Usage

In this section you can find usage information and usage norms according to your role in CENTRAdmin. Different roles allow for different permissions and consequently, different modus operandi and norms.

Member Profiles

In the Manage Profile Screen one can Manage Publications, Change Password, Add Person Position and Edit Person Position after logging in.

User: Member Panel ‣ Manage Your Profile

Manager: Member Panel ‣ Manage Members ‣ Choose Member

Profile Information

Users can change their Profile Information at any time. These include it’s full name, email, website, phone, address and profile picture.

Manage Publications

Via Manage Publications one can check a Member’s ORCID profile by choosing ORCID Profile, Request Refresh from ORCID and check the Member’s Publications List.

Change Password

Users can change their CENTRAdmin’s password by choosing Change Password. If you don’t remembers your password, you can request it to be reset. You can do so via the Login screen or by simply following this link.

Person Positions

Users can and should keep their Position information up to date. They can do so by choosing Edit besides each Position’s summary in the Profile’s Position list.

Every time a new Position is created or edited, Managers are notified in order to validate it. When a Position is coming to an end, Members and Managers get notified in order to act accordingly.

Norms

• Keep profile information up to date, especially e-mail addresses and position information.

Announcements

Editors and Managers can add and manage existing Announcements. Announcements have a Title, Text, Thumbnail, Group, Start and End Date and the Group Only flag.

Events are listed in CENTRA‘s and the respective Group homepage since Start Date and will be archived (removed from front page) when End Date is reached. All past Announcements are listed in the respective News section since Start Date.

Announcements are tied to a Group so that Groups’ Announcements can be presented separately in the respective Group’s page while still gathering all Groups’ Announcements in CENTRA‘s page.

If an Announcement has the Group Only flag set, it is only visible from the Group’s page.

Adding Announcements

Manager/Editor: Member Panel ‣ Add Announcement

Editing Announcements

Manager/Editor: Member Panel ‣ Manage Announcements

Norms

• Keep titles short and informative.
• Minimize the use of the End Date parameter.

Announcement Spotlights

Editors can manage all Announcement Spotlights. A Spotlights is an association between an Announcement and an Image. Spotlights can have a Start Date and an End Date after which they no longer appear in the front page.

Manage Spotlights

Editor: Member Panel ‣ Manage Spotlights

Norms

• Make sure the Spotlight Image is at most 760px wide and at least 250px tall.

Events

Organizers can add and manage existing Events. Events have a title, a short description, a start time and and end time. Events can also have file attachments such as Presentations, Speaker Notes or Posters.

CENTRAdmin Events generate Notifications to the configured Contacts.

Adding Events

Manager/Organizer: Member Panel ‣ Add Event

Editing Events

Manager/Organizer: Member Panel ‣ Manage Events

Norms

• Always fill in the Start and End Date so that the Event properly shows up as ongoing in CENTRA‘s Front Page.
• Add attachments such as keynotes and others as soon as the Event is over.

Notifications

Documentation coming soon.

Mailing Lists

Documentation coming soon.