Friday November 2 Updates

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We would like to have a thought for our partner universities on the East Coast who may have been hit by hurricane Sandy early this week. We hope that everything soon comes back to normal if not already.

On our end we made additional improvements to the CampusGroups platform this week:

1) New Manage Menu:
A consolidated menu with cleaner design for a smoother user experience will be live shortly.

2) Documents searchability:
Photos and documents will be searchable from the main search bar. Mini search bar in the Documents section has been removed.

3) Privacy Settings:
Some users reported getting a 500 error. We made sure this is not the case anymore.

4) Members:
Year of registration and year of membership end are now displayed on membership cards.

5) Groups:
Officers can now set groups to appear on members' profiles as visible to all, visible to group members only or hidden.

6) Forms & Surveys:
Notifications when a survey/form has been completed are now sent by email even if the user is not logged in.

7) Profile:
Users can now decide which groups they want or don't want displayed on their profile.

8) Emails:
The group name is now displayed on any email sent from the 'contact us' email address on the groups list page or on the group's website.

9) Money:
We fixed the counter which displayed the number of transactions inaccurately.

Friday October 26 Updates

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A few bug fixes this week:

1) We made sure that pending members are not able to access "Members only" web pages and cannot RSVP to "Members only" events before they get validated by an officer of the group.

2) Users can now properly browse photos on IE9 with CG's photoslider.

3) IE fix, some content were carried across Web sites when going from one group Web site to another. This issue was due to IE ajax caching.

4) If a student does not have a month of graduation set and the group membership end date is set to "Ends at graduation" the month value will be set to school's Graduation Month (this is a school wide setting).

5) Deleted events will not appear in the Approve Events section anymore.

6) Uploading files to forms when not logged on is now possible.

7) Quick fix in the Group Activity section, links to photos are now linking properly again.

8) API bug fix on the CreateUpdateMember method.

9) Uploading documents with a " ' " in the name of the file is now working fine again.

 

Upcoming changes (next week):

- Removal of the mini search bar in the Photos/Docs section. Photos and documents are now searchable via the main Search Bar, just like People, Events, Emails, etc.

- API: we are creating a new documentation page available to all school administrators.

- Implementation of a new Manage Menu design* with cleaner and faster navigation, which you can preview right here.

 

*Subject to change.

Friday October 19 Updates

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1) Surveys & Forms: 
Users can now print surveys and forms as PDF docs.

2) Calendar:
Loading time was improved. Users can now see and access  their calendar page 5 times faster. Additionally the iCal link is now  accessible when viewing events lists.

3) Websites:
Bug fix on the Website slideshow (all photos will not be displayed correctly).

4) Photos & Docs:
Photos are now directly resized during the  upload process. Photos and Docs are now searchable in the search bar.

5) Groups:
Membership fees are now displayed even when the associated caption is empty.

6) Members:
Membership end date can now be set to "End at graduation" so that it actually ends on the month and year the student graduates. Also users added with the "Add multiple  members" link are now automatically verified. No more email  verification necessary.

7) Discussion Board:
Bug fix, officers can now manage all discussion boards no matter the privacy.

8) Feed:
School admins, group officers and the author of a post can now delete posts from the feed.

9) Design:
A new school/group feed post box provides a more uniform look and feel as shown on our blog: /campusgroups/new-feed-posting-icons

 

Publishing your CampusGroups Events on Flat Screens - Kellogg School of Management

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Though a natural synergy this initiative is the first of its kind and a great collaboration between CampusGroups and the Kellogg School of Management.

Today anyone visiting the school will get to see all Kellogg's events as created and updated in CampusGroups on each of the school's flatscreens. No more info emailing for rooms or dates changes, etc. It is now all updated in real-time directly from CampusGroups!

Quick Guide to create a new Group

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Getting started as a Group Admin this Year? Here are a few Guidelines to create a new Group in CampusGroups.

 

Login

1) Login to CampusGroups.
 


Select the Admin Group

2) Click  on the 'Manage' Button on the right of the Search Box.

3) Select the Admin Group for your School (Usually the School Name or Student Government Group).


Display your Admin Control Panel

4) From the Admin Group Home Page click on the "School Admin" Tab.
 


Click on Create a Group

5) Click on "Create A Group". 


Set up your Group

6) Enter your new Group Information. Mandatory Fields are indicated by a red Asterisk (*).

            x Mandatory Fields(*): Group Name, Type, Category and Acronym.
            x Other Information:
                              o Parent Group.
                              o Group Email.
                              o Mission.
                              o What we do.
                              o Publish, Admin.
            x Collect Users: You can collect Users via a Variety of Options.
            x Address.
            x Email.

            x Sign up Options.
            x Membership Fees.

7) Click on "Save".


Get Started

8) After submitting your Group Information you will receive an Email asking you to verify your Email Address.
-> Click on the Link in the Body of the Email and you will be prompted to the Login Page. 
You will also receive a second Email with your Login and Password along with a few quick Tips to get started with CampusGroups.

9) Enter the Login and Password that you chose when entering your Group Information.

10) If you forgot your Password you can click on the “Forgot Password” Link. You will be asked to enter your Email Address and your Password will be sent to you.  
   
NOTE: If you are a Club Officer check the “I am an officer, I need my group password” Checkbox.

11) Clicking on the “Help” Link will open up an Email Window allowing you to email our Support Team directly.

12) Once you have entered your Login and Password you can check the “Remember me” Checkbox and your Login Information will be saved for your next Visit.

13) After logging in you will be prompted to your Group Home Page.  In the yellow Message Box you will see a “Setup Wizard” Link. Click on it. Below are the "Setup Wizard" Steps.

                      STEP 1: Review and validate your Group Settings and click on the “Save” Button.
                     
                      STEP 2: Enter the list of your Group Officers and their Positions. If you have more than 10 Officers click on the “Add 10 more officers” Button. Once you are done entering your Group Officers click on “Save and Continue”.

                     STEP 3: Enter the List of your Group Members. If you have more than 10 Members click on the “Add 10 more members” Button. Once you are done entering your Group Members click on “Save and Next”.

14) Once you have completed all "Setup Wizard" Steps you will see a “Settings” Link on top of your Group's Home Page. Once you are done entering your Group Information click on the “Save” Button at the Bottom of the Screen.