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  1. Capability to prevent a student from withdrawing their submission when in Ready to Deliver Status

    Add a capability to prevent a student to from withdrawing their application when it is in the Ready For Delivery status. Allow only Administrators the capability to withdraw an application when in the Ready For Delivery Status. From our perspective when an application is at the Ready for Delivery Status the student is considered a current conferral candidate and should not be withdrawing their application at this status.

    1 vote

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  2. Allow changes to degree name after work is submitted for publishing

    Allow students and administrators to change the degree name if a wrong degree is selected.

    5 votes

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  3. Change language of standing order from "library copy"

    Not all standing orders go to the library, so this language can be confusing. Request to update the language to reflect "school" or "department" or something less specific.

    4 votes

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  4. Include replacement option for changed/deleted department names

    If you change/delete a department name, all the submissions that had it end up with a blank department field. Having an option for all those submissions to either retain the old department info, or to get a new name that the user enters as free text (like "Old Department (Legacy)") would be great.

    2 votes

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  5. Add possibility for 3 (or more) co-major professors

    Increase from limit of 2 co-major professors. Idea presented on behalf of Iowa State.

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Customization  ·  Admin →
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  6. Link in Re-submission email generated by ETD Admin.

    In addition to the link, add the text "or log into your ETD Account to re-submit your revised manuscript. Students will often try to use the link after it has expired and email asking for a new link.

    3 votes

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  7. Add degree date filter for reports

    Date Submitted is a current filter, but Degree Year and Month filters would be more help to us when running a report of ETDs delivered to our IR.

    8 votes

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  8. Separate metadata details in email templates

    It would be useful to have separate metadata tags for [Student First Name] and [Student Last Name], as some universities will list the student last name first in these emails.

    1 vote

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  9. committee approval emails

    allow for more than one recipient of the committee approval emails

    2 votes

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  10. Allow filter by "Locked" submissions

    It is sometimes necessary to see all our locked submissions in one place, but currently this filter is not available.

    2 votes

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  11. Update Merge Field Verbiage in Email Template Editor

    I LOVE having the ability to edit my own email templates! THANK YOU!

    To make these new screens more user-friendly, I have some suggestions for updating language for merge fields that the end-user can include in their templates.

    I have uploaded two image files that describe, in more detail, the request I have. Primarily, I want to request to distinguishing what exactly the merge fields are, and updating language slightly to more clearly define their intended use/output for the end-user.

    For example:
    1: Distinguishing in more detail the difference between the Admin and Primary Admin fields, and then more accurately…

    1 vote

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  12. Put checklist and decision on the same page

    Generally, our decision is based on the checklist--doing both from the same page would be helpful.

    7 votes

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  13. Add filters to dashboard for programs.

    It would be nice to be able to fiilter results in the ETD dashboard to view the impact of different programs. Allowing users to filter by "Degree Awarded" and "Department" would be a good way to do this.

    2 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Reporting  ·  Admin →
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  14. Configure Administrative Document requirements by degree type

    The Administrative Documents page is used to collect additional documents from students that are not directly related to the ETD submission process (e.g. Graduation exit surveys, approval forms, etc.). These documents can be made required or optional. However, some documents may be applicable to doctoral students but not masters, or vice-versa (e.g., Survey of Earned Doctorates).

    Consider allowing an Administrative Document to be required for Masters students only or for Doctoral students only.

    1 vote

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  15. Add option to include field for editor's name

    Add a field to the ETD Admin form to capture an editor's name

    1 vote

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  16. ETD Admin Reports - Report Management

    As an ETD administrator, I would like to be able to save reports with a set of selections that I choose so that I can run this report again without having to re-create it. I would also like to be able to edit the report and save these updates, or save a modified report with a different name.

    *ETD administrators - please add your comments and suggestions for this type of report management so we can ensure to capture what best meets your needs. We welcome your feedback. *

    2 votes

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  17. Customization of final approval "cleared checks" email

    Customization of final approval "cleared checks" email

    4 votes

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  18. Allow tags to be assigned from submission record page

    The tag chooser would be nice to have right under the tag info on the right sidebar.

    4 votes

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  19. Support for Undergrad Capstone Submissions

    Allow ETD Administrator to handle undergrad capstone submissions. Make changes to remove Masters and Doctoral teams, workflows to reflect undergrad requirements.

    8 votes

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  20. 3 votes

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