Summary
You asked, and we answered! This two-part webinar is an open forum of user-submitted questions on anything applications. We cover everything from custom application pages to student status pages, rolling admissions to round management, and more.
Video Topics
| Topic | Timestamp |
|---|---|
| Webinar Outline | 00:15 |
| Slate Application Best Practices | 00:45 |
| Special Applications: scholarship, non-degree, summer programs, etc | 05:15 |
| Webinar Questions - Part I | 19:40 |
| How to customize reference forms | 10:48 |
| Importing Applications from other sources: Common App, Coalition, etc | 33:45 |
| Adding custom fields to Slate standard application pages | 36:37 |
| Adding custom instructions based on a selected program | 38:53 |
| Adding/excluding schools in the "Add Institution" autosuggest lookup | 40:55 |
| Portfolio media upload limits | 44:10 |
| Collecting supplemental documents on a Slate application | 44:38 |
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Understanding Slate auto-generated checklist items: |
47:00 |
| Alerting staff when a new application material is received | 51:33 |
| Customizing the application status page by round | 52:26 |
| Enabling a portal for the status page | 54:20 |
| Webinar Questions - Part II (min 55:40) | 55:40 |
| Best practices for performing cycle prep while an application cycle is still live | 58:12 |
| Rolling admissions best practices - opening/closing application periods and rounds | 58:12 |
| Using Deliver System emails for the new cycle | 1:00:55 |
| Preserving application information for future comparisons | 1:03:35 |
| What is the point of "rounds"? | 1:09:32 |
| Best practices for period and round structure, including multiple rounds | 1:12:12 |
| Tips for allowing a student to apply to more than one program simultaneously | 1:16:45 |
| Best practices for updating an application from one period or round to another | 1:23:42 |
| Hiding a round publicly, but allowing selected candidates to access the application | 1:25:55 |
| Best practices for direct round URLs and Application Creation forms | 1:30:42 |
| Managing applicants who start an application in the "wrong round" | 1:32:03 |
| Best practices for using forms to update an application that has already been submitted | 1:36:35 |
| Best practices for using Consolidate Records when an application exists | 1:41:18 |
| Best practices for application logic: submission requirements | 1:42:08 |
| Best practices for application logic: config keys and page keys | 1:47:37 |
| How to show different questions based on the application round | 1:48:41 |
| Managing different essay questions for different programs | 1:50:30 |
| Best practices for requiring extra materials, including video and image uploads | 1:53:55 |
| Application Fees: Charging different application fees based on program or other criteria | 1:56:23 |
| Application Fees: Charging an application fee prior to application submission | 1:58:50 |
| Best practices for handling gap year applicants | 2:02:27 |
| Best practices for handling gap year applicants | 2:05:22 |
| Customizing/changing recommender types | 2:07:07 |
| Using the GMAC Common Letter of Recommendation | 2:10:10 |
| How to manage different reference forms for one application | 2:10:56 |
| Best practices for creating a gender identity custom field | 2:12:07 |
| Best practices for asking additional race/ethnicity background questions | 2:13:10 |
| Capturing Birth City, Birth State, and Birth Country | 2:14:46 |
| Slate standard "out-of-the-box" fields vs custom fields | 2:16:14 |
| Removing Slate standard pages from your application | 2:19:05 |
| Form Widget best practices / form-based versions of Slate-standard pages | 2:20:37 |
| School autosuggest best practices on forms | 2:22:31 |
| Application submission "thank you page" via Status page | 2:24:21 |
| Using a single question on an application to populate more than one field | 2:26:15 |