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Change Department list to a drill-down section (and maybe include degree?)
Giving students a long list to choose from, especially when they're in that "Oh please I just want to be finished" stage of degree completion, is not very friendly, if we can have a drill-down instead. This would be especially useful if, as at my institution, some departments in different schools have similar names.
If we can mimic the way Qualtrics handles drill-downs, you just create it with a simple .csv file, which you just edit and re-upload to make updates. It creates however many levels as there are columns in the spreadsheet, but if you just want one big…
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Allow administrative files to be ingested into IR
During set up, we were advised to use the administrative files as a location where students could upload unredacted, full versions of their ETD (in the event that their work contained copyright material for which they did not have permission to publish online). However, we stumbled upon an issue where administrative files are not able to be deposited into our institutional repository (Esploro platform). Since our IR is the authoritative record for these works, not ETD Admin we would like to see all content that a student submits through the ETDAdministrator to be populated in our local IR records.
Due…
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committee approval emails
allow for more than one recipient of the committee approval emails
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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.
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Separate field for author name suffixes
Currently, when Joe Schmoe Jr. submits his work, there's a good chance he puts "Schmoe Jr." as his last name, meaning that when I try to search by last name later on, "Schmoe" doesn't find him. A separate field for Jr./III/Sr./etc would be very helpful.
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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.
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Add option to include field for editor's name
Add a field to the ETD Admin form to capture an editor's name
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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.
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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.
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Allow changes to the delivery address after work is submitted for publishing
Allow students to change their delivery address through the ETD site, before submission is delivered for publishing.
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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.
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ETD Admin Reports - Generate reports across multiple sites
As an ETD primary administrator I would like to be able to manage reports across multiple sites at the same time. This means I could apply all report management options such as change report structure, naming, and running of reports easily by setting up the same report to run across multiple sites.
*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. *
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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. *
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ETD Admin Reports - Schedule reports
As an ETD administrator, I would like to be able to run reports on a regular basis automatically on a schedule that I set in ETD Admin.
Call to Action: ETD ADMINS please comment and add how you would want this scheduled reports feature to work for your needs! :)5 votes -
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.
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Allow for non-traditional / non-pdf File Types as main file
For graduate programs that have a movie or audio file as the primary output of the program, I would like to have that file be the primary file. Currently the ETD Administrator workaround of putting in "placeholder" pdf and including the main file as a supplemental file does not meet my needs.
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3 votes
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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.
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Provide an option to notify (email) the student when their submission is assigned to an administrator
Provide the option to automatically email the student (perhaps through a check box) when their submission is assigned to another administrator.
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Customization of final approval "cleared checks" email
Customization of final approval "cleared checks" email
4 votes
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