Tag: Call Management

Posts related to managing calls in ProposalSpace.

Usability Enhancements

We’ve just released two enhancements that make the site a little easier to use.

For call administrators: We’ve made it easier—and faster—to view submission details from the Submissions page. Previously, when you clicked on a submission’s title, you were taken to a new page. Now, the same information is displayed in an overlay.

For authors: We’ve added a tab to the top of the proposal screens that links to the call’s submission instructions. Now you have access to that information throughout the entire submission process. (Previously, the instructions were only displayed when you first created the proposal.)

Let us know what you think!

New Feature: Late Submissions  

Late submissions screenshotProposalSpace now allows you to accept late submissions for a call without having to change the call’s official submission deadline. The new setting (to the right, cleverly named “Late Submissions”) is on the Submission Settings page right below the Submission Deadline field.

If you enter anything other than zero in the field, ProposalSpace will continue to allow submissions for that number of days without altering the official submission deadline. We’ll also display a notice to users letting them know that although the submission deadline has passed, late submissions are still being accepted.

Tip: Avoiding Junk Submissions  

Sometimes too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. If you’re having a problem with individual users submitting too many proposals (usually so they can have better odds of being selected, but for whatever reason), you might want to try setting a submission limit. That way, users will have to pick their best papers to submit and won’t be able to flood the selection committee with “junk”.

To take advantage of this feature, all you have to do is set the Individual Limit (under “Submission Settings”) to the maximum number of submissions you want to allow from an individual user.

For example, if you want to restrict users to three submissions, enter “3”. (If you do not want to place a limit on the number of proposals a user may submit, enter “0” or leave the setting blank.) Once a user has met the submission limit, he will still be able to create proposals and collaborate with other users, but he won’t be allowed to submit any more proposals for your call.

Tip: Link Directly to Your Call

We designed ProposalSpace so that authors can find calls easily, using our Find a Call feature. Once a user is logged in, he/she just has to click a button to see all the calls in the system that are active and accepting proposals.

There may be times, however, when you want users to be able to bypass this step and go directly to your call. To do this, just use the special link provided on the Call Settings page. Anyone who uses this link will be taken directly to your call’s main page. (If a user isn’t logged in, he/she will be asked to log in first, then be automatically redirected to your call’s main page.)