Frequently Asked Questions
Why is one person responsible for doing all the administrative work?
Can we link our profile/organization to our Facebook profile?
Why is ArgoPulse such a hassle?
Why isn't ArgoPulse accessible from ARGUS?
Why can't we save events and come back later to edit them?
Other questions? Send them to argopulse@uwf.edu.
Now that most of the forms for our organization are on ArgoPulse, I (as the only person who has administrative access to the site) have to do all the work. We can't even put up sheet banners without it going through me.
It is too hard on me to have to have everything come through me because I am the only one who has access to ArgoPulse. And sharing the user name and password would mean sharing my ArgoNet username and password which is used for my Argus account, email account, etc.
Under no circumstances do we wish students to share their ArgoNet user ID and password.
Student leaders can assign members to Positions that provide them with customizable administrative privileges. Refer to the Student User Guide for detailed instructions on how to assign positions to specific members and adjust administrative privileges.
Any way to link the organizations we belong to with Facebook? For example, if an organization posts a new event can it show up on the Facebook Group Page?
You have the ability to include URLs to your group's Facebook and Twitter pages within ArgoPulse. You also have the ability to share events with over 330 social networking sites.
The ArgoPulse system is a good idea...but a LOT of hassle. I don't really see what the problem was with the old RSO system.
Each RSO already has a UWF site, and most have a Twitter and Facebook as well so this just became an added workload, along with mandatory instructional meetings.
Each RSO does have the option to host a website on the UWF server. The problem with that option has been maintaining information year to year.
ArgoPulse provides a website that is edited using a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editor, which is much more user friendly and requires no downloads. ArgoPulse is NOT intended to replace Facebook or any other social networking sites.
It's a nice set up, but why can't it be more accessible from the Argus webpage? In fact, why can't it just be an off-shoot of that? Why do I have to go to yet another separate website and log in again to access information about my campus groups?
The University of West Florida is currently redeveloping ARGUS (MyUWF). The new MyUWF portal is estimated to be launched in the 2011-12 academic year, at which time ArgoPulse will in fact be housed therein. ArgoPulse will actually be the equivalent of a "tab" within the ARGUS portal and will provide single log-in access (once logged in to ARGUS you won't have to log-in to ArgoPulse separately). Additionally, the calendar and event submission processes developed in ArgoPulse will feed the University's new global calendar, eliminating the need for multiple event submission processes and providing a single point of access to campus events.
The Event function is a pain to use. There isn't a way to start an event description and then save for later before submitting through Student Activities. You have to submit it and then any little update requires it go through the approval process all over again. There also isn't a way to delete an event once it's been created.
ArgoPulse has been designed to allow RSOs to assume greater responsibility for posting their upcoming events and activities. A result of that added responsibility is the need to be organized and thoughtful when planning. It is recommended that all organizations wishing to post events create them in a Word document and have them edited for accuracy of spelling and content prior to submitting them to the events calendar.