Please read below for updates on our most recent activities for the Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI). These updates contain information about work in progress as well as upcoming and release feature announcements. Work over the last two weeks is included. See bottom of page for quick start guides for Transcripts, Search, and My Account.
March 4, 2024
Aap.org Content Migration
- Added content for the National Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health and Well-Being to Patient Care, which can be found at…
- Launched topic Recent Drug Shortage and Supply Interruptions at https://www.aap.org/en/pages/drug-shortages/.
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
- Deployed changes for the new banner feature to the live site, including reducing the color overlay saturation to make text easier to view, and the overall size and spacing of banner elements.
- Tested a way to restrict content editor access to change aap.org pages in the Content Management System by user group.
shopAAP Migration
- After the 8/8/23 launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Launched post go-live fixes that include…
- Fix for the scrolling issue on some mobile platforms such as Android on checkout screens when virtual keyboard appears.
- Fix for the issue with adding items to the cart (was only happening in TEST but needed to put in a fix to ensure would not propagate to the LIVE environment) that was caused by a new field needed in the customer object for a project for text messaging.
- Worked on a change to ensure “shopAAP” will show up alongside product titles in google search results to better identify them in google searches and help with analytics.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Launched February/March releases on the new LMS including…
- 2024 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- 2024 Best of Practical Pediatrics CME March Virtual Course
- EQIPP: Optimizing Asthma Care
- Infection Prevention Quick Fixes for Your Practice
- PediaLink Home Page
- Supported the 11/15/23 launch of the new PediaLink home page on aap.org, which shows content tailored for the logged-in user including links to the legacy PediaLink site to access features such as Resident Learning Plans until those features are migrated.
- Continued working on a content area that will show online course recommendations to logged in users.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Finished retest of fixes for issues found during testing.
- Built a process for synching program advisor-advisee relationship data back to the Legacy PediaLink system from aap.org.
- Finalized the cutover plan and approved the 3/6/24 go-live date.
- PREP Self-Assessment Reports
- Identified minor updates to the user experience design for rendering learner PREP Self-Assessment progress data by year (for individuals as well as residency programs).
- Worked on the mechanism to house the results of queries to pull PREP Self-Assessment progress data for PREP SA 2024 from the new LMS and the legacy PediaLink system for earlier PREP SA years.
- Completed estimate for building the solution.
- Started designing the back end services needed to send report data to the user interface for display to the user.
Other Features
- Search
- Wrapped up the proof of concept of the first tool as part of a timeboxed investigation into other search engine tools that could be used on aap.org in the future.
Quick Start Guides
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February 19, 2024
Aap.org Content Migration
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
- Completed testing changes to the new banner feature, such as reducing the color overlay saturation to make text easier to view, and the overall size and spacing of banner elements.
- After the evaluation period of the Tobacco Cessation Progressive Web app, which included in-depth interviews and surveys (to get feedback and identify enhancements, issues), analyzed the feedback to determine action steps.
shopAAP Migration
- After the 8/8/23 launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Worked on post go-live fixes/changes that include…
- Tested a fix for the scrolling issue on some mobile platforms such as Android on checkout screens when virtual keyboard appears.
- Tested the issue with adding items to the cart in the TEST environment that was caused by a new field needed in the customer object for a project for text messaging.
- Confirmed changes for adding tax to shipping products would not cause any display issues on the checkout pages in TEST.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Launched February releases on the new LMS including…
- 2024 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- 2024 NeoCram Virtual Course
- PediaLink Home Page
- Supported the 11/15/23 launch of the new PediaLink home page on aap.org, which shows content tailored for the logged-in user including links to the legacy PediaLink site to access features such as Resident Learning Plans until those features are migrated.
- Continued working on a content area that will show online course recommendations to logged in users.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Completed user acceptance testing of the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- Worked on fixes for issues found during testing.
- Started technical design for the synching of program advisor-advisee relationship data back to the Legacy PediaLink system from aap.org.
- Built a draft of the cutover plan.
- PREP Self-Assessment Reports
- Reviewed the initial version of the user experience design for rendering learner PREP Self-Assessment progress data by year (for individuals as well as residency programs).
- Worked on the database tables to house the results of queries to pull PREP Self-Assessment progress data for PREP SA 2024 from the new LMS and the legacy PediaLink system for earlier PREP SA years.
- Documented the features that are in and out of scope for the initial release and began estimating the work to build the solution.
Other Features
- Transcripts
- Applied data fixes to mark records as incomplete for a small number of learner MOC activities that during a specific time period were incorrectly allowed to be marked complete in the LMS.
- Search
- Continued the proof of concept investigation into other search engine tools that could be considered for use on aap.org in the future.
February 5, 2024
Aap.org Content Migration
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
- Worked on and tested changes to the new banner feature, such as reducing the color overlay saturation to make text easier to view, and the overall size and spacing of banner elements.
- Completed the evaluation period of the Tobacco Cessation Progressive Web app, which included in-depth interviews and surveys (to get feedback and identify enhancements, issues).
shopAAP Migration
- After the 8/8/23 launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Worked on post go-live fixes/changes that include…
- Scrolling issue on some mobile platforms such as Android on checkout screens when virtual keyboard appears.
- Issue with adding items to the cart in the TEST environment that was caused by a new field needed in the customer object for a project for text messaging.
- Verifying tax calculations for orders in the TEST environment when shipping products are configured to be taxable.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Launched January/February releases on the new LMS including…
- 2024 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- 2024 Practical Pediatrics CME Course - Puerto Rico
- Maternal-Infant Health and Opioid Use Virtual Learning Collaborative
- PediaLink Home Page
- Supported the 11/15/23 launch of the new PediaLink home page on aap.org, which shows content tailored for the logged-in user including links to the legacy PediaLink site to access features such as Resident Learning Plans until those features are migrated.
- Continued working on a content area that will show online course recommendations to logged in users.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Started user acceptance testing of the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- Worked on fixes for issues found during testing, as well as estimating work needed for changes requested and feature adjustments resulting from missed or unclear requirements.
- PREP Self-Assessment Reports
- Finished a first version of the user experience design for rendering learner PREP Self-Assessment progress data by year (for individuals as well as residency programs).
- Worked on queries to pull PREP Self-Assessment progress data for PREP SA 2024 from the new LMS and the legacy PediaLink system for earlier PREP SA years.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Updated the fields in the Content Management System that control front end headings and labels that were missing on the Section / Council / Chapter Affiliate application.
- My Account Library
- Built a fix to the Library service to exclude eBooks that have expired (in the past, AAP normally left eBook expiration dates way out in the future or empty, but there is a business need now to end-date certain ones that are no longer accessible).
- Find a Pediatrician
- Investigated why certain members were not appearing in Find a Pediatrician and updated their address types to get them to show.
- Search
- Continued the proof of concept investigation into other search engine tools that could be considered for use on aap.org in the future.
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
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January 22, 2024
Aap.org Content Migration
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
- Finished updating pages to use the new Age Range filter.
- Tested a new more visually appealing banner that can feature 2-3 resources and visually emphasize resources upon mouse hover over on desktop. Prepared the new banner content placeholder for testing.
- Launched a change to the back end emailing component that now complies with newer standards coming from Google and Yahoo to help prevent spam.
- Continued monitoring the app for an evaluation period of the Tobacco Cessation Progressive Web app (to get feedback and identify enhancements, issues).
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Launched post go-live fixes/changes that include…
- Added Product Activation alerts onto the shopAAP pages of the site to notify users that log in of the availability of products for redemption such as the 2024 Red Book Member Benefit print book.
- Issue on the checkout payment screen where upon clicking pay by check the informational message about a delay in shipping was not appearing.
- Report to identify orders suspected of having duplicated line items.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Launched January releases on the new LMS including…
- 2024 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- 2024 PREP Self-Assessment
- 2024 NeoPREP An Intensive Review and Update of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - Baltimore, MD
- PediaLink Home Page
- Supported the November 15th launch of the new PediaLink home page on aap.org, which shows content tailored for the logged-in user including links to the legacy PediaLink site to access features such as Resident Learning Plans until those features are migrated.
- Continued working on a content area that will show online course recommendations to logged in users.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Finished building the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- PREP Self-Assessment Reports
- Started the user experience design for rendering learner PREP Self-Assessment progress data by year (for individuals as well as residency programs).
- Worked on queries to pull PREP Self-Assessment progress data for PREP SA 2024 from the new LMS and the legacy PediaLink system for earlier PREP SA years.
- 2024 PREP Self-Assessment Launch
- Changed the back end filter that provides list of the learner’s registered activities to the LMS so that it will treat the online only and online & print formats of 2024 PREP SA and other content with those formats the same when determining if the learner has access to the content.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Launched the change to allow Honorary Fellows to join sections, chapters, and councils from the Membership Portal system.
- Member Directory
- Worked on performance improvements to the process that identifies records to be updated in the directory on a given day as well as fix an issue where it was not recognizing opt in/out flag changes made to member records by Staff on their behalf.
- Search
- Began a proof of concept investigation into other search engine tools that could be considered for use on aap.org in the future.
January 8, 2024
Aap.org Content Migration
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
- Started updating pages to use the new Age Range filter.
- Built a new more visually appealing banner that can feature 2-3 resources and visually emphasize resources upon mouse hover over on desktop. Prepared the new banner content placeholder for testing.
- Worked on changing the back end emailing component to comply with newer standards coming from Google and Yahoo that help prevent spam.
- Began monitoring the app for an evaluation period of the Tobacco Cessation Progressive Web app (to get feedback and identify enhancements, issues).
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Worked on post go-live fixes/changes not yet live that include…
- Add Product Activation alerts onto the shopAAP pages of the site to notify users that log in of the availability of products for redemption such as the 2024 Red Book Member Benefit print book.
- Issue on the checkout payment screen where upon clicking pay by check the informational message about a delay in shipping was not appearing.
- Investigation of small number of orders with duplicated line items.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Prepared for rollout of January releases on the new LMS including…
- 2024 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- 2024 PREP Self-Assessment
- PediaLink Home Page
- Supported the November 15th launch of the new PediaLink home page on aap.org, which shows content tailored for the logged-in user including links to the legacy PediaLink site to access features such as Resident Learning Plans until those features are migrated.
- Continued working on a content area that will show online course recommendations to logged in users.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Continued building the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Worked on a change to allow Honorary Fellows to join sections, chapters, and councils from the Membership Portal system.
- Member Directory
- Launched an additional fix to prevent the same record from being in the list of records to be updated in the directory on a given day.
- My Account Library
- Updated the back end service that lists the courses available for a user on the AAP Learning Management System to ensure access could be authorized regardless of which format was purchased (online only or print & online).
- Publishing Platform
- Investigated an issue affecting access to the 2024 journal products, and assisted staff in resolving it quickly.
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
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December 25, 2023
Aap.org Content Migration
- On December 14th, added topic Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs to the Patient Care Area…
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
- Launched the ability to add an Age Range filter.
- Planned rest of work for building an appealing banner that can feature 2-3 resources and visually emphasize resources upon mouse hover over on desktop.
- Upgraded the aap.org site with the newest version of the Forms component.
- Deployed remaining work needed so that the team can conduct an evaluation period for the Tobacco Cessation Progressive Web app (to get feedback and identify enhancements, issues).
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Launched post go-live fixes including…
- Issue where the user cannot complete event registration checkouts with other non-event items were in the cart.
- After event registration was completed, in some cases $0 would appear in the registration order summary box (left side of screen displayed the correct amount).
- Fix for a resource sharing protocol update that impacted the process that pushes product changes onto the aap.org site.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out December releases on the new LMS including…
- Talking to Parents and Patients about Using the Nutrition Facts Label to Make Healthy Food Choices - 2023
- 2023 Practical Pediatrics CME Course – Savannah, GA
- PediaLink Home Page
- Supported the November 15th launch of the new PediaLink home page on aap.org, which shows content tailored for the logged-in user including links to the legacy PediaLink site to access features such as Resident Learning Plans until those features are migrated.
- Worked on a content area that will show online course recommendations to logged in users.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Continued building the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- Evaluated a change to the email that will be sent to staff when administrators request program invoices.
- Continued working on the PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty content build.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Investigated an error with the chapter list returned to the user interface in the Add Section, Council, Chapter application under certain circumstances.
- Member Directory
- Launched the fix for an issue with the log file that is generated daily when the directory update process runs.
- Transcripts
- Deployed the fix for an issue with non-member PediaLink subscribers getting an error trying to access Annual Transcripts reports.
- Analytics and Performance
- Worked on additional fixes to prevent non-critical errors from appearing in system logs.
December 11, 2023
Aap.org Content Migration
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
- Started building an appealing banner that can feature 2-3 resources and visually emphasize resources upon mouse hover over on desktop.
- Started a process to review aap.org for broken links.
- Upgraded the TEST aap.org site with the newest version of the Forms component.
- Prepared for an evaluation of the Tobacco Cessation Progressive Web app (to get feedback and identify enhancements, issues).
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Continued working on post go-live fixes to queue up for future deployment including…
- Additional features needed for tracking shopping cart-related activity in more detail in Google Analytics.
- Issue where the user cannot complete event registration checkouts with other non-event items were in the cart.
- Fix for a resource sharing protocol update that impacted the process that pushes product changes onto the aap.org site.
- Identified technical needs for the implementation of the 2024 Red Book print version redemption process.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out November releases on the new LMS including…
- 2023 Best of Practical Pediatrics December Virtual Course
- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Relational Foundations for Lifelong Health
- Managing Acute and Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorders in Pediatrics Update
- After the Show Education: 2023 National Conference and Exhibition
- 2023 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- PediaLink Home Page
- Supported the November 15th launch of the new PediaLink home page on aap.org, which shows content tailored for the logged-in user including links to the legacy PediaLink site to access features such as Resident Learning Plans until those features are migrated.
- Adjusted the personalized content for program admins.
- Made content and background color settings changes in response to initial feedback.
- Removed old URLs that contained “\learning” from AAP Search since they were replaced by the new PediaLink area of the site.
- Worked on a content area that will show online course recommendations to logged in users.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Continued building the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- Updated the back end service to better reflect program year for the display.
- Conducted further analysis of PREP SA current and past year reporting needs and how to get the data from the old and new LMS environments.
- Continued planning for PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty launch needs and getting started on the content build and structure.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Supported the recent launches of National Affiliate, International, Associate, and Section/Council/Chapter Affiliate applications and the Rejoin process on the new platform.
- Member Directory
- Tested a fix for an issue with the log file that is generated daily when the directory update process runs.
- Transcripts
- Built a fix for an issue with non-member PediaLink subscribers getting an error trying to access Annual Transcripts reports.
- Analytics and Performance
- Worked on additional fixes to prevent non-critical errors from appearing in system logs.
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November 27, 2023
Aap.org Content Migration
- Finalized the PediaLink home page for its launch on November 15th. Depending on the role of the logged-in user, the displayed content varies
- For example, members in Residency Programs see different content than Residency Program Administrators.
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health Question and Answer Portal
- Finished building and testing the 3rd level filtering for Age Range.
- Created the user interface design for an appealing banner that can feature 2-3 resources and visually emphasize resources upon mouse hover over on desktop.
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- On November 16th, deployed the following fixes to the live environment…
- Additional features needed for tracking shopping cart-related activity in more detail in Google Analytics.
- Followup fix for the subject line, from email address, and cart/product-related hyperlinks in abandoned cart emails.
- Fix for issues with product related items and images not always synching to the site from the Product Information System.
- Continued working on post go-live fixes to queue up for future deployment including…
- Additional features needed for tracking shopping cart-related activity in more detail in Google Analytics.
- Fix to the display on the Order Confirmation screen for event registrations (after the registration correctly went through): the Order Summary box was showing $0 but the event registration item Total on the left side of the screen accurately displayed the event registration amount.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out November releases on the new LMS including…
- 2023 Global Health Education Course
- 2023 Treatment and Prevention of Acute and Chronic Pain in Children Virtual Course
- 2023 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- PediaLink Home Page
- On November 15th, launched the new PediaLink home page on aap.org, which shows content tailored for the logged-in user including links to the legacy PediaLink site to access features such as Resident Learning Plans until those features are migrated.
- Decommissioned portions of the legacy PediaLink site that were migrated to aap.org.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Continued building the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- Updated the back end roster relationships service to remove the IsAdvisor and IsLearner flags as they will not be used.
- Continued planning for PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty launch needs and getting started on the content build and structure.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Supported the recent launches of National Affiliate, International, Associate, and Section/Council/Chapter Affiliate applications and the Rejoin process on the new platform.
- Member Directory
- Built a fix for an issue with the log file that is generated daily when the directory update process runs.
- Analytics and Performance
- Fixed an issue with AAP ID integration between aap.org and the site’s analytics tracking tool.
- Deployed additional fixes to prevent non-critical errors from appearing in system logs.
November 13, 2023
AAP.org Content Migration
- Added topic Pneumococcal Vaccines to Patient Care.
- https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/immunizations/pneumococcal-vaccines/
- On November 8th, deployed the following fixes to the live site….
- Added scroll indicator arrows on left and right of navigation menus that are wider than the mobile view.
- Updates to get analytics working for the Tobacco Cessation app.
- Continued collaborating with the PediaLink Transformation team to build out how the PediaLink home page will look depending on the role of the logged-in user. For example, members in Residency Programs will see different content than Residency Program Administrators.
- Started building the 3rd level filtering for Age Range on the question and answer portal as part of the new AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health.
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- On November 8th, deployed the following fixes to the live environment…
- Ability to track shopping cart-related activity in more detail in Google Analytics.
- In the user’s Library, moved the hyperlink to the shopAAP product page that is on the product Title down lower on the tile. This should reduce confusion for the user clicking on that link thinking they are going to the product content as opposed to the product purchase page on shopAAP. Ideally, it will make it clear that the way to go to the content is the Open button.
- Re-enabled abandoned cart emails.
- Fix to prevent user from adding more than one quantity to the cart for products with digital components.
- Ability to add a direct link in email communications from AAP that loads all subscription and membership renewal invoices into the cart after the user clicks the link and logs in.
- Continued working on post go-live fixes to queue up for future deployment including…
- Additional features needed for tracking shopping cart-related activity in more detail in Google Analytics.
- Followup fix for the subject line, from email address, and cart/product-related hyperlinks in abandoned cart emails.
- Fix for issues with product related items and images not always synching to the site from the Product Information System.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out November releases on the new LMS including…
- 2023 Practical Pediatrics CME Course, Clearwater FL
- 2023 Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain
- 2023 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- PediaLink Home Page
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features onto aap.org and the LMS, focused content for the logged in state.
- Conducted further building and testing of the new PediaLink home page in anticipation of a mid-November launch.
- Made changes to the legacy PediaLink site to allow for redirecting users from the new PediaLink home page to specific areas of the legacy site such as the Resident Learning Plan.
- Planned cutover details for the new PediaLink home page launch.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Updated the user interface design for the Admin functions based on final feedback.
- Continued building the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- Continued planning for PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty launch needs.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Supported the recent launches of National Affiliate, International, Associate, and Section/Council/Chapter Affiliate applications and the Rejoin process on the new platform.
- Member Directory
- Fixed an issue with the structure of member detail page URLs.
- Corrected an issue with results not displaying if default sort order was changed.
- My Account Library
- Removed the hyperlink from the product Title that takes the user to the shopAAP product page (it now shows as a smaller Product Details link lower down on the card).
- Finalized the PediaLink home page for its launch on November 15th. Depending on the role of the logged-in user, the displayed content varies
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October 30, 2023
Aap.org Content Migration
- Collaborated with the PediaLink Transformation team to build out how the PediaLink home page will look depending on the role of the logged-in user. For example, members in Residency Programs will see different content than Residency Program Administrators.
- Defined technical work needed to add 3rd level filtering for Age Range as well as a more visually engaging banner area on the question and answer portal as part of the new AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health.
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Continued working on post go-live fixes to queue up for future deployment including…
- Adding the ability to track shopping cart-related activity in more detail in Google Analytics.
- In the user’s Library, moving the hyperlink to the shopAAP product page that is on the product Title down lower on the tile. This should reduce confusion for the user clicking on that link thinking they are going to the product content as opposed to the product purchase page on shopAAP. Ideally, it will make it clear that the way to go to the content is the Open button.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out October releases on the new LMS including…
- Virtual Learning Collaborative 2023
- 2023 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- PediaLink Home Page
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features onto aap.org and the LMS, focused content for the logged in state.
- Continued building the new PediaLink home page and ensuring the flow between the new page and the existing areas on the PediaLink site such as the Resident Member Home tab.
- Built changes to aap.org (in Library and for course completion) so that we can migrate access to courses Trauma-Informed Care and Resilience and Awareness of Congenital Heart Defects Among Healthcare Clinicians from the legacy PediaLink site to aap.org once the new PediaLink home page goes live on aap.org.
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features onto aap.org and the LMS, focused content for the logged in state.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Reviewed the user interface design for the Admin functions based on recent feedback.
- Continued building the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- Continued planning for PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty launch needs.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Supported the recent launches of National Affiliate, International, Associate, and Section/Council/Chapter Affiliate applications and the Rejoin process on the new platform.
- My Account Program Trainee Roster Upload
- Fixed an issue with upload of trainee designation.
- Added non-binary to options for gender field in the upload template.
- Login/My Account
- Continued work on the next upgrade to the login authentication software.
- Transcripts
- Updated database procedure to automate the change to the newest EQIPP QI Basics prerequisite course each three-year cycle.
October 16, 2023
Aap.org Content Migration
- Collaborated with the PediaLink Transformation team to build out how the PediaLink home page will look depending on the role of the logged-in user. For example, members in Residency Programs will see different content than Residency Program Administrators.
- Worked on a fix to add left and right arrow indicators to navigation menus in mobile when the menu is wide.
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Deployed post go-live fixes and changes on October 11th including…
- Fix for Author roles on the product pages not being populated correctly from the Product Information Management system.
- Fix for Author-related information not being populated correctly from the Product Information Management system.
- Fix to remove “en:” text appearing in areas of Online Course Series product detail pages.
- Added Course Series items to the Search index.
- Continued working on post go-live fixes to queue up for future deployment including…
- Adding the ability to track shopping cart-related activity in more detail in Google Analytics.
- Allowing a direct URL for marketing emails for the user to see their membership and subscription renewals in the cart.
- Preventing the user from adding more than one quantity of packages that contain digital components to the cart.
- Fixing issue with abandoned cart emails not being sent.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out September/October releases on the new LMS including…
- 2023 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
- PediaLink Home Page
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features onto aap.org and the LMS, focused content for the logged in state.
- Fixed issues with a new content placeholder to display courses the user is registered for with links to go to the course.
- Started building the new PediaLink home page and ensuring the flow between the new page and the existing areas on the PediaLink site such as the Resident Member Home tab.
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features onto aap.org and the LMS, focused content for the logged in state.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Created the user interface design for the Admin functions based on recent feedback.
- Started building the redesigned admin functions interface on aap.org.
- Continued planning for PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty launch needs.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Supported the recent launches of National Affiliate, International, Associate, and Section/Council/Chapter Affiliate applications and the Rejoin process on the new platform.
- Member Directory
- Built and tested a fix for the results not loading when the default sort order was set to Newest.
- Login/My Account
- Continued work on the next upgrade to the login authentication software.
October 2, 2023
Aap.org Content Migration
- Launched the updated features resulting from feedback in pilot testing of the new progressive web application designed to support clinicians in addressing youth tobacco cessation.
- Rolled out fixes and enhancements including...
- Redesigned mechanism to ensure published page changes push out to aap.org properly so that users see the changes immediately regardless of which site server they happen to be connected to,
- Fix for uploading files that contain the text and image entries which appear in filterable lists such as the Oral Health Image Gallery.
- Routing errors such as page not found to a more user-friendly page that contains helpful links.
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Deployed post go-live fixes and changes on September 27th including…
- Grayed out the Place Order button after the user clicks to prevent duplicate payments.
- Added membership expiration date to renewal alert banners.
- Removed quantity update control from product pages and cart page for packages containing digital items.
- Fix for updating emergency contact information in Event Registration.
- Prevented selection of On Hold addresses for shipping and billing addresses in the checkout flow.
- Ensured no billing address is pre-selected and user notified to pick one if they continue without selecting.
- Added more product type filters (e.g., Packages) and adjusted the order of the filters in Search.
- Continued working on post go-live fixes to queue up for future deployment including…
- Fix for Author roles on the product pages not being populated correctly from the Product Information Management system.
- Fix for Author-related information not being populated correctly from the Product Information Management system.
- Adding Course Series items to the Search index.
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out September/October releases on the new LMS including…
- 3rd Annual 2023 Pediatric Obesity Management: What's New & Understanding the New Clinical Practice Guideline
- PediaLink Home Page
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features onto aap.org and the LMS, focused content for the logged in state.
- Tested a new content placeholder to display courses the user is registered for with links to go to the course.
- Agreed to plan for rolling out the new PediaLink home page and ensuring the flow between the new page and the existing areas on the PediaLink site such as the Resident Member Home tab.
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features onto aap.org and the LMS, focused content for the logged in state.
- Program Director Center
- Another area to be migrated to aap.org is the Program Administration. Previously, program roster upload functionality was moved to aap.org in My Account for program directors / coordinators. The next feature to be moved is the roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins).
- Finalized the prototypes for the Admin functions and set a target date for building it in the aap.org TEST environment.
- Identified technical gaps to address for Reporting and Learning Plan features that are not migrating at the same time.
- Continued planning for PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty launch needs.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Supported the recent launches of National Affiliate, International, Associate, and Section/Council/Chapter Affiliate applications and the Rejoin process on the new platform.
- Member Directory
- Fixed an issue where the search filters such as Section, Council, Country were not listing all the values available.
- Search
- Corrected an issue with html markup showing in the search results for specific search terms.
- Login/My Account
- Continued work on the next upgrade to the login authentication software.
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September 18, 2023
Aap.org Content Migration
- Continued development on features resulting from feedback in pilot testing of the new progressive web application designed to support clinicians in addressing youth tobacco cessation.
- Worked on a redesigned mechanism to ensure published page changes push out to aap.org properly so that users see the changes immediately regardless of which site server they happen to be connected to.
- Tested a fix for uploading files that contain the text and image entries which appear in filterable lists such as the Oral Health Image Gallery.
- Built additional pages in…
- Patient Care topics
- Practice Management
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Deployed post go-live fixes and changes on September 13th including…
- Better validation of field length rules on payment fields.
- Changed the order of how items appear in the mini-cart to show the most recently added item at the top instead of the bottom.
- Fixed the Event Registration Products page to properly display the fees per registrant as the user adds them.
- Added a concurrent session signup warning message to the Event Registration Session page.
- Fixed the font size for Event session information.
- Added fields to the google product feed.
- Fixed author duplication and sorting issues on Product pages.
- Resolved an issue with the connection to upload product data to the site.
- Began prioritization of non-urgent fixes, enhancements.
- Continued working on post go-live fixes to queue up for future deployment including…
- Search
- Add more product type facets (e.g., Packages).
- Sort the product types like they were in the old site.
- Add membership expiration date to the membership renewal alert.
- Event Registration
- Fix error occurring when saving emergency contact info.
- Change where the Badge Name is sourced to ensure that if the user has a preferred badge name saved in our customer database that it is the value displayed to the user (instead of the user’s first/last name values).
- Checkout
- Disable the “Pay” button after the user clicks on it to prevent accidental double-clicking or extra clicking.
- On the Cart page, hide the quantity selector for digital products and packages that contain digital items (e.g., eBook).
- Change to display an “On Hold” indicator and tooltip on user’s addresses that are marked as such in our customer database, and to prevent the user from selecting a shipping or billing address that is marked as On Hold.
- Search
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out September releases on the new LMS including…
- none
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features on to aap.org and the LMS, focused on user interface design of the logged in state.
- Built a new content placeholder to display courses the user is registered for with links to go to the course.
- Developed new audiences so that we can show/hide content areas based on the member type of the user (e.g., Medical Student could see different content than a Resident member).
- Built a content placeholder to display course recommendations.
- Continued planning for PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty launch needs.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Supported the recent launches of National Affiliate, International, Associate, and Section/Council/Chapter Affiliate applications and the Rejoin process on the new platform.
- Login/My Account
- Continued work on the next upgrade to the login authentication software.
September 4, 2023
Aap.org Content Migration
- Launched fixes and enhancements, including…
- Brought back the social share buttons (using a newer tool).
- Fixes to the quiz feature to stop it from flashing the “incorrect answer” red screen briefly after submitting a correct answer, and from inadvertently showing the “correct answer” screen upon picking a wrong answer.
- Continued development on features resulting from feedback in pilot testing of the new progressive web application designed to support clinicians in addressing youth tobacco cessation.
- For the AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Health, updated the pages to sort the topics and roles alphabetically and ensure the See More/See Less link appears to expand/collapse based on the number of topics or roles for the various areas of focus such as Early Childhood.
- Built additional pages in…
- Patient Care topics
- Career Resources
- Practice Management
- Research
- Learning
shopAAP Migration
- After the August 8th launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
- Deployed post go-live fixes and changes on August 23rd and August 25th including…
- Checkout
- Added better labeling and validation to ensure the user selects a billing address tied to their credit card prior to attempting to place the order.
- Fixed instances where renewals and limited time offer labels were not displayed correctly.
- Product Images Handling
- Event Registration
- Session Date/Time/Topic Conflict warning messages not always appearing.
- Controls to hide/show Badge section for virtual vs. live events not working.
- Guest registration temporarily not functioning (fixed with 8/25 deploy).
- Mini-Cart and Product Detail Pages
- Added message on the mini-cart to notify the user of revised price they get when adding bulk quantity of an item to the cart (before it was giving an error and the user did not see the items were added to the cart).
- Replaced USD with $ on mini-cart.
- On the Product Detail Pages, displayed updated pricing if for the logged-in user if different from standard member/non-member pricing.
- Fix to populate product recommendation carousels.
- Google Analytics and Sitemap
- Search Results Display and Functionality
- Added durations (e.g., 1 year, 2 year) to subscription product results.
- LiveActivityDateTime facet showing only the year instead of day.
- Removed duplicates showing up in results related to shopAAP Top Results settings.
- Miscellaneous Fixes to Reduce Warnings/Errors in the Logs
- Checkout
Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation
- Rolled out September releases on the new LMS including…
- 2023 Practical Pediatrics CME Course - Washington, DC
- As part of redesigning the aap.org Learning page, which will serve as the home as we begin migrating PediaLink features on to aap.org and the LMS, focused on user interface design of the logged in state.
- Considered what content would be needed based on the logged-in user being a Medical Student, Resident, Program Director, FAAP, or Non-member.
- Continued planning for PREP SA 2024 and 2024 PREP Subspecialty launch needs.
Other Features
- Membership Portal
- Supported the recent launches of National Affiliate, International, Associate, and Section/Council/Chapter Affiliate applications and the Rejoin process on the new platform.
- Login/My Account
- Continued work on the next upgrade to the login authentication software.
- Search
- Indexed the 2023 AAP Experience (https://aapexperience.org/) site pages and removed the pages from previous years that were in the AAP Search index.
- Fixed an issue with the schedule for the indexing of Healthy Children content in the AAP Search index.