2013 IT Innovation Contest

A team-based contest for creative IT solutions

Honorable Mention Proposals

UCSF Email Addresses Upon Arrival for New Hires

Submitted by Susan Sall on October 10, 2013 - 4:56pm Last revised by Anonymous on March 1, 2014 - 9:30am.
Proposal Status: 
Honorable Mention
  1. Description of project:

This project is a pilot to automatically issue an ‘ucsf.edu’ email address and mailbox for new employees so that email is ready upon the new hire's arrival, along with a listing in the Global Directory/Campus Locator System (CLS) and Active Directory connectivity.  The goal is to reduce the administrative steps and improve the new hire experience around this critical aspect of employment.

UCSF Maps: A new mobile website and web service

Submitted by John Kealy on October 8, 2013 - 8:49pm Last revised by Anonymous on March 1, 2014 - 9:30am.
Proposal Status: 
Honorable Mention

Description:

To create a mobile friendly website that has data for all UCSF buildings, by campus, and with all the peculiar names by which the buildings are known.  For example, a building can be known as “MCB”, “1855 Folsom”, or “Mission Center Building”. The map website will allow one to generate useful directions to a building from anywhere. This website will also allow other UCSF applications to use a simple application programming interface (API) to access geographic data.

A user-friendly system for creating long-term, individually timed emails in Qualtrics

Submitted by Omar Contreras on August 28, 2013 - 2:39pm Last revised by Anonymous on March 1, 2014 - 9:30am.
Proposal Status: 
Honorable Mention

Description of Project:

Quality follow-up data is paramount for clinical research, and Qualtrics Research Suite, a robust online survey system available for UCSF, makes it simple to create comprehensive follow-up surveys.  However, Qualtrics’ existing email function does not have the capacity to send automated, individually timed email messages.  Though the option to schedule emails for future delivery exists, it is only available for emailing the entire participant cohort at once, not allowing for the possibility of different participants joining the study at different times (even though rolling enrollment is the norm in clinical studies).