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titleCV and NIH Biosketch Improvements (V2.1)

CV and NIH Biosketch Improvements
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CV and NIH Biosketch
CV and NIH Biosketch

Prototypes
CV Prototype
NIH Biosketch Prototype

Requirements
CV Customer Specification
CV Functional Requirement
NIH Biosketch Customer Specification
NIH Biosketch Functional Requirement

CV and NIH Biosketch includes the following functionality

CV AND NIH BIOSKETCH 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.

CV AND NIH BIOSKETCH 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

CV AND NIH BIOSKETCH FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

CV

  • Ability to create, edit, delete multiple CV or Biosketch documents
  • Ability to duplicate or copy CV or Biosketch "templates" to build new or different CVs and Biosketchs.
  • An unlimited number of CV or Biosketch documents can be created.
  • Improved CV and Biosketch creation rendering time.
  • All data categories will be available for inclusion or exclusion in the CV.
  • Biosketch includes only the data categories required by NIH specifications.
  • Data categories can be selected with a year

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  • range to refine the data results.
  • Clear all/Check all check boxes to make

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  • easier data selections.
  • Most CV

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  • and Biosketch data appears in ascending order (where possible).
  • CV and Biosketch can be created in PDF (uneditable) or (RTF) editable format.
  • CV and Biosektch 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.
  • Biosketch font is Helvetica and font sizes for title, headers, and content are set as required by NIH Specifications.
  • Course No for courses added.
  • Extending Knowledge category added.

Special Characters

  • New special character palette that is available on all data entry

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  • 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

Manage Format Options

  • CV includes bold, italic and underline options for any pattern in the publication Author, Title, Publication Name

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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

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Design My CV and My Biosketch

  • Improved design for the Design CV and Design Biosketch screens.
  • Required fields are now indicated in the "Select My CV Display Options" and "Select My NIH Biosketch Display Options" screen but do not prevent the CV or Biosketch from being created.