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Technology Update - October 2014

Oct 02, 2014

The GLOBE website is constantly improving based on your needs and feedback. In the last few weeks, the Program has added many important additions and upgrades. Here are some of the latest upgrades and enhancements. >>

Visualization

Added a photos tab to the site information window - All protocols now have the ability to display site photos.

Student Accounts

Completed student account permission updates. Revised student permissions:

Permission	Student Account (Yes/No)
Has a My Page	Yes (data entry+collaboration)
Can post comments to web content (news/news-events/globe-events/etc)	Yes (teacher is notified)
Can join communities	Yes
Can post to forums	Yes
Can have a student account under them	No
Shows up in search results	Yes
Shows up in their organization member listing	Yes
Added to GLOBE Metrics page	Yes
Added to partner/CC metrics portlet	Yes
Can enter Training Data	Yes
Shows up on the Community Map	No
Can request Friends	Yes (teacher is notified. Automatically friends with teacher)
Can be-friend another student	Yes
Can create data sites	Yes
Can post on wall of their friends	Yes (email is sent to teacher of what was posted on student's wall)
Will display on member's activity list	Yes
Can view school images	Yes (images of any school)
Can upload images to their school page	Yes
Can upload documents or create folders in a community	Yes
Can post comments to blogs	Yes (teacher is notified)
Can create blogs	No

Front-End

Improved the formatting of data sites on school pages. Data sites also now have links directly to each site's info window in the visualization system to make it easier for teachers to access their data
school's organization page with a link to the News story.
Added the ability for members to edit their headshot photo on their My Page
Data Entry – changed the member's name that appears on the DE page to reflect the student instead of the teacher
Cleaned up the school highlights page (improved page formatting)
Limited the search field to a minimum of 3 characters (to minimize large search results when less than 3 characters are entered)