What we are actively working on
We’re actively refining the Calendar service and a few additional requests through the rest of the year. We are also making minor accessibility tweaks. Below are the enhancements currently in progress:
- Webtools - adding Skip to Content for accessibility. Done
- Webtools - adding user Favorites for quick navigation. Done
- Webtools - improved accessibility to the navigation and footer. Done
- Webtools - evaluate all five report PDFs for accessibility.
- Webtools Smart Navigation - in the Webtools settings, you can enable this feature. When editing, we will initially take you to where you most likely want to be.
- Email+ - convert 22,295 PDF reports to a new accessible version
- Forms - convert 121,314 PDF reports to a new accessible version
- Surveys - convert 47,831 PDF reports to a new accessible version
These are the enhancement requests submitted by users. Feel free to reach out with additional suggestions via the Contact Us form.
- Webtools Quick Links - new section on the Webtools home screen above the pods. This will be a quick list of the things you are currently working on.
- Short URL - URL analytics tag tracking. Add attributes that will be tracked when someone clicks on your URL.
- Email+ - add analytics to URLs when you are ready to send your email.
- Email+ - add instructions on the Files subtab.
- Directory - allow users to upload an audio file for how to pronounce their name and a name pronunciation text guide.
- Forms and Surveys - allow users to select a campus-branded skin for use with emails.
- Bulletins - on the settings general tab, add a special link that admins can share to allow users to "jump to" the proper place to add a bulletin in Webtools. This will bypass all of the normal navigation.
- New Campus Email Skins (target date Mar) - plan to roll out new campus-wide skins using the Branding team's designs.
- Webtools Analytics Subtab (target date Mar/April) - add a new subtab to the homepage "Analytics". This will display analytic information for the items you have added.
- Email+ Archives - an option where users can define an index page with a list of archived emails. These archived emails will be exact copies of the original emails. They can stay around indefinitely.
- Forms new date/time question type — this new question type will allow people to ask a single question for a date, a time, or both. It will also include advanced validation rules. Example: Valid date ranges are M-F from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
- Forms - multiple file upload at one time.
- Forms - add a JavaScript character or word count to long answers.