Senior Projects

Owned by David Schmidt
Last updated: Nov 19, 2018
3 min read

User Front-End Overview

The front end of the Senior Project database can be found in each of the programs under Capstone Senior Projects as well as the main landing page for Capstone Experience:

The image to the right depicts the School of Engineering's example of the front-end of the Senior Projects database on the Mechanical Engineering program.





Management Back-End

Only specific individuals with access to the Manage Area can access this page by going to:

Logi n using your USDOne username and password.





Adding a New Senior Project

Click the Add+ button.







Supply the Data

Senior Projects have the following fields:

  • Active?: Marking the Yes box will make the entry appear for users of the live site. Otherwise, the entry exists only in the database.

  • Featured: Adds a small text box over the image reading, "Featured."

  • Year: Year of publication.

  • Title: The title of the project.

  • Description: The project's description.

  • Team (use bullet list to list members): List out all members of the team using a bullet list.

  • Media: Select either image or youtube to upload an image of the project or to copy-and-paste the URL for a YouTube video. Images should be 960 pixels wide or wider and no more than 2 MB.

  • + Add Media: Click this button to add another image or video to the project. Click and drag the arrows to the left to rearrange the display order of the media.

  • Category: Select one or more of the following categories:

    • Community

    • Competition

    • Entrepreneurship

    • Faculty Research

    • Industry Sponsored

    • One-Semester

  • Program:Select one or more of the following:

    • Computer Science

    • Electrical Engineering

    • Engineering

    • Industrial and Systems Engineering

    • Mechanical Engineering

    • MS in Cyber Security

  • Instructor (Optional): Select an instructor from the drop-down. If the instructor is not listed, click the button below for + Add New Instructor.

  • + Add New Instructor: Click this button to add a new instructor to the drop-down list.

  • Sponsor (Optional): Select a sponsor from the drop-down. If the sponsor is not listed, click the button below for + Add New Sponsor.

  • + Add New Sponsor: Click this button to add a new sponsor to the drop-down list.

Click the Submit button to create your new project entry.







Editing a Specific Entry

Find the entry you wish to edit, and click the update icon to the right of the listing.

After making changes, click the Submit button.

There's no way to delete an entry currently. You can set it as inactive to make it disappear from the live site. This method prevents accidental deletion of entries.