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FY25.1.x: Functional Design (Slate+Academics)

FY25.1.x: Functional Design (Slate+Academics)

Executive Summary

The purpose of this document is to detail the functional design of the tools that will be used to facilitate the Slate + Academics Platform that will be deployed with this project.  It will be supplemented with a more detailed Technical Design that covers the specifics of the application elements that will comprise the overall toolchain.

Functional Components

The following sections will detail the functional components that are required to successfully implement this project.

  • Faculty Information System
    • Every faculty member will have the below tabs, sections, widgets, and fields on their record in Slate. On each page other than the Dashboard, each section can be expanded/collapsed by clicking a plus/minus sign.
      • Dashboard (all fields read-only)
        • Basic Information
          • First name
          • Preferred name
          • Last name
          • Email address
          • CUID
          • UNI
        • Biography
        • Contact Information
          • Email
          • Work phone
          • Mobile phone
          • Other phone
          • Office number
          • Office building
        • Employment Information
          • Title
          • Primary department
          • Status
          • Most recent teaching term
        • Highest Degree Attained
          • Level
          • Degree
          • Institution
        • Emergency Contact Information
          • Name
          • Relationship
          • Phone
          • Email
      •  Profile
        • Basic Information (read-only)
          • First name
          • Preferred name
          • Last name
          • Email address
          • CUID
          • UNI
        • Biography (editable)
          • Biography
          • Last updated date
        • Demographic Information (read-only)
          • Sex
          • Race
          • Country of origin
          • Languages spoken
        • Contact Information (read-only)
          • Primary email
          • Secondary email
          • Office phone
          • Home phone
          • Cell phone
          • Office location
        • Address Information (read-only)
          • Permanent address
          • Mailing address
        • Emergency Contact Information (read-only)
          • Name
          • Relationship
          • Phone
          • Email
        • Employment Information (read-only)
          • Title
          • Primary department
          • Employment status
          • Rank
          • Most recent term
        • Degrees (editable widget)
        • Professional Interests (editable)
          • Research Interests
          • Teaching Interests
          • Clinical Interests
          • Service Interests
        • Social Media (editable widget)
        • Licenses and Certifications (editable widget)
      • Positions
        • Columbia Positions (read-only widget)
        • Employment History (Non-CU) (editable widget)
      • Teaching History (read-only widget)
      • Scholarly Contributions (All sections editable widgets)
        • Journal Articles
        • Abstracts
        • Conference Proceedings
        • Other Scholarly Work
        • Patents and Intellectual Property
        • Poster Presentations
        • Presentations
        • Reviews
        • Technology
        • Books
        • Chapters
        • Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blogs, Podcasts
        • Other Teaching Materials
        • Datasets
        • Case Studies
      • Service (All sections editable widgets)
        • Service to Program
        • Service in SPS
        • Service in A&S
        • Service in Institutes, Centers, and other Academic Units
        • Service in University
        • Service to Profession
      • Other Faculty Activities (All sections editable widgets)
        • Honors and Awards
        • Grants
        • Professional Memberships
        • Professional Development
        • Instructional Development
    • Full-Time faculty members will have the following tabs, sections, and fields
      • Full-Time Faculty Review History
        • Editable Widget
          • Review Type
          • Year
          • Status
      • Full-Time Faculty Workload 
        • Editable Widget
          • School Year
          • Fall Course Commitment
          • Spring Course Commitment
          • Fall Course Release
          • Spring Course Release
          • Fall Course Release Justification
          • Spring Course Release Justification