Log in

Once you receive an email from the project convenor, you will be able to log in to the database. If there is a problem logging in, please contact the database administrator Kate Howland (K.L.Howland AT sussex.ac.uk)

Browse

When logged in, you can browse existing and historic projects:

• An active user (student/supervisor/administrator) can browse current projects.
• An active user (student/supervisor/administrator) can browse projects by supervisor.
• An active user (student/supervisor/administrator) can search by keyword or project topic.
• A supervisor (or administrator) user can additionally browse their own projects.
• A supervisor (or administrator) user can also browse by status of projects and create new projects by making a copy of old ones.

Student Options

A user logged in with student permissions will have the Student Options menu displayed, this will make the following available:

• Propose a Project gives the student the ability to propose a project to either a specific supervisor or generally to any supervisor.
• List all supervisors, their load and what/whom they supervise.
• List all students and what projects they have selected.
• Withdraw and edit a proposed project. The corresponding buttons can be found on the student's home page just below the project descritpion.
• Note that a project selected from a specific supervisor's list can't be withdrawn. In this case the student needs to ask the supervisor to reject the selection to release the student.

Supervisor Options

A user logged in with supervisor (or administrator) permissions will have the Supervisor Options menu displayed, this will make the following available:

• Propose a project allows the supervisor to add a new project.
• Add project topic allows the supervisor to create a new category of project topic.
• List all supervisors, their load and what/whom they supervise.
• Browse transactions related to their own projects.
• List all students and what projects they have selected.
• A supervisor or administrator can choose to opt-in or opt-out of emails refering to transcations on their projects.

Administrator Options

A user logged in with administrator permissions will have the Administrator Options menu displayed, this will make the following available:

• Summary Report Students - A report showing which students have selected which projects giving the administrator the ability to email groups.
• Summary Report Supervisors - A report showing which students are allocated to which supervisors, links can be removed.
• Log in as Different User - A method for administrator to perform tasks for other users.
• Amend Supervisor Arrangements - The ability to change limits and preferences for supervisors.
• Overall Parameters - The selection of year and earliest dates.
• Add User - The ability to manually add a new student or supervisor.
• Edit User Details - Manually change a users' detail.s
• Browse Transactions by Project - examine project transactions.
• Browse Transactions by Time - examine all transactions by date.
• Amend Topics - amend or delete project topics.
• End of Year Archive - archive old data at the end of an academic year.
• Import New Students - Imports an XML file of new students.
• A supervisor or administrator can choose to opt-in or opt-out of emails refering to transcations on their projects.

Data resetting options are also available whilst the system is under development

Help

This menu allows the following options:

• System Help - displays this screen
• General Information - displays the public home page
• About - shows information about the devlopment of the system