Many units have asked us to standardize a way to present research information -- in a visually pleasing way. A "Research Overview" page is a way for colleges (and some departments) to fill out fields in order to feature their unit's research areas/faculty-staff research interests while capitalizing on already existing content by pulling that unit's faculty into the page. Many will choose to add your new "Research" page as a menu option (it's required in the college websites). If you want your courses page to show up in your main menu, you will follow the instructions for adding menu settings.

 

Directly under the “My Workbench” button, you’ll see the “Add content” button. Select "Research page". You will give the page a name, select a group it belongs to, add any intro copy you wish to appear.

 

Choose a profile layout

There are two layout choices for these pages and you will adjust which one you want in the "customize display" vertical tab:

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Template 1: Main content area contains accordions for research by topic, plus faculty member sidebar. (view layout)

This template is ideal for groups who want to present their research by topic -- accordions allow editors to have a title and hide longer info beneath; you can also include a research photo in each section.

The right sidebar of "People Who Do" is automatically pulled content from your profiles already created. You select the category of profiles to pull in the "Supporting Information" vertical tab. The names/expertise pull from the profiles you create -- "Title" and "Areas of expertise" fields -- and auto link to those profiles. Follow the prompts for content additions in the TIPS below each field.

Template 2: Full-width table pulls faculty research interests (view layout)

This template is ideal for groups who want to compile a table of unit faculty/staff/student and each person's area of expertise. No sidebar.

You select the category of profiles to pull into your table in the "Supporting Information" vertical tab. The names/expertise pull from the profiles you create -- "Title" and "Areas of expertise" fields -- and auto link to those profiles. Follow the prompts for content additions in the TIPS below each field.