application.
  7. Online application fee payments are recorded in the ProspectAppFeePaid SQL table.

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