Using the Abstracts module

Installing the Abstract module

Install the Abstracts module on your workspace from the Marketplace. 

Once installed, the Abstracts module will be available under the Content category of the workspace:

Creating and editing your Abstracts in the workspace

Go to Content category in the main menu and select Abstracts:

Click on New abstract, and enter the following information to create your abstract:

1 - Enter a Reference Number (Code). This is optional.
For example “A1”. The reference number is by default visible in the name of the abstract, in the list of abstracts in the app:

The reference number is a metadata that can be included or not in the display template of the Abstract list in the app. It can also be used to order the abstracts in the list.

2 - Enter a Title. This is mandatory. The title is by default preceded by the (optional) reference number, and is visible in the list of abstracts in the app.

3 - Choose the Type of abstract. This is optional. The type of abstract is visible only when the attendee opens the abstract in the app (not in the list of abstracts).
Oral: This is an audio file of the presentation.
Poster: This is a print document that illustrates the presentation.
E-Poster: This is an electronic document that illustrates the presentation.

4 - Choose a Category for the abstract. This is optional and is open text. Categories can be used by attendees to filter the abstracts in the app. The category of the abstract is visible in the list of abstracts in the app, and when the attendee opens the abstract in the app. In the list above, the category entered was “Web”

5 - Add a Description for the abstract. This is optional and is open text. The description of the abstract is visible only when the attendee opens the abstract in the app (not in the list of abstracts). The description field also supports HTML in addition to Markdown.

6 - Select a Status option for the abstract:
“Active” means that the abstract will be visible in the app to the attendees.
“Hidden” means that the abstract will not be visible in the app to the attendees.

7 - You can ignore the Availability option, as this is obsolete and no longer applicable

8 - Add one or more Presenting Authors for the abstract, by clicking on the + button, and then Edit item. Here you can add any necessary information for your author, that will be visible in the app:

Note: Authors are specific to the Abstracts module and are not linked at all to users or speakers in the workspace.

Once created, you can see the list of Abstracts created in the workspace:

You can select any abstract in order to edit it.

Viewing the abstracts in the app

From Backstage, you can preview the app and see how the Abstracts will look:

Once in the app, you’ll see the Abstracts app menu item, as well as the Author index:

Open the Abstracts item to display the list of Abstracts in the app:

Here, in the list of abstracts, you can see the following information that was added when creating the abstracts via Backstage:
- Line 1: Reference Number (Code)
- Line 2: Category
- Line 3: Presenting author(s)

To note, the information included in this list in the app can be modified in the workspace in Backstage, via the Content > Abstracts > Preferences tab, by adjusting the metadata listed here:

All abstract list metadata are available in the Metadata Manager, by selecting the Abstracts List type in the dropdown:

In the app, you can select an abstract from the list to open it and display its content:

Similarly to in the abstract list, you will find all the information that was added when creating the abstract in Backstage, including the Bookmark and Note tools.

Selecting a Presenting Author here will display a list of all abstracts that are associated with that particular presenting author:

From here app users can select other abstracts in order to open them and display their content.

Selecting an associated Document here will also display the linked document in the app.

To note, the information displayed in the abstract can be modified by making changes to the abstract display template, via the Content > Abstracts > Display template tab:

All abstract metadata are available in the Metadata Manager, by selecting the Abstracts type in the dropdown:

Viewing the Author Index in the app

The Author Index is generated automatically using all the presenting authors that are associated with the abstracts in the workspace.

App users can open the Author Index via the app menu (se bottom of the menu). Doing so will display a list of all the “Presenting authors” that are added to abstracts in the workspace:

Selecting an author here will display all the information on that author, and the list of abstracts in the workspace that they are the presenting author of:

From here app users can also select an abstract in order to open it and display its content.