1. How to RECORD APPROVALS for Previously Approved Thesis Proposals
Python 2 Thesis Support
How to RECORD APPROVALS for Previously Approved Thesis Proposals
OBJECTIVE: Complete Thesis Proposal Form (TPF) milestone on the Python dashboard without students needing to re-route the form for approvals
Typo, the TPO Dragon
INSTRUCTIONS FOR EDUCATION ADVISORS:
Ed Techs, Program Officers, and Academic Associates
DEADLINE
May 31, 2018
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2. Python 2 Thesis Support SUMMARY
NOTE: Education advisors—ed techs, POs, and AAs—can choose to implement Steps 1–4, but we encourage them to ask the students to do so.
Student locates his or her previously approved thesis proposal.
Student locates or creates his or her Python Thesis Dashboard by following these instructions.
Student enters all information that is required for the Thesis Proposal Form (TPF) milestone (details covered in “Students: Avoid Rerouting Proposal”)
Student does NOT route the form; instead, the student asks one of his or her education advisors—ed tech, PO, or AA—to mark the TPF as Previously Approved.
Education advisor opens TPF from dashboard’s Document Output section and checks the “Record Proposal Approval” button at the top of the form.
After doing so, the education advisor may elect to edit the auto-filled TPF completion date in the dashboard’s Requirements Status section to reflect the true date the proposal was approved (not just recorded as such in the thesis dashboard); editing the Completed date is optional.
NOTE: Education advisors can stop accidental routing of the TPF at any time by performing steps 5–6.

3. Python 2 Thesis Support FOR EDUCATION ADVISORS, Proposal Approval:
Under the dashboard’s Document Creation and Approval Routing section, click on Thesis Proposal Form (TPF).

4. Python 2 Thesis Support
FOR EDUCATION ADVISORS, Proposal Approval, continued:
If any required data is missing, this pop-up will appear when you try to open the Thesis Proposal Form (TPF).
You can click on the Resolve buttons to finish entering the data.
Or You can ask your student to finish entering the required data.

5. Python 2 Thesis Support
FOR EDUCATION ADVISORS, Proposal Approval, continued:
On top of the TPF, you should see the Record Proposal Approval banner.
Click on the blue button.
If you do not see this, use the Feedback button at the top of the dashboard to ask for technical assistance.
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6. Python 2 Thesis Support
FOR EDUCATION ADVISORS, Proposal Approval, continued:
From the TPF, clicking on the blue Record Proposal Approval button brings up this Advisor Approve Proposal Form pop-up window.
Click on the Record Proposal Approval button.
The green Document APPROVED banner should then appear at the top of the TPF.
Student authors should receive an notification that this step has been completed.
Click on Thesis Dashboard to close the TPF.

7. Python 2 Thesis Support
FOR EDUCATION ADVISORS, Proposal Approval, continued:
Optional
Under the Requirements Status section of the dashboard, the Thesis Proposal Approved (TPF) milestone will be checked as ”completed” with today’s date.
You can elect to edit the completed date by clicking on the blue pencil, making it match the original proposal approval date. This is optional NOTE: The Proposal Approved Date was not something tracked in Python 1 (only the fact that it was approved). The proposal approved/not approved feature did not transfer from Python 1 to Python 2 and the thesis dashboard.
TPF approval is reflected here, too.

8. Python 2 Thesis Support
Students can update their dashboard data between now and the routing of their final Thesis Release and Approval Form in Python.
Their next required dashboard step is recording the date on which they attended or viewed the mandatory Thesis Brief during their graduation quarter (students: see our website for more details [forthcoming]).