Dornsife Platform Admin Instructions

As a Platform Admin on calendar.usc.edu, you have access to manage events, departments and users site-wide, not just for Dornsife departments. With this access level, please use caution when making changes, and only make changes to Dornsife calendars.

Add a Dornsife event admin

Any user with a USC shibboleth login may submit events to any department’s event calendar through the Add a Public Event form. If you need to add an event admin to manage a particular department’s events:

  1. Login to calendar.usc.edu and see if the user’s department already exists. You can find the department from the “live” list. If it doesn’t already exist, add the department using the instructions below.
  2. Setup the user as an event admin.
    • Go to Users > Add User.
    • Check the checkbox next to “Trusted”.
    • Enter their email and full name.
    • Select Event Admin + User under permissions and uncheck the Featured/Sponsor Events permission:
      Event Admin Permissions
    • Under “Excluded Filters” > “Event Type” , Select “Event Highlights”.
      Exclude from Event Highlights
    • Select the department under allowed filters.
      Note: assigning an event admin to administrate a particular department prohibits them from submitting events to other departments they don’t administrate, unless they submit via the public event form.
  3. Next, we add the new user as a Department Officer so that they have access to edit the department’s information.
    • Go to your department’s profile. It can be found on the department’s “live” list.
    • Enter the new user’s email address under Add New Department Officer. Click “Add User.”
    • Click “Save Changes.”
  4. To double check yourself, go to the department’s “live” list—your new Department Officer / event admin should appear next to their associated department.

Add a Dornsife event

  1. Login to calendar.usc.edu.
  2. Click “Admin.”
  3. On the dashboard, click “Add an Event.”
  4. Fill in the form.
    • Please make sure you select your department from the department / Group dropdown.
    • Under Tags, type “Dornsife.” All Dornsife events must be tagged in order to show up on the main Dornsife calendar.
    • Enter a tag (or multiple tags) from the following list that best describes your department/event:
      • biology (this tag will allow the event to appear in the main biology calendar)
      • dornsife (all Dornsife events should have this tag)
    • If an event should be featured on the Dornsife homepage, use the tag “dornsifefeatured.”
  5. Click “Save Changes.” Your event will now appear publicly on your department’s calendar.

Approve a Dornsife event

Any user with a USC shibboleth login may submit events to any department’s event calendar through the Add a Public Event form.

As an event admin of your department’s calendar, you will need to approve any publicly-submitted events in order for them to appear on your calendar.

  1. Login to calendar.usc.edu.
  2. Click “Admin.”
  3. On the dashboard, click “Pending.”
  4. Click the event that you are approving.
  5. Under Tags, type “Dornsife” (and “Biology,” if applicable) and click “Save.” All Dornsife events must be tagged in order to show up on the main Dornsife calendar. Biology departments should also use the Biology tag.
  6. In the upper left corner, click “Administration.”
  7. On the dashboard, click “Pending.”
  8. Click “Verify” to approve a submitted event, and the red X to deny it. Once the event has been approved, it will appear publicly on your department’s calendar.

Create a new Dornsife department

To create a new Dornsife department, please iniate the process by contacting webhelp@usc.edu.

Update a Dornsife department profile

All event admins are also setup as department Officers, who have the ability to update information on their department’s public profile.

  1. Find your department from the “live” list.
  2. Edit your department profile.
  3. Click “Save Changes.”

Online Support

The new calendar system runs on a 3rd-party application, Localist, which offers support through its Knowledge Base.

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