Creating a Faculty Profile Page
Why use the Faculty Profile template?
The Faculty Profile Page template provides two main benefits:
- It can automatically retrieve a person's information (such as phone, email and department) and display it on their profile page.
- Information in the profiles can be reused and reorganize to create a variety of dynamically generated content. For instance, to create a faculty directory.
Sample Profile
Below is an example profile made using the SFU Faculty Profile Page.
Sample profile in CLF2 (vertical navigation template)
Sample profile in CLF3 (horizontal navigation template)
Sample profile in CLF4 (horizontal navigation template)
Setting up a People Section
Before creating a profile, you must already have a people section. We recommend creating a people section by following the instructions on Creating a People Directory.
1. In the WCM, navigate to the section where your profile pages will be located.
2. Create the profile: Click the New button in the top bar, then New page
Title the page: Enter the full name of the person in the Title field.
Name the page: Enter the person's Computing ID in the Name field. If they don't have a SFU Computing ID, leave the Name field blank. The profile page will automatically fill out parts of the page properties and page content based on the page Name, provided it's a valid Computing ID.
Select the Faculty Profile template.
Click Create once you have finished. The new profile will appear in the WCM.
Editing the Page Properties
Import person's data: Open the page in the Editing Window. From the Sidekick, open the Page Properties. A pop-up box will appear containing either the user import message or an error message.
- User import message: This pop-up box will appear for about second, saying that AEM is importing user data. Once it disappears, you'll notice some of the page properties will be filled out. The more data is available in the SFU databases, the greater the amount of filled page property fields.
- Error message: If the page Name is an invalid Computing ID, an error message will appear.
Close it and click the Faculty Profile tab to access the faculty profile fields.
Enter a valid Computing ID into the SFU Computing ID field, then, click the import button. A pop-up message will appear. Click Yes to import the data mentioned in the pop-up message. Be aware that this will replace any existing content specified in the message.
- Note: If the person does not have a valid Computing ID (e.g., a faculty member from a different university), you can ignore this step.
2. Enter the remaining Personal Information: Fill out as much of the Personal Information section as possible. Parts of the page are built from the Personal Information section. So, the more fields that are filled in, the more complete the profile will be. If any of the imported data is incorrect, replace it.
If you use the official room name in the Office field, it will automatically link to the correct location in SFU's Room Finder.
The Areas of Interest field should be used for whichever group of keywords you may wish to display in a list. For example, creating a list of faculty members alongside their unique research keywords.
Content in the Education field needs to be listed using bullet points to display on the page.
3. Tag the profile: Click the Basic tab and add one or more of the following tags:
- Faculty - Enter "faculty" into the Tags/Keywords field and select the People / Faculty tag from the results.
- Staff - Enter "staff" into the Tags/Keywords field and select the People / Staff tag from the results.
- For other tags, such as Adjunct Faculty, you will have to create it yourself and then add it.
4. Insert the portrait (optional): If you have a portrait, upload a high resolution version to the DAM. Search for the image from the Content Finder and insert it into the Image tab. This image will be displayed on the page.
To keep the image dimension consistent on all faculty profiles, crop the image using the 3:4 aspect ratio. Detailed instructions on how to crop an image is available in the Cropping an Image section.
5. Click OK to save the changes.
Editing the Page Content
1. Set up the Faculty Course component (optional): At the bottom of the page, there is a component that displays courses the faculty member is teaching. It displays courses from two terms, starting with the current term. As each term passes, the course list is automatically updated. The course lists will only show if a valid Computing ID is entered in the SFU Computing ID page property field.
A Faculty Courses component listing no courses. When this happens, a message saying the instructor is currently not teaching any courses is displayed.
A Faculty Courses component listing courses from two terms with a disclaimer at the bottom. Each listed course links to the course's official course outline. For information on the Course Outlines application, see Course Outline Help.
The profile page is now complete. See the sample below.
Create a People Directory
If you would like to display a directory of people on one or more pages, go to the Creating a People Directory Page.
Troubleshooting Tips
If any of the auto-generated information on the profile is incorrect, you'll need to update the source information:
- Staff or Faculty member's first name and/or last name: Contact Human Resources
- Student's first name and/or last name: Contact the Registrar
- Phone number: Update it online using SFU's Directory Service
- Department: Contact Human Resources and Payroll
- Courses: Contact the member responsible for scheduling courses within your department