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CHAIR HOW-TO: Author Notification Wizard

OVERVIEW

After the Reviews are completed and Paper statuses are entered in the conference, Chairs email authors with the decisions on their respective Papers.

PREREQUISITE

Paper Statuses are all entered in the conference.

Single Track Conference

  • From the Chair Console click Actions>Author Notification Wizard

Author Notification Wizard

  • Click the track, then 'Next.'

Author Notification Wizard

If the Paper Statuses are not entered, there will be a reminder note.

Author Notification Wizard

  • The email templates need to be created. Click ‘Edit Templates...’

Author Notification Wizard

Fill out the ‘Name’ of the template, the ‘Subject’ and the ‘Body.’ You can use the placeholders to assemble the template. Click ‘Show all supported placeholders.’

Author Notification Wizard

  • Copy whichever information is pertinent or whatever needs to be shared; all depending on how you want to craft your email. Then past it in the body of the email template to form the email.

Author Notification Wizard

For example, it may look like this:

Author Notification Wizard

You will need to make individual templates for Accept, Reject, Revision.

  • After your templates are created, select the recipients; Primary Author or All Authors.

Author Notification Wizard

Note

You will need to select email templates for all statuses, even if there are no papers with that status.

Author Notification Wizard

  • Once all papers have templates selected, the ‘Next’ button will become enabled. Click ‘Next.’

Author Notification Wizard

The Author Notification Wizard Review page shows the number of submissions, their statuses and the number of emails to be sent.

Note

Once the emails are sent the Author Notification activity will be marked ‘Complete’ and the deadline set with a date in the past.

  • Click ‘Preview.’

Author Notification Wizard

Each status shows the email that will be sent or lets you know there are no users for a particular status.

Author Notification Wizard

  • You can scroll through each email by clicking ‘Next.’

Author Notification Wizard

  • When satisfied, click ‘Send.’ The progress bar will appear.

Author Notification Wizard

  • When finished, the progress popup will show success. Click ‘OK.’

Author Notification Wizard

  • The Send page shows that you have sent emails. You can check the status using the ‘email history’ links or click the link to go back to the Chair Console.

Author Notification Wizard

Multi-Track Conference

The Author Notification Wizard works with a Multi-Track Conference the same way as a Single-Track Conference, only it allows you to select the Tracks you want to use to notify the Authors.

  • Select the Track(s) to enable the ‘Next’ button. Click ‘Next.’

Author Notification Wizard

  • Select the recipients. Then use the dropdowns to load the template for each status in each Track. Click ‘Next.’

Author Notification Wizard

  • Click ‘Preview’ to see the emails that will be sent.

Author Notification Wizard

  • When satisfied, click ‘Send.’

Author Notification Wizard

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