Done:

• Header: remove "at" between UI and UC
• SSC project embedding:
  • Here’s the SSC dev site project example page Sammy shared with us last year.
  • Here’s the iCAP Portal project collection embedding test page I showed at our meeting this morning. It’s currently embedding 12 projects from the SSC collection on a test site, using this list of SSC categories:
    • Education and Justice
    • Energy
    • Food and Waste
    • Transportation and Infrastructure
    • Land, Air, and Water

Discussion:

• Question about a TODO: "Collections page: Add image upload option". At a previous meeting we had this TODO, but what was the context? Was it to have a thumbnail for each Collection? Or a banner image?
• Should we link to "Take Action" project from homepage?
• Archiving projects
  • Add "Archived" checkbox?
  • Add "Archived" to Visibility options?
  • Add "Archived" to Project Status options? (probably not - this mixes the status of the project itself with whether we still want it to show up on the site)
  • Remove from nested listings, still publicly available?

TODO:

• SSC project embedding: add category filtering options
• (long term goal) look into importing information from another source, e.g. SSC students without iCAP Portal access can put together info in a structured format for automatic import into iCAP Portal
• Show "no content" message under Metric Chart when no tracking records exist
• Look into Collection embedding again, à la Drawdown Solutions Library Sammy had found ("Filter by sector or area of action" section)
• Metric search/display:
  • Theme (via connected Project, i.e. Theme -> Project -> Metric)
  • Most recent updates as of: (list of years) -> can we query Tracking data?
  • (Internal only) Last updated before (list of years) -> can we query Tracking data?
• (Low Priority) Make column headers click-sortable on Projects by Project Status page
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site

Done:

• Added last updated date on Project page
• Project page:
  • Changed "Project History" heading to "Recent Project Updates"
  • Changed "View all project progress »" more link to "View all project updates »"
• Removed user & date/time from search results
• Added tracking date type (FY, monthly, etc.) to legend (e.g. Pedestrian and Bicycle Counts)

Discussion:

• Map marker popup display question (e.g. Energy theme map)
  
• Question about a TODO: "Collections page: Add image upload option". At a previous meeting we had this TODO, but what was the context? Was it to have a thumbnail for each Collection? Or a banner image?
• Should we link to "Take Action" project from homepage?
• Archiving projects
  • Add "Archived" checkbox?
  • Add "Archived" to Visibility options?
  • Add "Archived" to Project Status options? (probably not - this mixes the status of the project itself with whether we still want it to show up on the site)
  • Remove from nested listings, still publicly available?

TODO:

• Metric search/display:
  • Search text
  • Theme (via connected Project, i.e. Theme -> Project -> Metric)
  • Most recent updates as of: (list of years) -> can we query Tracking data?
  • (Internal only) Last updated before (list of years) -> can we query Tracking data?
• (Low Priority) Make column headers click-sortable on Projects by Project Status page
• Permissions:
  • Metric Tracking:
    • Add/update: iCAP Admins, iCAP Moderators, iCAP Advocates
    • Delete: iCAP Admins, iCAP Moderators, NOT iCAP Advocates
  • Metric Targets:
    • Add/update: iCAP Admins, iCAP Moderators, NOT iCAP Advocates
    • Delete: iCAP Admins, iCAP Moderators, NOT iCAP Advocates
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site

Done:

• Removed RSS Feeds from listings (e.g. Project Updates for collection: Geothermal Projects)
  • As a side-benefit, these Feeds seem to have been the cause of some informational warnings about missing db joins at the top of certain listings, which are now fixed:
    • Project Updates by Key Objective listing page (see, e.g. Projects Updates for key objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan)
    • Project Updates by Place (see, e.g. Projects Updates for place: Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC))
• Q: Can we limit access to menu selection for Projects to only certain users - e.g. iCAP Admins?
  • A: Yes! it turns out we'd already done that :-) iCAP Admins and iCAP Moderators can update the menu system, but iCAP Advocates cannot.
• Implemented new search indexing algorithm to make search less rigid:
  • Will now find different versions of equivalent words (e.g. plurals and singular treated as the same word)
  • Omitting an apostrophe when searching will find versions of that word which include an apostrophe
  • Note: doesn't seem to understand that "bikes" and "bicycles" are equivalent, though - I can look into whether I can add in certain equivalent words. Are there others we'd like to see?

Discussion:

• Discussion item from Stacy:

  • I would like to add to the agenda a brainstorm for ways we might be able to make a Project Page for Sustainability Experiential Learning projects.

     

    This idea is the basis of the Resilience Team economic analysis recommendation that  iWG passed. Members of the iCAP Education team are working with me.

     

    The project is basically like this:

     

    1. A needed project is identified by a community organization (e.g. life cycle analysis of a green technology for a new building),
    2. A Capstone class is identified (Eric Green’s Captstone) interested in experiential learning projects.
    3. A faculty mentor is named (Eric Green or other expert)
    4. Student teams form to work on the experiential learning project during their capstone class.
    5. Students work on the project, learn from it, deliver value to the “community client”

  • Anna Mehl from the Education iCAP Team and I are currently information gathering and brainstorming ways to create a page where we can provide information about future sustainability experiential learning projects.

     

    Some programs that are similar include:

     

    1. https://healthinstitute.illinois.edu/community-impact/community-academic-partnerships/community-academic-scholars
       
    2. https://sustainability.uic.edu/student-experience/sustainability-internship-programs/

  • Those websites are not set up the same way as the iCAP portal. What can we do? What can’t we do? Is the iCAP portal appropriate for this project – should we look for a different home?

  • Outcomes/Decisions:
    1. Has been discussed before, there are challenges to implementing it
    2. Not proceeding with this on iCAP Portal at this time, maybe later?
    3. See Independent Student Projects for an example of a similar attempt on iCAP Portal - see Project Background and associated Project Updates
• Should we show a "last updated" date on the projects?
  • Automatically show last time Project was updated?
  • Add field that is updated intentionally when a project's information has been reviewed & by whom?
  • Add a disclaimer about information being correct at the time it was entered?
• Question about a TODO: "Collections page: Add image upload option". At a previous meeting we had this TODO, but what was the context? Was it to have a thumbnail for each Collection? Or a banner image?
• Should we link to "Take Action" project from homepage?
• Archiving projects
  • Add "Archived" checkbox?
  • Add "Archived" to Visibility options?
  • Add "Archived" to Project Status options? (probably not - this mixes the status of the project itself with whether we still want it to show up on the site)
  • Remove from nested listings, still publicly available?

TODO:

• Projects pages metrics 2-∞ have no labels on Y-axis (e.g. Pedestrian and Bicycle Counts)
• Permissions:
  • Metric Tracking:
    • Add/update: iCAP Admins, iCAP Moderators, iCAP Advocates
    • Delete: iCAP Admins, iCAP Moderators, NOT iCAP Advocates
  • Metric Targets:
    • Add/update: iCAP Admins, iCAP Moderators, NOT iCAP Advocates
    • Delete: iCAP Admins, iCAP Moderators, NOT iCAP Advocates
• Change iCAP Advocates to iCAP Clerks
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site

Done:

• Set up GA4
• Homepage: make image in Image Gallery go to image gallery (in addition to button)
• Objectives page: Jump to Chapter migrated to live site
• (DEV) Currently testing a new way of selecting a Project's location in the menu system. Dropdown list is becoming unmanageable.

Discussion:

• Question about a TODO: "Collections page: Add image upload option". At a previous meeting we had this TODO, but what was the context? Was it to have a thumbnail for each Collection? Or a banner image?
• Should we link to "Take Action" project from homepage?
• Archiving projects

TODO:

• (DEV) Currently testing a new way of selecting a Project's location in the menu system. Dropdown list is becoming unmanageable.
• Add LinkedIn & Reddit share buttons on Project Updates
• Can we add social sharing buttons on Projects too?
• Search: can it be less rigid? e.g. ignore punctuation, understand that "bikes" and "bicycles" are equivalent, etc.
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site
• Track down and resolve informational message on full listing page for Project Updates by Key Objective (see, e.g. Projects Updates for key objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan)

Done:

• Objectives page
  • Start metrics collapsed

Discussion:

• Adding Fliss project
• Adding green food truck project
• Objectives page
  • Make it easier to find a specific chapter

TODOs:

• Discussion of archiving projects
• Search: can it be less rigid?
• Main nav: move focus to search box when Search is clicked
• Objectives page:
  • Add "jump to chapter" option:
    • Dropdown list for mobile, theme icons for larger screens
    • Reporting Progress icon jumps to chapter 9
    • Don't show Funding icon
• Fancy project page - make images in image banner clickable (go directly to image)
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Collections page:
  • Add image upload option
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site
• Use "Take Action" project to encourage students to get involved with sustainability (link from homepage?)
• Track down and resolve informational message on full listing page for Project Updates by Key Objective (see, e.g. Projects Updates for key objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan)
• Why is the Achieve Zero Waste project map page not loading?

Done:

• Invoices in project updates
  • The following invoice documents have been moved from public to private:
    • Green Roof on Foreign Language Building: Prairie Moon Nursery Invoice - Seed Order
    • Torch Blinking bike lights received, Light assembly, and Volunteer Training:  Bike-Project-Invoice-UIUC-for-LTN-2019.pdf
    • Quote from TBP to purchase Torch Blinking bike lights: Bike-Project-Quote-UIUC-for-LTN-2019.pdf
    • invoices to pay RSOs:  Weatherization Invoice 2012_ASCE.pdf, Weatherization Invoice 2012_CUSA.pdf, Weatherization Invoice 2012_HKSA.pdf, Weatherization Invoice 2012_Hort Club.pdf, Weatherization Invoice 2012_SECS.pdf
    • Conclusion; Lessons learned; Issues encountered: invoice for missing hardware.pdf, UIUC Double Docker bike racks Return Authorization.pdf, Urbana Shelter (14X63) - Side Stage racks layout.pdf, University of Illinois Side Stage Bike Rack Estimate.pdf
    • New ECE Building Project Solar Panels: Inv_3411_from_Inovateus_Solar_LLC_5244.pdf, TM INVOICE SPECTRUM UPGRADE-4-PRELIMINARY.PDF
    • Quote from MTD to purchase silicone strap bike lights: Light the Night Quote for U of I Facilities & Services - FY19 - 08 29 19.pdf
  • Should we redact information from this project update: Invoice contact information for the University of Illinois?
  • I made the following tool while looking for additional invoice documents to make private: File search (only visible to privileged users). It may come in handy for future searches for uploaded files.
• Reorganize Collections pages (example on dev)
  • Put Project embed and Project Updates embed below their respective listings
  • Put each embed in a collapsible section

TODOs:

• Fancy project page - make images in image banner clickable (go directly to image)
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Collections page:
  • Add image upload option
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site
• Use "Take Action" project to encourage students to get involved with sustainability (link from homepage?)
• Track down and resolve informational message on full listing page for Project Updates by Key Objective (see, e.g. Projects Updates for key objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan)
• Why is the Achieve Zero Waste project map page not loading?

TODOs:

• Add "Take Action" project under Build a Culture of Sustainability project
• Fancy project layout:
  • Try out using first image in gallery as background for main content area of page (test with new Take Action project)
  • Mock-ups:
    • Example #1: background image mostly transparent in the center (white transparency) – a bit bright, but text mostly readable
    • Example #2: background image mostly transparent in the center (light blue transparency) – hard to see text
    • Example #3: background image w/transparent overlay (white transparency) – a bit bright, but text mostly readable
    • Example #4: background image w/transparent overlay (light blue transparency) – text more legible than #1, but orange on blue still a bit difficult to read.
• Track down and resolve informational message on full listing page for Project Updates by Key Objective (see, e.g. Projects Updates for key objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan)
• Why is the Achieve Zero Waste project map page not loading?
• Discuss metrics at next meeting
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
• Reorganize Collections pages
  • Keep project listing in top left
  • Move map to lower left
  • Move Updates to top right, show 5-7
  • Keep Hierarchy in lower right, link to hierarchy in separate page rather than loading in current page to speed up page loading time
• Related Files section on project pages: show as list rather than cards, add spacing between items, remove bullet points

Michael's updates:

• Theme pages (e.g. Land and Water theme page): put a max height on the images so portrait images aren't enormous
• Projects Updates page: made search tips collapsible (putting under search fields will require more substantial changes to page structure)
• Project Search (DEV): order of search fields matches order of table columns
• Fixed the look of the related files on the Fancy Project Page layout (see, e.g. Sustainability iCAP Portal)
• iCAP Objective pages: show recent project history of the Associated Project (see, e.g. Key Objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan) [note: need to resolve informational message on full listing page]

TODOs:

• Track down and resolve informational message on full listing page for Project Updates by Key Objective (see, e.g. Projects Updates for key objective: 1.0 iCAP 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan)
• Why is the Achieve Zero Waste project map page not loading?
• Discuss metrics at next meeting
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
• Reorganize Collections pages
  • Keep project listing in top left
  • Move map to lower left
  • Move Updates to top right, show 5-7
  • Keep Hierarchy in lower right, link to hierarchy in separate page rather than loading in current page to speed up page loading time
• Related Files section on project pages: show as list rather than cards, add spacing between items, remove bullet points

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