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After approval, ideas and petitions on the Student Voice Module are entered in a category called 'New Ideas & Petitions', for the duration of the time period you've set for a given submission, set on the individual Idea / Petition.
 
After approval, ideas and petitions on the Student Voice Module are entered in a category called 'New Ideas & Petitions', for the duration of the time period you've set for a given submission, set on the individual Idea / Petition.
 
At the end of this time period, an idea or petition can be moved to a number of categories, UnionCloud provides 8 of these;
 
At the end of this time period, an idea or petition can be moved to a number of categories, UnionCloud provides 8 of these;

Revision as of 13:37, 22 June 2016

Submitting a new Idea / Petition to the Student Voice Module

The Student Voice Module is a simple tool to allow a wider student community to take part in democracy on an easy straightforward level, simply speaking it's split into two areas, Ideas and Petitions.

  • Ideas are a submission a user can make, that users can 'Like', 'Dislike', and Comment On. The initial submission is given a title, content, and optionally an image and then submitted.
  • Petitions are not too dissimilar, however each submission simply allows a user to 'Sign the Petition' and Comment On. As with ideas, the initial submission is given title, content, and optionally an image before saving.


As with most areas of Union Cloud there is a large amount of customisation you can do, including restricting which user groups can or can't; Like / Dislike, Sign, Comment, or otherwise interact with the Module, along with a whole host of other options we will cover below.

Setup

The Setup section consists of four sub-sections for initial setup of your Student Voice Module

Configure Ideas & Petitions


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/configure_ideas

Setup - Configure Ideas & Petitions screen for changing the access settings for who can use the Student Voice Module

This page allows you to configure the options for permissions to access and use the module, you can also configure the permissions to Petitions and Ideas independently.

Configure Ideas

  • [Checkbox] Submit Ideas - Checking this box restricts Idea submission to the usergroup set in the box below, if unchecked all Registered users will be able to submit ideas.
  • [UserGroup Lookup] User Groups - Use this box to add the usergroups you want to allow to submit ideas, this box will not appear if the checkbox above is unchecked.
  • [Checkbox] View Ideas - Checking this box restricts who can View Ideas to the usergroups set in the box below, if unchecked all Registered users will be able to view ideas.
  • [UserGroup Lookup] User Groups - Use this box to add the usergroups you want to allow to view ideas, this box will not appear if the checkbox above is unchecked.
  • [Checkbox] Like/Dislike/Comment/Report Abuse Ideas - Checking this box restricts who can Like / Dislike / Comment On / Report Abuse to the usergroups set in the box below, if unchecked all Registered users will be able to complete the listed actions.
  • [UserGroup Lookup] User Groups - Use this box to add the usergroups you want to allow to complete the listed actions, this box will not appear if the checkbox above is unchecked.
  • [Checkbox] Idea needs approval - Ticking this box means that all submitted ideas need approval by a a user with permissions to manage the Student Voice Module, which you can find info on in the Permissions section, before they will appear to users on the front end.

Configure Petitions

  • [Checkbox] Submit Petition - Checking this box restricts Petition Creation to the usergroup set in the box below, if unchecked all Registered users will be able to create Petitions.
  • [UserGroup Lookup] User Groups - Use this box to add the usergroups you want to allow to create Petitions, this box will not appear if the checkbox above is unchecked.
  • [Checkbox] View Petitions - Checking this box restricts who can View Petitions to the usergroups set in the box below, if unchecked all Registered users will be able to view Petitions.
  • [UserGroup Lookup] User Groups - Use this box to add the usergroups you want to allow to view Petitions, this box will not appear if the checkbox above is unchecked.
  • [Checkbox] Like/Dislike/Comment/Report Abuse Petitions - Checking this box restricts who can Sign Petitions / Comment On / Report Abuse to the usergroups set in the box below, if unchecked all Registered users will be able to complete the listed actions.
  • [UserGroup Lookup] User Groups - Use this box to add the usergroups you want to allow to complete the listed actions, this box will not appear if the checkbox above is unchecked.
  • [Checkbox] Petition needs approval - Ticking this box means that all submitted Petitions need approval by a a user with permissions to manage the Student Voice Module, which you can find info on in the Permissions section, before they will appear to users on the front end.

Configure Status

Configure Status for Student Voice Module Ideas / Petitions
Showing Status/Categories for Ideas & Petitions on the Front End


You can find this page on your own site at url: <yoursite>/administrator/union_student_voice_statuses

After approval, ideas and petitions on the Student Voice Module are entered in a category called 'New Ideas & Petitions', for the duration of the time period you've set for a given submission, set on the individual Idea / Petition. At the end of this time period, an idea or petition can be moved to a number of categories, UnionCloud provides 8 of these;

  • Approved
  • Failed democratic process
  • Maybe one day
  • Rejected
  • Second democratic process
  • Submitted (All new ideas default to this category).
  • We are working on it
  • We changed it

Three of these categories are required, and therefore switched on by default; Approved, Rejected, and Submitted. The remaining 5 categories, can be switched on or off at a Student Voice Administrators leisure, these can also be renamed to a more suitable alias, usually something more relevant to your specific union. To do this, you simply need to click the pencilEdit.png in the third column.

Configure Threshold

Student Voice Category

Manage Ideas

Manage Comments

The Front End