Existing Viewpoint entries may be edited or updated, if required.
Each entry on this page will be listed in a new row and will be displayed alternately in a blue or black font colour formatting to facilitate the display of multiple entries.
See also: Overview: Viewpoints category
Log in to the UCT Research Portal website with your UCT network credentials.
Click Scholarly Outputs.
In the Scholarly Outputs – Home page, click Viewpoints category.
The Scholarly Outputs – Viewpoints page opens displaying the various added entries.
In the Viewpoints section, click
Edit for the entry you wish
to edit.
The Scholarly Outputs – Edit a Viewpoint page opens.
If necessary, carry out the following edits:
Edit the title of the viewpoint in the Title rich text field.
Edit the description of the teaching output in the Description rich text field.
Edit the reference or citation in the Reference/Citation rich text field.
Select the category from the Category drop-down list field.
click
Edit for the contributor
you wish to edit.
The Edit an Author dialog box appears.
Edit the contributor's surname in the Last Name field.
Edit the contributor's initials in the Initials field.
If this person is currently involved with UCT, click Search UCT.
A list of UCT staff members and students appears (based on the surname and initials entered above).
Click
to select
the relevant person from the list and continue to the Primary Author check box.
In the Institution extendable select field, enter or select the contributor's institution name.
If this person was the primary author, ensure that the Primary Author check box is selected.
Click Save & Close.
The following message displays briefly: “Information was successfully saved.”
The Scholarly Outputs – Edit a Viewpoint page reopens.
If necessary,
in the Author / Creator/s
list click the up / down arrows to sort by priority.
Edit the year from the Year drop-down list field.
Edit the website address in the URL field.
Edit the article number or DOI in the Article Number/DOI field.
If this falls into the category of engaged scholarship, ensure that the Engaged Scholarship check box is selected.
Edit the details of your contribution in the Own Contribution field.
Select your own faculty from the Own Faculty drop-down list field.
Select your own department from the Own Department drop-down list field.
In the Own Research Group / Unit / Centre extendable select field, enter or select the name of your research group, unit or centre, if applicable.
Edit keywords, separated by space, comma or semicolon, in the Keywords field.
Click Upload Contribution.
The Upload to OpenUCT dialog box appears.
Select the file version from the File to upload drop-down list field.
Select the Creative Commons licence from the Licensing drop-down list field.
Click Browse in the Upload file/s field.
Navigate to the location of your saved file.
Select the file to upload.
Click Open.
The File Upload dialog box reopens with your selected file listed below the Upload file/s field.
If you want to select another file to upload, click Browse to add another file and repeat from step 8.
If
you want to remove a previously selected file, click next to the file to remove.
Select the check box to agree to the OpenUCT non-exclusive distribution agreement.
Click Upload File/s.
The following message displays briefly: “Information was successfully saved.”
The Scholarly Outputs – Edit a Viewpoint page reopens.
Click Save & Close.
The following message displays briefly: “Information was successfully saved.”
The Scholarly Outputs – Viewpoints page reopens.