Admin Webpage
Admin Webpage
Welcome to your admin portal! This page contains an interactive list of steps to help you use iModules to manage your Alumni Reunion 2024 events. Please bookmark this page for your convenience.
Table of contents (click on a section to jump to it!)
- Log in
- Important Links
- Creating and editing events
- Linking to events
- Managing registrations
Log in
- Go to my.alumni.utoronto.ca
- Sign in using your username (UTor email address) and iModules password.
- On the next page, the iModules toolbar will now appear at the top of the site.
Important Links
- QA Testing Docs
- How Reunion Works Doc
- Reunion Backend
- New Reunion Website
Creating or Editing an Event
Create a new event
Creating an event is a three-step process. You must create your event on the backend and the frontend of iModules and make sure both versions are linked via event code and consistent with each other. The following steps detail how to do this.
1. Create an event code (if you have run out)
The frontend of the Alumni Reunion registration site communicates with its backend about specific Reunion events via “event code”( Example: AR24-R001). Each event code has the following pattern: ARXX-R###
- AR stands for Alumni Reunion
- XX is the year of the Reunion
- R### is the event ID (event IDs are assigned by the Alumni Relations team)
- For example, if this year’s Alumni Street Fest’s event ID is R008, then its event code would be AR24-R008.
Please follow the steps below to create an event code:
2. Create the event in the backend
Edit an existing event
You can edit information about your event, to change how it appears to website visitors and registrants. For example, you can add accessibility information, parking information, a link to donate, or a Google Map link.
This is a two step process. You must complete any updates both on the front end and backend to ensure your event’s updated details are consistent across all the contexts in which they can appear.
As the steps to edit an event closely resemble the steps to create an event, the section below focuses on how to edit UNIQUE or COMPLICATED fields. If the field you are editing is not outlined below, please refer to the steps on Create a new event to review how to update your desired field(s).
Updating event name
Editing your event’s name on the backend (as it appears in the registration form & confirmation email) requires a special set of steps. If you wish to edit the frontend event name please refer to the steps in the Create Brand New Event section.
IMPORTANT: This field SHOULD NOT be updated often and only when strictly necessary (Example: when the official name of an event has changed).
IMPORTANT: Do not skip the following step as changing the activity name on the backend has effects on reporting and the IM team needs to be notified.
Updating event date/time
First, edit your event’s date/time on the public-facing Alumni Reunion website. These steps are REQUIRED for ALL UPDATES.
Now, edit your event’s date/time as it appear in the registration form and confirmation email. Note: these steps are REQUIRED for ALL UPDATES.
Updating ticket prices
First, edit your event’s ticket price on the public-facing Alumni Reunion website. These steps are REQUIRED for ALL UPDATES.
Now, edit your event’s ticket price as they appear in the registration form & confirmation email. Note: these steps are REQUIRED for ALL UPDATES.
IMPORTANT: Please note this section is unique in the way it is updated as it is not the backend form used for the other fields.
Updating all other event info
There are a couple of other fields both on the frontend and backend of the event editing process that REQUIRE extra care as they MUST be edited in HTML. These fields are:
Frontend
- Activity Modal Description
- Activity Address
- Accessibility information
- Additional Portal Info
- Hybrid Event Info
Backend
- Activity Description
The steps below detail how to update these specific fields using our HTML generator.
First, edit the fields on the public-facing Alumni Reunion website. These steps are REQUIRED for ALL UPDATES.
Now, edit your event’s Activity Description as they appear in the registration form & confirmation email. Note: these steps are REQUIRED for ALL UPDATES.
HTML Generator
If your content has or requires any formatting (a link, email address, paragraph break, bold/italic text, bullets) it must be coded in HTML. This generator allows you to edit existing HTML, or generate new HTML from scratch.
To generate HTML from scratch:
- Paste your content into the generator below.
- Use the generator to format the content. You can bold the content, italicize it, add bulleted or numbered lists, and create links. Note: to make an email address into a link, highlight the email address, click the Link icon and paste the following format into the URL field (replace EMAILADDRESS with the real one): mailto:EMAILADDRESS
- Once you are happy with the formatting, click COPY CODE.
- The code has now been copied, paste it wherever you need it!
To update content that is ALREADY in HTML:
- Copy ALL of the existing HTML from the field you wish to edit – make sure to not miss any of it!
- In the generator below, click the ‘<>’ icon.
- You should see a popup called Source Code, paste your existing HTML in this box.
- Once set, click Save. You should now see how that HTML looks when formatted!
- Edit and format the content as you would like. Then click COPY CODE.
- The code has now been copied, paste it wherever you need it!
Test if an event was set up properly
Test how the event(s) appear in the event listing and filters
- After creating your event(s), navigate to the Alumni Reunion website’s “Register” page.
- Find the event(s) tile(s) and look for any formatting errors or missing fields.
- Test all of the links on your tile(s) and ensure they are all working and directing to the right place. Also ensure all links open in a new tab.
- Test if your event(s) can be found on the Search by event name search bar.
- Test the Choose Date(s) filter to make sure your event(s) show up under the appropriate date.
- Test the Faculty/College filter to make sure your event(s) show up under the appropriate Faculty/College.
- Test the Event Type filter to make sure your event(s) show up under the appropriate Event Type(s). Since in this section you can select more than one Event Type, test that your event(s) show up under the proper combinations of filters.
Register the All-events Test Registrant for the event(s) in the front-end (Step 1)
For the remaining steps of testing, you will need to test how the event appears to a registrant.
- If an all-events test registrant doesn’t already exist, first set up a test registrant who is registered for ALL Alumni Reunion events. Then add the event(s) you created to the test registrant’s registration.
- Note: for our specific testing purposes, you shouldn’t add the events in the backend: only through the front-end, such as by going into the test registrant’s “Add More Events” link from their automatic confirmation email. Make sure to log out of iModules first OR do this in a Chrome Incognito window (in Chrome, press down CTRL + SHIFT + N to open a darkened Incognito window) to avoid overriding your administrator account!
Test how the event(s) appear in a registrant’s automatic confirmation email (Step 2)
- Resave the test registrant’s registration in the backend to trigger a fresh automatic confirmation email to the test registrant.
- Review the event(s) in the itinerary section of the registrant’s latest automatic confirmation email.
- Make sure the event(s) are in the right chronological order.
- Look for any formatting errors or missing information.
- Test any links and make sure they direct to the right places.
Test how the event(s) appear in a registrant’s web itinerary (Step 3)
- From the confirmation email of the test registrant click on the button Add More Events.
- You will be redirected to the registration page of the test registrant. In that URL add ® at the end of the link, this should take you to the test registrant’s web itinerary.
- Example: https://secureca.imodules.com/s/731/18/register21.aspx?sid=731&gid=1&pgid=20511&cid=34036&ciuid=29179122-6f7f-4b77-9537-7caee37ff37b®
- Review the event tile(s) on the test registrant’s web itinerary.
- Make sure the event(s) in the right chronological order.
- Look for any formatting errors or missing information.
- Test the call-to-action buttons, and ensure that any necessary instructions for attending the event(s) are displaying properly.
- Test any links and make sure they direct to the right places.
Test that the front-end and back-end event(s) were configured/connected properly (Step 4)
- Review the registrant’s web itinerary and automatic confirmation email itinerary (refer to the steps above) side-by-side.
- Make sure these two separate experiences MATCH. Same total number of events (no events missing from one or the other) and same order of events.
Test how the event(s) appear in the “Your Events” tab of the registrant’s checkout (Step 5)
- Go to Your Events tab of the test registrant’s registration in the public-facing Alumni Reunion site.
- You can access a registrant’s Your Events tab by going to the Add More Events link from their automatic confirmation email, and then clicking Continue in their shopping cart to re-enter their registration. Then continue through checkout until you reach the Your Events tab.
- Review the event(s) on the Your Events tab.
- Make sure the event(s) are in the right chronological order and aren’t missing any information or ticketing options (if appropriate).
Managing Registrations
Look up a registration
- You are now viewing a list of all Alumni Reunion 2024 registrants. Use the searchbox to find the primary registrant.
- Click on the registrant’s name.
- Double check: at the top of the page, it should now say “Viewing:” followed by the name of your registrant.
- Click the Events tab.
- Click on Alumni Reunion 2024 in the list of events.
Add events to a registration
- On the event editing page, there are two modes: Build Form Mode and Data Entry Mode. Click Data Entry Mode.
- Click on the tab you wish to edit. (For example, add or edit a guest on the Guests tab, add events on the Your Events tab, or edit the primary registrant’s personal information on the Your Info tab.)
- Note: if you want to add events, you must do it two places of this form!
- On the first tab (Registration), scroll down the Cart Values / Activity Codes field. Use the Event Code Generator and update the event codes to include any events you wish to add. Event codes should be separated by a comma with no spaces. For example: R009,R029,R020
- Then proceed to the Your Events tab of the form, and checkmark events as appropriate there as well.
- By adding the events in these two places, you ensure your changes appear everywhere they should: in reporting and in the registrant’s email and web itineraries.
- On the first tab (Registration), scroll down the Cart Values / Activity Codes field. Use the Event Code Generator and update the event codes to include any events you wish to add. Event codes should be separated by a comma with no spaces. For example: R009,R029,R020
- Click Next at the bottom of each tab of the form, and then click Finish at the end.
- Note: if the person is already registered for paid events, and you resubmit the form, don’t worry: the system will not charge the person again. It will only charge the registrant for any newly added paid events.
- When you click Finish, the registrant will receive a confirmation email with their updated itinerary.
Refresh iModules to see your change reflected right away. (Optional)
- In the iModules toolbar at the top of the website, hover on Events. Under Manage, click Events Home.
- Click the Refresh button. Your change will now be reflected across the iModules admin interface.
Remove free events from a registration
- You are now viewing a list of all Alumni Reunion 2024 registrants. Use the searchbox to find the registrant you want to remove.
- ⚠️ Always remove the registrant’s guests (if applicable) before removing the primary registrant. You can tell someone is a guest because they will show up when you search for the primary registrant, and the primary registrant will appear under the “Registered By” column.
- To the left of the registrant, there is a gear icon. Click on it and choose Adjustments.
- You are now viewing a list of all the Alumni Reunion activities that currently have registrants. Use the searchbox to find the activity you wish to remove your registrant from (it will have 1 in the Quantity column) or click the Quantity arrow twice to sort the registrant’s events to the top.
- Click the Adjust button in that activity’s row, and when the popup appears, click Confirm.
- Repeat as necessary for any other activities (not requiring a refund) that you wish to remove this registrant from.
NEW MANDATORY STEPS: Now, uncheck the events from the user’s web itinerary and “Your Events” checkout tab.
- Use your browser Back button to return to the Submissions/Adjustments page.
- Click on the registrant’s name.
- Please note when unchecking events that the main registrant’s profile must be used to remove guests.
- Double check: at the top of the page, it should now say “Viewing:” followed by the name of your registrant.
- Click the Events tab.
- Click on Alumni Reunion 2024 in the list of events.
- On the event editing page, there are two modes: Build Form Mode and Data Entry Mode. Click Data Entry Mode.
- On the first tab (Registration), scroll down the Cart Values / Activity Codes field. Use the Event Code Generator and update the event codes to remove any events. If the registrant wants to keep certain events, make sure to leave those event codes untouched!
- Now click on the Your Events tab and uncheck any removed events.
- Click Next at the bottom of the tab, and then click Finish at the end.
- Note: if the person is already registered for paid events, and you resubmit the form, don’t worry: the system will not charge the person again.
- When you click Finish, the registrant will receive a confirmation email with their updated itinerary.
Refresh iModules to see your change reflected right away. (Optional)
- In the iModules toolbar at the top of the website, hover on Events. Under Manage, click Events Home.
- Click the Refresh button. Your change will now be reflected across the iModules admin interface.
Remove paid events from a registration
First, look up the registration by going to the Submissions/Adjustments page for Alumni Reunion 2024 »
- Locate the event that needs to be refunded and retrieve the Auth Code (under column labelled “auth”), as well as the purchase date.
- In PayPal, go to “Search Transactions”. Under search options, search by Auth Code. In the date range, enter the date of the transaction and Submit. The search will retrieve the original transaction with the Transaction ID.
- In Paypal, move to the “Virtual Terminal” tab and choose Single Transaction.
- Under Perform Transaction – Step 1, choose “Credit” as the Transaction Type. Enter the original Transaction ID and Submit.
- The system will automatically fill in amount of the original transaction. Replace with the amount of the refund and submit.
- At the top of the next page, it will either read “Approved” in green or read “Error” in red. If it says Approved, the refund is complete.
- Open the “View Transaction Details” link. Under “Transaction History”, the Refund (Credit) Transaction ID is listed. Save the page as a pdf using the following format: LastName-AlumniReunion#RefundTransactionID-Date
- Now fill out the Refund Tracker (Excel doc) to document the refund.
- Send a copy of the transaction record (in place of a receipt) via email to the alumni with some standard messaging.
- Go back into iModules and remove the event per the steps for removing a free event:
- Remove the event(s) under Submissions/Adjustments
- Update the event codes
- Update the checkmarks on the Your Events tab
Mark an event as sold out
- Go to edit mode for the public-facing Alumni Reunion website.
- Click the Manage Articles icon. A popup will appear. (If you don’t see the Manage Articles icon, you can try this alternate link.)
- Use the search box to find your event. Click the green gear icon to the left of your event, and click Edit Article to start editing your event’s details. Scroll to the bottom of the event details.
- Under “Do you want to display that this event is SOLD OUT?” enter yes
- Under “Text to Display When an Event is Sold Out” enter SOLD OUT
- Save your changes.