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Originally Posted by Jgparker
Background: I am a professor and one of the things I need is to compile an annual report at the end of each year ...
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Only faculty members can truly appreciate the tedium of doing a FAR. Here is an example of my layout in OF.
Some answers to your specific Scenarios follow below.
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Originally Posted by Jgparker
1. an email arrives .... My annual report considers this Service/National. ...
2. Another type of Service/National I might do is organize a national meeting on Grasshopper politics.
.... How could I handle this?
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Service (folder)
- Peer Reviews (folder)
-- 2012.01 J Big Ideas (project)
--> accept request (action / email)
--> review article (action / desk)
--> finalize comments (action / computer)
--> submit review (action / email)
-- 2012.05 J Big Ideas (project)
...
-- 2012.05 J Small Ideas (project)
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- Conferences (folder)
-- 2012 - Grasshopper Politics (folder)
--- Attendance (project)
--- Food (project)
--- Conference Proceedings (folder)
---- Feeders versus Breeders (project)
---- Sub-Sahara versus Americas (project)
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Originally Posted by Jgparker
3. I'm teaching a course on the History of the Toaster. ... how could I set this up?
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Teaching (folder)
- S12 : HYS 2033 - Toaster History (folder)
-- Course Startup (project)
---> Syllabus Prepared (action / action group)
---> Web Page Prepared (action / action group)
---> Gradebook Initialized (action / action group)
---> Roster Collected (action / action group)
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-- Course Administration (project ... single action for "chores")
-- Teaching Assistant (folder)
--- Week 1 (project)
--- Week 2 (project)
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-- Assignments (folder)
--- Homework 1 (project)
--- Homework 2 (project)
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--- Capstone 1 (project)
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-- Exams (folder)
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-- Field Trips (folder)
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I track email responses in email via flags rather than bothering to use OF.
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FWIW, I have just started using Goalscape as an additional tool to track the bigger picture. This was based on a recommendation from one of the OF forums.
Feel free to contact me off-line for further discussion.
Hope this helps.
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JJW