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Allow application for course to be accessed even when registration is closed or hasnt opened GH2113
This is important for anything like basic climbing that has a longer application that they want people to be able to fill out ahead of time. Right now you can add the application to the course but it doesn't show in the portlet until registration opens.
7 votesPotential students will now see the info and link to the course application or that the course require leader’s permission even if the course is not yet open for registration.
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Add the Registration Date/Time to the Course Registration Edit Form GH1965
Add the Registration Date/Time to the course registration modal dialog and only show it to site admins so that we can have more flexibility in making waitlist and other roster adjustments to course like we do for activities.
5 votesJan 2017
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Course feedback form should request that students name their instructor
Course feedback form should request that students name their instructor so we can learn from the good instructors and help the poor ones. Currently the comments are lumped together. Comments like "my instructor was great" and "my instructor was poor", don't do us any good because we don't know who they are talking about.
2 votesThe course related field trip surveys now include the following text to help identify which instructors may need additional support. “Could you give the reasons why you rated the instructors the way you did?
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Make the course application hyperlink text into a more prominent blue button GH2176
Currently, there is tiny hyperlink text above the register button for a course for a person to submit an online application. I would like to see that as a prominent blue button above the yellow register button. The hyperlink text just doesn't jump out.
1 voteOct 2017
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Allow a course to have multiple course types GH1640
I'd like to be able to list a course under two categories. For example Winter Travel for Everett was snowshoeing and cross country skiing so should be able to be listed under both. Scramble leader seminars or hike leader seminars ideally should get an outdoor leadership and the activity type tag
2 votesCourses now can have multiple course types. THis lives in the course template and is particularly useful for courses like winter travel that need to be earmarked as Snowshoe and Cross Country Ski or hiking and backpacking seminars that cover both activity types.
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Make separate feedback form for instructors at field trips GH1865
Feedback form is identical for both participants and instructors at a field trip - the questions should be tailored differently.
19 votesWe had a separate instructor feedback form for course listings only and now we have a separate form for instructors at field trips rather than the same form as participants.
We are now gathering info about whether leaders felt prepared for their role in addition to the regular safety and curriculum feedback info.
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Student Enrollment Notifications for Leaders GH1869
Would like to request the ability to have notifications sent to leaders when students enroll in a course. This is particularly important for some of the ongoing course listings like Naturalist Study Group.
3 votesWhen you set up or edit a course, you can no request that notifications for roster changes (e.g. student registers, cancels or moves from waitlist), by checking the box for this.
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Add to courses an "Instructor Capacity" to limit the number of instructors
Courses currently have a "Student Capacity" to limit student enrollment but do not have an "Instructor Capacity" to limit instructor enrollment. This can create situations where too many instructors sign up, which in turn can create problems wherein too many instructors show up and have nothing to do, or can create create additional work for course leaders to reach out to instructors and ask them to cancel. Either way, it creates an awkward situation in an organization where we want to gratefully encourage as much volunteering as we can.
Note that it is possible set limits on the number of…
0 votesThe instructor slots for a course are designed to be a roll up of all instructors helping out with a course that has multiple field trips and lectures. I think it would be best to use our new single seminar and clinic functionality for activities like the backcountry snowshoeing skills instructor clinic. Listing as a clinic means you can designate the title to be whatever you want, have earned badges AND most importantly for you be able to designate how many instructor slots you want and participant slots.
Once there is an activity template you can simply schedule like you would a snowshoe or hike.
Learn how to schedule them here: https://www.mountaineers.org/volunteers/leader-resources/schedule-a-course-clinic-or-seminar/schedule-a-course-clinic-or-seminar#scheduleclinic
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Make it so you can see leaders permission on course activities GH1675
When you sign up for course related activities you are doing it through the manage registration portal and there is no note showing that the leader asked for leaders permission.
3 votesCompleted April 2016. Now you can see leader’s permission via the Manage Registration dialogue box and on the course requirements tab along with links to get you to the form to request permission.
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Add info to the "Course Requirements" tab GH1484
On the "Course Requirements" tab:
Stack the dates if there are Start and End Dates.
Add 1-2 columns that show the participant availability and status.
- Availability is either "29 available" or "8 waitlisted."
- Status is Opens mm/dd/yy, Closes mm/dd/yy, or Closed.
- If we have room for two columns great if not, one column titled "Availability/Status" with the info stacked should be okay.Add a column with the leader's name that is a link to their My Profile modal dialog.
3 votesMore information is now listed in the course requirements tab for all lecture and field trip listings.
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Organize course field trips in My Courses area better for admins/leaders GH1629/1645
In the My Courses area I currently see too many activities populating under the Courses I am leading and managing. Can we make the field trips,lectures, optional activities for that Course only show in one of these two ways
1) Only activities within the start and end date range of the course for which they are shown
2) Show first ten trips with a More link to show the rest.
3) any other ideas?
If we do number 1 would that make it so that participants who are in their second year unable to see the field trips they are…
7 votesYou can now toggle your courses in the My Courses area to show or hide the course related activities. Please note that you can also search for courses with the date range above.
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Add Ability to Grant Badges to Instructors from Course Activities SD657
Add the ability to add badges to instructors for successfully completing instructing at a course activity, where the badges are different from those that are awarded to participants.
7 votesCompleted Jun 2018.
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Course-Related Activities website architecture change
Summary:
Course-Related Activities need to be connected with the pertinent Course offering. (i.e. Course-Related Activities should NOT be connected to the generic Course Template and thereby connected to all offerings of Courses based on that Template).Detail:
With the current setup, the process for creating an instance of a Course is to start with the pertinent Course Template. The Course is then filled out with more detail by creating Course-Related Activities (such as lectures, field trips, etc), which are at specific locations at specific dates / times.
It is important for each unique offering of a Course to have its…
6 votesWe had a chance to discuss our course architecture in depth on June 9 in Everett and how to best utilize the structure we have to avoid almost all of the problems listed in this thread. The one item we are working on for fall is having a single seminar style course type which is much more activity like in nature but has an instructional component to handle special instructor clinics and workshops that we often offer in The Mountaineers. We hope to meet again with Everett leaders in the fall to help schedule courses and make sure that everyone understands the most efficient way to set up and manage courses and the activities that go with them.
If you’d like to know more about or comment on the single activity course please comment here: http://feedback.mountaineers.org/forums/273688-general-feedback/suggestions/6836270-create-a-new-course-content-type-better-suited-for
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Announce class times
Please put class times in with the dates on the registration page of each class.
1 voteWe asked leaders to include times in their course activity listings.
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Close registration for courses that were created before registration close date field existed GH 1148
Is it possible to close registration for all courses that happened last year. The default when we added registration open and close dates to courses was to have them perpetually open which has meant we have had a handful of these incorrect sign ups.
From Jeff- The best fix actually might be blocking registration for a course whose end date is in the past.
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You can currently "offer" more spots than are actually available GH 1152/1188
Fix course capacity so that you can only offer as many spots as are actually available for that course. Right now you can have 5 spots available but make an offer to 10 people on the waitlist.
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Make course materials tab linked to course template rather than individual course GH1260
Right now last year's students can't see the current course materials. It'd be cool to have this linger from course to the next upcoming course so 2nd and 3rd students would have the most up to date information. You could have a folder that contains archive materials but this would be an area that is always up to date, or maybe you could have the option of whether your course template has this evergreen course materials folder or whether leaders want it on a year by year basis. Leaders and admins of courses any thoughts?
2 votesCourse materials can now be more easily shared year to year. Leaders can now also delete and archive materials from their committee area and course material folders
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Allow new course templates to be created by leaders
We can get this set up with an email notification system to member services to assure that the course is in compliance with Mountaineers course and activity policies and minimum standards.
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Skill Badges SD312/313/415
Skill Badges: Documents skills (not courses) Mountaineers members have gained through Mountaineers courses OR that have been demonstrated to and vetted by Mountaineers Leaders.
How do skills interact with courses?
• Students can see what skills a course teaches
• Instructors can see what skills students have, and allow them to miss certain field trips if students already have those skills (at the instructor’s discretion)
• Skill badges help expedite equivalency, or negate the need for equivalency.How do skills interact with trips?
• Trips can add more detail to prerequisites. Students will be able to participate in Alpine Rock…4 votesAssigning “earned” skill badges for successfully completing an activity. This will be most useful for stewardship activities and clinics and seminars.
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