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

Understanding Slate auto-generated checklist items:
transcripts, scores, references, and school reports

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