There are seven Fountain Tag categories from which to choose if you have news content you want to share with the entire University. If your content is just for your division, do not give it a Fountain Tag. Be very discerning when selecting these categories, and if you have any questions about how to use these tags, please contact the development team. Each story should only be given 1 Fountain Tag.
Condolences — Use this category on news articles meant to share information about an employee who has passed away. Best practice is to create a news post (not a news link) and put information in the body of the article. A link to an obituary can be put into the article. (Since most newspapers are under subscription, many people would not be able to access a link; that’s why it is best to create a post with text.) Also, make sure the title of condolences news articles follow this format: First Last (Position, Department).
- Employee News — Use this category on news articles meant to share employee-specific information with all University staff and faculty. This might be about benefits, award nominations, or general knowledge.
- Faculty News — Use this category on news articles meant to share information with all University faculty. This might be about teaching and learning resources, grading requirements, or other general faculty information.
- Grant Opportunities — Use this category on news articles meant to share information about grants and funding opportunities.
- Praise & Recognition — Use this category on news articles meant to share information about great things happening at the University for our faculty and staff. This category can be a celebration of an award or honor; it could be praise for publishing or presenting; it could be for recognition in the press. (See Best Practices for Praise & Recognition)
- Student News — Use this category on news articles meant to share information about student resources, activities, or successes that staff or faculty would be interested in. Remember that students don’t have access to this platform, so only include student-centered information that employees need.
- University News — Use this category on news articles meant to share information with all University staff and faculty. This category would be used for any news you want to share widely that doesn’t fit into any of the other six categories.
There are 11 event categories from which to choose for all events. Be very discerning when selecting your category, and if you have any questions about how to use these tags, please reach out to the development team. Only give your event a category if you want it to flow to the main level of The Fountain. Please also see COMMUNICATION BEST PRACTICES below.
- Academic Calendar Date — use for events about non-school days, first and last days, and other planned academic dates
- All Employee Event — use for events for which all employees are invited, such as the employee appreciation breakfast or Convocation
- All Staff Deadlines — use for events that highlight a due date for all staff, such as HR trainings
- Benefits, Insurance & Retirement — use for events featuring information about benefits, insurance, or retirement, such as retirement webinars or insurance meetings
- Employee Recreation and Leisure Event — use for events featuring activities for faculty and staff participation in the areas of sports, relaxation and fun, such as yoga classes or art shows
- Engagement/Involvement — use for events featuring activities for faculty and staff participation in the areas of community service or campus involvement, such as Move Crew, Homecoming, or volunteering
- Faculty Deadlines — use for events that highlight a due date for faculty, such as grade submissions or tenure paperwork
- Health & Wellness — use for events featuring activities that benefit the health and well-being of employees, such as flu shot clinics or counseling benefit session
- Lectures/Speakers — use for events featuring speakers or lecturers
- Professional Development — use for events featuring activities that benefit employees’ careers, such as leadership training or networking events
- Teaching & Learning — use for events featuring activities that provide development in the areas of teaching and learning, including new software webinars or curriculum development
If you want to have multiple news web parts on your divisional page and have them show specific news themes, you can use tags and filter on your site. First, decide what you want those tags to be. (For example, you might want to tag stories about Awards & Publications to show in one news web part and not another.)
To add tags:
- Go to Settings – Site Contents in the upper right corner of your page.
- Then choose Site Pages.
- In the Site Pages section, you’ll see several columns. On the far right, click + Add column.
- In the next box, choose Choice and click Next.
- The Create a Column panel will open. Give the column a name (such as CSET Tag). Under choices, click the colored “choices” to edit the name of the choice to the tag name you wish. Do this for all the tags you wish to create. Click Save at the bottom when you’re done.
- Once created the choices, you’ll be able to add the tag in the page details of a news post. Go to edit, page details, then scroll down, and you should find your tag category title and field there.
- On your divisional page, you can then edit the news web parts to filter in news stories with specific site tags. Click the edit button on a news site. In the News box that opens on the right, scroll down to Filter. Choose “page properties” under filter and then choose the appropriate settings for Property Name to bring