Recruiting Faculty Mentors
- Gather interest with a basic form using the General template or Form Designer template.
- Share the link widely and often: In person, listservs, social media, etc.
- Submitted forms serve as a database of interested faculty that can be mined when necessary.
Matching Faculty with Students
- Use conditional logic within the Form Designer template to collect information from both groups simultaneously.
- Ask for keywords that describe research expertise (faculty) and interests (students) to facilitate good matches.
- Any data collected from each group can be downloaded to Excel and used to quickly make pairings.
- Students may need to request funds to use for supplies or research-related expenses.
- Start with the Funding template and be explicit about the amount they can ask for (award range).
- On the Award screen, keep track of the exact amount and connect to accounting processes as needed.
Documenting Academic Requirements
- Some students complete research as part of an honors program or certificate.
- After the initial project is complete, use Progress Reports to track learning outcomes and collect information on any tangible results, like conference attendance and publications.
Intensive Summer Programs
- These are an excellent option for students that can't fit research into their standard academic schedule.
- Often these end in a showcase, where faculty and staff join to listen to student presentations and provide feedback.
- Rubrics are best made with the Comments & Ratings Routing Step. Use different rating scale ranges to mirror point values (e.g., If criterion "Appearance" is out of 20 points, rating scale should be 1-20). Use award and reject notifications to share judges' feedback and help presenters learn.
- Undergraduate research on a campus can function in an decentralized capacity through various faculty research projects or formal REU programs.
- Consider building a form to collect annual reports from faculty members about the number of active projects, students involved, etc.
In-Person or Virtual Events
- Standard posters can be collected as file uploads (PDF is best to retain formatting issues. Instruct presenters to convert PowerPoint slides to PDF for the best results).
- Audio or video submissions should first be uploaded to an external site (e.g., YouTube, Zoom, Vimeo). Then use a text field to instruct presenters to paste the link on the submission form. They should make sure their link is public before submitting.
- Utilize an automated import from the main InfoReady platform to an Engagement Hub to seamlessly create a mobile-friendly conference navigation site for your attendees.
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