end date for reference requests
They would like a functional end date for reference providers. So, they want to put in a hard deadline which disallows references to be submitted past a certain date.
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| Functional Unit | References |
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Required deadline date for reference requests
Merged Problem: references not arriving on time, even with prompts
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Ability to Make a Deadline for Recommendation Letters
Merged IU would like the ability to add recommendation letter deadlines at the opportunity-level. Although deadlines can be communicated in the questionnaire, there is nothing prohibiting the letter of recommendation to still be submitted after an applic...1 Reviewed: Voting Open
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Reference Date Option
Merged Allow an option to set a different due date for reference request. Currently, references and scholarships are all due on the same date. Some students apply for scholarships on the last date, sometimes at the last hour. If a reference request is tr...1 Reviewed: Voting Open
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Set Close Date for Reference Submissions
Merged Right now there is no way to put a close date for references. The system will still email out reminders and allow references to submit after the general application or oppprtunity has closed. This has caused an issue because we have a hard deadlin...0 Reviewed: Voting Open
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Yes, this would be very helpful.
Yes, this would be a good feature to add.
Yes! At this time, we must go in and turn the communication off. It should have an end date like the application.
IU Would still really like to see this happen! Here's the note from our initial enhancement request (https://bbam.ideas.aha.io/ideas/AWARDS-I-4):
IU would like the ability to add recommendation letter deadlines at the opportunity-level.
Although deadlines can be communicated in the questionnaire, there is nothing prohibiting the letter of recommendation to still be submitted after an application deadline. This becomes confusing for applicants who think their letters should still be considered and for reviewers that have received applications without letters that later populate in the system. It would be nice for the recommender link to become disabled after the deadline so there is no confusion when a student is told that their complete application was not received as a result of a missing reference letter.
UW-Madison is still interested in this functionality.
This would be an AMAZING feature!! Incredibly important, as submitting a Reference on-time is one of the basic requirements for so many scholarships.
Pepperdine University - agrees this would be helpful.
See merged enhancement for use case from IU
This is one that will be technically challenging for us, but we'll leave it open for voting as it is a popular request.
Alex Mercado with CSUN has also requested this functionality.
Diana Martinez from UTSA would like this as well
Oliver Mamangun from csulb also requested this feature enhancement
University of Oregon would also like this.
Jennie Wulburn from Positive Coaching Alliance would like this as well.
Keith Brown at University of Wisconsin-Madison (WISC) would also like this.
Anne Hardy from NIU would also like this
Amy Barnett from augusta would also like this feature
Mary Harding from delta would also like this feature enhancement. I believe she was listed on one of the Merged Enhancements but wanted to add that she would like the Resend Request button in the applicant portal to be removed once the reference request end date has passed to prevent references from getting email notifications after the deadline.
Brandon Stieler from Cal Polytechnic State U would like to see this as well. Did not provide further specifics other than does not want references to be able to submit past the close date of the opportunity.
Bekah Smith from U of Wisconsin Oshkosh would like this as well. She says "We like that references can submit their requests after the application end date, but it's a waste of the reference's time to accept them indefinitely. Once reviewing has been completed, there is no point in the reference submitting their request."