IEEE Upgrade – 12 June 2021

IEEE Upgrade 12 June 2021

On Saturday, 12 June 2021, an upgrade has been scheduled to the IEEE authentication systems.

The upgrade will take place 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. UTC (6:30 a.m. ‒ 9:30 p.m. EDT) Saturday, 12 June 2021 .  While the maintenance work is in progress, the following functionality will not be available: login, account creation, and updates to accounts.

Important: Any IEEE application requiring login and authentication will be affected by this maintenance.

Affected IEEE applications include – but are not limited to – the following:

  • Google Apps – Note: You will not be able to log in during the scheduled upgrade. However, if you are already logged in before the upgrade begins, you will stay logged in.
  • IEEE Collabratec®
  • IEEE Learning Network
  • IEEE.org main site
  • IEEE Xplore® Digital Library
  • Siebel
  • vTools

vTools.Xtreme version 3.7.2 was released on 29 April 2021

vTools.Xtreme version 3.7.2 was released on 29 April 2021

vTools.Xtreme v3.7.2 provides the following enhancements:

  • Web pages updated to include latest Xtreme Logo for the 2021 competition #15
  • Proctor registration is scheduled to open on 1 July 2021
  • All proctor registration communications are updated to contain the 2021 competition#15 information

Please contact the vTools team at mga-im@ieee.org if you have any questions or concerns

vTools.Events v6.12 has been released on 29 April 2021

vTools.Events v6.12 has been released on 29 April 2021

vTools.Events v6.12 includes the following enhancements:

Event Activity Dashboard – visual representation of events saved in vTools.Events.

  • Access via Event/Report Administration page
  • Selection of any geographic organizational unit and year to filter events activity information.
  • Charts and Breakdown information is presented based on the selected geographic organizational unit for the year selected.
  • The results include all related geographic organizational units  (i.e. chapter, affinity groups, student branch, student branch chapter, student branch affinity group).
  • Charts are presented as follows: events by category, virtual  events, by day of week and by week across one year ; Click on chart to download image of chart.
  • Breakdown includes: event category count (Professional, Technical, Non-Technical, Administrative, Humanitarian, Pre-U STEM)
  • NOTE: This feature presently does not support Societies. It currently provides results for geographic organizational units only.

Event/Report Administration now includes paging to show more results for recent, upcoming and draft events

Virtual information – an increase in the amount of information that can be saved in the “Virtual information” section of the events add/edit form is provided.

Registration confirmation emails include web conference information (i.e. WebEx, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams links), if saved with an event.

Events API – The Feeds option has been re-labeled “API” and provides more user documentation. For Legacy Feeds, authorized users now have an option to request custom feeds.

My Events portal – this page includes a list of all events an individual has registered for.

  • Anyone with an IEEE account – including non-members – can view all of their registrations in My Events.
  • To view their registrations, the user must be signed in to their IEEE account
  • If they do not have an IEEE account, the system will provide an option to create a free acocunt.
  • The list includes the user’s upcoming and past registrations.  By clicking on the event title, the user may view the details of the public event (i.e.Description, date/time, hosting organizational units, location, registration link,etc.)

Event Flyer – a PDF of the event can be generated by selecting the option ‘View Event Flyer‘ on the Manage page of an event.

As part of the NextGen project, vTools supports IEEE Treasury staff users in administering limited merchant account information solely for use by vTools payment functionality.

An Event’s registration status included in eNotices will accurately reflect the current status to the recipient of the eNotice.  When viewing the eNotice message, the recipient may see any one of the following registration statuses: “Registration is not yet open”, “Registration Open”, “Registration is closed”.  This status will match what is provided on the public view of an event in vTools.Events.
— With this feature, the viewer will easily know if an event’s registration is open or closed.

The footer includes the IEEE Ethics Reporting link

Events has been upgraded to the next version of Ruby on Rails

Please contact the vTools team at mga-im@ieee.org if you have any questions or concerns

vTools.WebInABox v4.0.2 has been released on 29 April 2021

vTools.WebInABox v4.0.2 has been released on 29 April 2021

WebInABox v4.0.2 introduces the following enhancement:

  • Officers roster has been updated to utilize the officers web service to retrieve the OU’s officer positions currently active.
    The list of positions presented on the Officers page will contain all the positions and if applicable, an alias along with officer contact information

The footer includes the IEEE Ethics Reporting link.

Please contact the vTools team at mga-im@ieee.org if you have any questions or concerns.

IEEE Upgade – 27 March 2021

IEEE Upgrade 27 March 2021

On Saturday, 27 March 2021, an upgrade has been scheduled to replace the servers that support IEEE’s account creation and authentication system.

The upgrade will take place 7 a.m. ‒ 3 p.m. EDT Saturday, 27 March 2021 .  While the maintenance work is in progress, the following functionality will not be available: login, account creation, and updates to accounts.

Important: Any IEEE application requiring login and authentication will be affected by this maintenance.

Affected IEEE applications include – but are not limited to – the following:

  • Google Apps – Note: You will not be able to log in during the scheduled upgrade. However, if you are already logged in before the upgrade begins, you will stay logged in.
  • IEEE Collabratec®
  • IEEE Learning Network
  • IEEE.org main site
  • IEEE Xplore® Digital Library
  • Siebel
  • vTools

IEEE Upgrade 29 – 30 Jan 2021

IEEE Upgrade 29 – 30 January 2021

On Saturday, 29 January 2021, IEEE is upgrading a number of Web sites and systems to bring you enhanced capabilities and an improved experience.

Starting Friday, 29 January from 7:00 PM EST ( 20:00 UTC-4) to Saturday, 30 January 11:00 p.m. EST (00:00 UTC-4), the following functions will not be available: IEEE Shop, join and renew IEEE and IEEE societies, article purchasing on IEEE Xplore and some vTools applications. If you need assistance during this time, please direct your inquiry to the IEEE Support Center

Please note that due to this upgrade parts of the vTools will be inaccessible between Saturday 29 January, starting at 7:00 p.m. EST (20:00 UTC-4) through Saturday, 30 January 11:00 p.m. EST (00:00 UTC-4):

vTools.Events
– there will be no ability to validate member numbers for discounted price levels during registration

vTools.eNotice
– There will be the ability to select target organizations
– There will be no ability to send express eNotices
– Create, update and save eNotice will be available

vTools.WebInABox
– There will be the ability to create new or modify existing sites
– “Officers” and “Other units” pages will not show any officer or unit data

vTools.Voting
– There will be the ability to create new or modify existing ballots
– There will be no ability to load voter lists
– Voters should still be able to vote in open elections

vTools.OfficerReporting will not be available
– Officer roster will be unavailable

vTools.Student Branch Reporting
-There will be no ability to create new or modify existing annual plans
-Volunteers can view and download submitted plans

WebEx will not be impacted

ReviewRoom will not be impacted

Membership  Validator will not be available..

If you have any questions, please contact the vTools team at vtools@ieee.org

vTools.Voting v2.4.0 has been released

vTools.Voting v2.4.0 provides the following enhancements:

  • Support for motions held by a geographic organizational unit
    • Volunteers may create and manage a motion ballot for a selected geographic organizational unit
    • Functionality includes: Preview, Print /PDF,email voters, view and update results online and downloaded
    • Results for motions include the abstention count online and included in the download
    • Updates to motion results are available, if needed.
    • NOTE:  Volunteers compose and send email to eligible voters using vTools.Voting.
  • Voting for a motion
    • Eligible voters will submit their votes for a motion ballot online using vTools.Voting
    • Every motion ballot includes the option to abstain.
  • Voting in an election
    • Every election includes the option to abstain
    • Volunteers can view the count of abstention online and results downloaded
  • Voter email messages sent through vTools.Voting include ballot-related information:
    • Title of ballot, start/end date/time and timezone and contact email address is automatically provided in the voter email message.
    • Volunteers may customize the voter email message sent to eligible voters using vTools.Voting.
      • On the Manage page there are the options: Email and Email Log
    • Volunteers have the ability to customize the voter email message, if desired
  • Ballot dashboards identify motions (i.e. gavel icon ) and elections (i.e. check icon)

Voting has been upgraded to Rails 5.2.4.3 / Ruby 2.3.3

Please contact the vTools team at mga-im@ieee.org if you have any questions or concerns.

vTools.WebInABox v4.0 has been released

vTools.WebInABox v4.0 provides the following enhancements:

WebInABox has a new look and feel. It is fully responsive to mobile devices

  • This new, more intuitive look and feel, provides new features and enhancements which include:
    – A new home page design
    – Improved navigation for administering a website
    – More help text
  • Support for student branches, student branch chapters and student branch affinity group WebInABox websites is now available

WebInABox has been upgraded to Rails 5.2.4.3 / Ruby 2.3.3

Please contact the vTools team at mga-im@ieee.org if you have any questions or concerns.

vTools.Officer Reporting v2.3.0 has been released

vTools.Officer Reporting v2.3.0 provides the following enhancements:

  • WIE membership validation
    • When reporting officers for Section and Student Branch Women In Engineering (WIE) affinity groups, the IEEE member holding the officer must have a current WIE membership.
  • All new officer reports require a term end date be provided
    • Term limit of six(6) years in a position will be enforced
    • Note: View an officer’s term dates by hovering cursor over the name displayed in the online roster page
  • MGA includes Officer Qualifications information

Officer Reporting has been upgraded to Rails 5.2.4.3 / Ruby 2.3.3

Please contact the vTools team at mga-im@ieee.org if you have any questions or concerns.

Student Branch Report Annual Plan – Signatures

Student Branch Report Annual Plan – Signatures

When completing an annual plan for the Student Branch, please note the following:

  • The SIGNATURES section of the annual plan will include pre-populated email addresses.
  • The system will retrieve the email addresses for all officers that are required for the Student Branch Name/Code annual plan.
  • An informational message indicating what email addresses were found and for what position in SIGNATURES will be displayed to the user
  • There may not be an officer in the position. When there is no email address for a position in SIGNATURES, the user must provide an email address.
  • The SIGNATURES email addresses must be the official email addresses of officers recorded in the IEEE Membership database.
  • Email to approve an Student Branch annual plan uses the email addresses included in SIGNATURES.