CV and NIH Biosketch (V2.1) includes the following functionality
CV DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS
- Help text and Contact Us information available on all new pages.
- Browser screen size adjustable to different monitor sizes.
- "Breadcrumbs" (similar to sitemap/last visited links) available on all new pages.
- Improved menu navigation and naming conventions.
TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS
- Coding practices that comply with standards and other tools.
- Improved database organization and structure.
- Streamlined code base to ease troubleshooting
- Reduced use of duplicated code for like functions.
- Ease of coding for future improvements.
- Separation of the business rules from the presentation logic
- Improved error logs
FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
CV
- Ability to create, edit, delete multiple CV documents
- Ability to duplicate or copy CV "templates" to build new or different CVs.
- An unlimited number of CV documents can be created.
- Improved CV creation rendering time.
- All data categories will be available for inclusion or exclusion in the CV.
- Data categories can be selected with a year rant to refine the data results.
- Clear all/Check all check boxes to make selection changes.
- Most CV Data appears in ascending order (where possible).
- CV can be created in PDF (uneditable) or (RTF) editable format.
- CV in RTF format can be edited in text editors such as MS Word.
- The PDF and RTF formats can be downloaded to a location of the user's choice.
- CV font is Helvetica and font sizes for the title, headers, and content are set.
Special Characters
- New special character palette that is available on all data entry (including additional information) and letters pages.
- Special character palette inserts special characters without the need to copy and paste HTML codes.
- Improved rendering for special characters.
Resequencing
- New "drag and drop" resequencing functionality that is much faster.
- Additional Information records AND/OR sections can be resequenced.
- PDF Uploads can now be resequenced.
- Presentations now sort in ascending order by Year and then any Month (if selected).
- Editorial and Advisory Boards now sort by Year.
- Lecture/Seminar/Lab/Other now sort by Term or Month. Both cannot be selected. If both are selected (legacy data) then the packet displays by Term.
- Special Advising now sorts in ascending order by Year.
- Curricular Development now sorts in ascending order by Year
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Editor
- WYSIWYG Editor added to Candidate's Statement, Position Description, Areas of Interest and all Additional Information screens.
- New lists and tables features.
- Now able to add an unlimited amount of records to sections.
Design My Packet
- Improved design for the Design Packet Extensive screen.
- "Edit in place" headers now available.
- New select all/clear all checkbox options.
*(A) Annotation indicators identify records with Annotations. - "Edit Annotation" links available for each publication record.
- Required fields are now indicated in the "Design My Packet" screen but do not prevent the packet from being created.
Annotations
- Footnotes now have a heading called "Footnotes:" that appear at the bottom of the page.
- Notations appearing at the front of publication numbers now have enough space to be displayed on the same line.
- A Notations legend now appears at the bottom of the page.
Format Options
- Bold, italic and underline options for any pattern in the publication Author, Title, Publication Name or Contributions to Jointly Authored Works fields.
- An unlimited amount of patterns can be formatted for the publication Author, Title, Publication Name or Contributions to Jointly Authored Works fields.
- HTML is not insterted into the database when using the new format options.
Contributions to Jointly Authored Works
- Year now displayed.
- Print/no print option now available on a per record basis for all Contributions to Jointly Authored Works.
Select Faculty Account (Switch Accounts)
- Select Faculty Account available on all Version 2 pages.
Data Entry
- "Last edited" date information added to all edit data entry pages.
- "This data appears in the (Packet, CV, etc.)" information added to all data entry pages.
- Easier and faster adding, deleting and updating for data entry.
- New required fields added. When editing an entry the new required fields must be entered before saving.
Ag. Experimental Station
- Year information has been added to PDF uploads (similar to Candidate's Statement).
Committees
- Title added to packet.
- Alphabetized Committees sub-categories.
Extending Knowledge
- Periods ( . ) have been added to the end of each Extending Knowledge record.
- Section heading have been added for "Broadcast, Print, or Electronic Media", "Workshops, Courses, Presentations, or Short Courses", and "Other".
Grants
- "Purpose/Goals" given a title and relocated from its location directly below "Title".
- "Type" and "Status" titles added.
- Grants data entry screens consolidated into one data entry screen.
Honors and Awards
- "Year" and "Description" titles added.
List of Evaluations
- "Course Number" and "Course Title" appear on the same line now.
- URL field added.
Publications
- URL field now available for all publication categories.
- "View this Article" links now appear in the previews.
- Publications data entry screens are now consolidated into one data entry screen.
PubMed Download
- New select all/clear all checkbox options.
- Improved and consolidated screens and download features.
Lecture/Seminar/Lab/Other
- Only Lecture, Seminar, Lab and Other categories available (all other categories are now "Other").
Student Advising
- Displays last five records (no Design My Packet print/no print options available)
Additional Information
- Now has a header.
- Now has a consistent font and font size with the rest of the packet.
- WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Editor available.