A quick update on whether students in Tulane's Nursing program will be eligible for Louisiana TOPS (Taylor Opportunity Program for Students), which are state scholarships for Louisiana residents. Here are a few FAQs and answers via Mike Goodman, Associate Vice President for Financial Aid:
If I am a current Tulane student, can my Louisiana TOPs grant continue if I transfer to the Nursing program in the School of Professional Advancement?
Yes, as long as the student has remaining eligibility and enrolls full-time.
If I am a student at another Louisiana college or university and I have a Louisiana TOPS grant, can my grant follow me to Tulane's Nursing program?
Yes, as long as the student has remaining eligibility and enrolls full-time.
If I am a student at another Louisiana college or university and have never received a TOPS grant, can I apply for one for the upcoming year I plan to enroll in Tulane's Nursing program?
Normally, a student eligible for TOPS must commence receipt within a year of completing high school. The State would determine is a student who attended a Louisiana college or university and was not eligible for TOPS is eligible if transferring to Tulane (whether into the nursing school or elsewhere).
The layout of your pages can have a big influence on how they're read, and what visual impact your content has. Narrower columns, for example, optimize for readability, with around 50-75 characters per line, but wider page widths work better for displaying tabular data.
You can create different layouts in Confluence after inserting a default layout using the Layouts tool, giving different parts of your page a different column configuration.
There are several column layouts available. After inserting a layout, you can easily switch between the options. Content doesn't get lost when you change the column layout; additional columns are added to the right, and when you change to a layout with fewer columns, the content moves to the left. This replaces the add, remove, and move section functionality of the legacy editor.
Layouts can be moved from the page by selecting the trash can icon in the floating toolbar.
Our most commonly used layout is the right sidebar layout, which can be seen in the Banner Guide.
Here is a summary of the BSN program requirements for students seeking admission specifically contextualized for NTC students:
Hold a minimum of 60 non-nursing college credits from an accredited institution.
Have a cumulative transfer GPA of 3.0 and a cumulative nursing major prerequisite GPA of 3.0.
Request transcripts from all institutions where previously enrolled - though for current Tulane students, this will mean simply contacting the Office of Undergraduate Admission to have your transcript made accessible to the School of Professional Advancement.
Complete the program prerequisites within seven years of application to the nursing program.
Students can be referred to explore more here and complete the "Start Your Journey" request.
The program itself is a collaborative effort between the School of Medicine and the School of Professional Advancement. Students completing the program will receive the Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the School of Professional Advancement.
SoPA
For current Tulane undergraduate students, entering the BSN program would require you to transfer from Newcomb-Tulane College to the School of Professional Advancement. Students who have such interest will apply for admission to the program via the School of Professional Advancement. If accepted, coursework will be a hybrid of online and in person instruction on Tulane's Downtown Campus.
Financial Aid
Current Newcomb-Tulane College students who transfer to the School of Professional Advancement will not be able to transfer any scholarships or certain financial aid to the BSN program. The tuition in the School of Professional Advancement is different and in most cases less than the full-time tuition rate of Newcomb-Tulane College. If you decide to apply for admission into this program and are admitted, we would want you to meet with one of our financial aid counselors to best understand the cost differential between the two programs, which will largely depend on your individual financial circumstances and eligibility for federal and state aid.
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The Table of Contents macro scans the headings on the current Confluence page to create a table of contents based on those headings.
Any text formatted as a heading along with emojis, mentions, statuses, and dates are available for inclusion in your table of contents.
When would you use Table of Contents macro?
This helps readers find their way around lengthy pages, by summarizing the content structure, and by providing links to headings. A rule of thumb is to use the Table of Contents macro when your article requires scrolling past the “fold” of a page. Users generally familiar with the page may be looking for a specific section, and the Table of Contents macro can help them navigate to the specific content they’re looking for.
Where is this used in our instance?
An example of the Table of Contents macro is found on Viewing and maintaining a student's academic standing (SHAINST/SGASTDN). Rather than using a formatted heading for “On this page”, we use bolded Normal text to prevent the heading from pulling into the macro.
Use the Table of Contents macro
To add a Table of Contents to your page:
From the editor, select Insert from the toolbar to bring up the insert menu.
Find the Table of contents macro and select it. You can also type
/tableofcontentsto select this macro from the insert menu right in the body of your page.Upon selection, the Table of Contents placeholder will appear in the body of your page.
Your table of contents won’t be visible while editing. When you preview the page or publish it, you’ll be able to see an auto-generated table of contents based on the page’s headings.
To configure your Table of Contents:
From the editor, select the Table of Contents placeholder.
Select the Edit () icon to open the configuration panel.
Customize the parameters of your table of contents in either Basic or Advanced mode.
Your selections won’t be visible while editing. When you preview the page or publish it, you’ll be able to see how your customized table of contents looks.
As you continue editing the page, the configuration panel will close.
You can also select the centered, medium-width, or full-width icon to adjust the width of your table of contents. Select the copy icon to duplicate it elsewhere, and/or the trashcan icon to remove it entirely.
Parameters
Parameters are options that you can configure to control exactly how your table of contents appears on the page.
To customize your table of contents, you can configure its basic and/or advanced parameters, depending on your needs and preference.
Basic parameters
Basic parameter | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
Display as | Vertical list |
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Bullet style | Bullet | This parameter applies to vertical lists only. Select from any of the following values:
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Separate sections by | Bracket | This parameter applies to horizontal lists only. Select from any of the following values:
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Include heading levels from [#] to [#] | 1-6 | Select the minimum and maximum heading levels to include in your table of contents. | |
Include section numbers | Unchecked | Select the checkbox to apply outline numbering to your headings. (Example: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) |
Advanced parameters
From Shawn Abbott 12/15/23
Our undergraduate program in Nursing will officially begin recruiting applicants on Monday! A few items to note:
Our new program in Nursing is for transfer students who have completed 60 credits or more and are looking to complete a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). The program will offer online and in person instruction and be based primarily at Tulane's Downtown Campus.
Tulane's Nursing program will be a collaborative effort between the School of Medicine and the School of Professional Advancement. Students will apply and be admitted through the School of Professional Advancement. The program is lead by Dean Brenda Douglas, who came to Tulane from Northeastern University.
We have contracted with a partner, Orbis Education, to conduct marketing and recruitment for the program. Our Orbis colleague, Scott Besemann, provides some helpful information below if you receive inquiries.
Please save this email for future reference and please help be responsive to inquiries. Whether you are in Gibson Hall or on our Downtown Campus, we are likely to encounter prospective students who want to learn more about this new program.
Later that day, we were sent a video with more information. Here are highlights from that video:
Why Tulane?
Community nursing is embedded into the curriculum, which sets the TU nursing program apart from other peer institutions. Each semester, students will participate in a community-based learning experience to appreciate the unique challenges and attributes of the NOLA area.
Know before you apply
If admitted, students are subject to drug screening, criminal background checks, and immunization requirements prior to starting clinicals.
Scheduling
The program is 4 semesters, 15 credits/semester, and lock-step.
The nursing program will observe all TU breaks and holidays and comply with the religious observance policy.
Time commitments
Without stating it in these terms, it’s basically impossible to maintain a full-time job while in the program.
Consider the program a full-time job due to its accelerated nature.
Students should be available on weekends for clinicals.
Expect to be in clinicals 2-3 days per week, 1-2 days per week for exams and labs, and spend time working on online coursework.
Clinical sites
All sites are currently within a 50 mile radius of New Orleans. Currently, the farthest site from NOLA is in Covington.
Students do not choose clinical site locations.
Lab locations
Labs and simulations are hosted on the Downtown campus
Downtown parking
Monthly parking contract
Visitor parking is limited
Types of educational experiences
Labs and simulations – downtown
Clinicals/practicum – at the healthcare site. Clinicals are never online.
Coursework – mostly asynchronous online, may have some synchronous online meetings depending on course.
Community-based learning experiences
Student resources
Students are assigned an academic advisor and success coach.
Students’ first point of contact is their faculty who will work with the advisor and coach.
Testing and exams
The licensure exam is the NGN NCLEX.
Each semester, student will purchase an ATI testing and remediation bundle, which is about $400 per semester.
Testing is pre-scheduled and proctored.
Job placement
Currently in development.
The List by Label macro is used to display lists of pages, blog posts or attachments that have particular labels. Note that this macro’s name was recently changed from “Content by Label”.
When would you use List by Label macro?
It's great for collecting related pages together and filtering out content that you don't want to see.
For example, you could use this macro to display a list of all pages that have the label 'feature-shipped' and include the word 'Blueprint', or to list any pages with the label 'meeting-notes' that you've been mentioned in.
Here's how the macro looks on your page:
Where is this used in our instance?
Many articles include the List by Label macro to drive users to related content. Our configuration ranges from displaying all content with a selected label to displaying only 5 articles with a link to additional related content. You can see it in action on Graduation & Commencement, and this macro can be used on any page where it makes sense to provide additional related content.
Use the List by Label macro
To add the List by Label macro:
When editing, select Insert from the toolbar
Find the macro by name and select it
Configure it as needed
You can also type / on the page to bring up the same list you'd see by selecting from the toolbar. Continue typing the name of the macro to filter the list.
To edit the List by Label macro:
Select the macro placeholder.
Select the Edit icon to open the configuration panel.
Configure the parameters. Your changes are saved as you go.
Resume editing the page, and the panel closes.
You can also select the centered , medium-width , and full-width icons to adjust the width of some macros. Select the trashcan iconto remove the macro.
CQL filters
CQL (Confluence Query Language) is a query language developed for Confluence, which you can use in some macros and the Confluence search. Confluence search and CQL-powered macros allow you to add filters to build up a search query, adding as many filters as you need to narrow down the search results. To add a filter to your query, select the Add a filter link.
Filter | Description | Operators |
|---|---|---|
Label*
| Returns pages, blog posts or attachments with these labels. | OR (multiple values in the same filter) AND (multiple Label filters) |
With ancestor | Returns pages that live under this page in the page tree. This allows you to restrict the macro to a single page tree. | OR (multiple values in the same filter) |
Contributor** | Returns pages or blog posts that were created or edited by these people. | OR (multiple values in the same filter) |
Creator | Returns items created by these people. | OR (multiple values in the same filter) |
Mentioning user | Returns pages and blog posts that @mention these people. | OR (multiple values in the same filter) |
With parent | Returns only direct children of this page (further sub-pages won't be included) | EQUALS (one page only) |
In space** | Returns items from these spaces. | OR (multiple values in the same filter) |
Including text** | Returns items that contain this text. | CONTAINS (single word or phrase) |
With title | Returns items that contain this text in the title. | CONTAINS (single word or phrase) |
Of type** | Returns only pages, blogs or attachments. | OR (multiple values in the same filter) |
AND, OR, and NOT operators
For an OR search, specify multiple values in the same field.
So to show pages with 'label-a', 'label-b' or both you'd put 'label-a' and 'label-b' in the same Label field, like this:
For an AND search, add more than one filter and specify a single value in each.
To show only pages with label-a and label-b you'd put 'label-a' in one label field, then add a second Label field to the macro, and put 'label-b' in the second one, like this:
Put simply, OR values are entered in the same filter, AND values are entered in different filter.
Only some filters support AND. If the filter doesn't support the AND operator, you won't be able to add that filter more than once.
For a NOT search, enter a minus sign (-) before the label. This'll exclude everything with that label.
This field is required in CQL-powered macros.
** You can add these filters in CQL-powered macros but in search they're part of the standard search filters, so they don't appear in the Add a filter menu.
Macro display options
Tables allow you to present important information and discuss it with your team. Use familiar table formatting options –resizing columns, coloring cells, rows and columns, aligning content, and sorting the table by clicking the column headers – to view the information the way you like it.
To add a table, select Table in the toolbar. A three-column, three-row table (including a header row) will appear on the page.
When you have large tables with many rows, the header row becomes “sticky” and doesn't scroll out of view when editing or viewing the page. This doesn't work, however, if you've merged several rows to create a bigger header row.
The width of each column is set to a percentage of the table width, so your columns will grow or shrink as your table size changes. If your table is full-width or has many columns, it can become scrollable horizontally.
When viewing a table on a page, you can sort the content by selecting the sort icons in the header row. Your sorting choices don’t impact what other people see and are not saved.
You can't have a table within a list, block quotes, or another table.
Resize a table
To resize a table:
Locate the resize handle on the right side of the table.
Drag the resize handle to the desired width.
The columns in the table will proportionally grow or shrink to fit the new width of the table.
Edit a table
Table editing tools are contextual and vary based on where you place your focus.
Select an entire table by placing focus in the top left. This can be useful if you want to copy and paste the whole table somewhere else.
Table options
When you're editing a page and have selected some portion of the table, table options will appear. Use table options to:
Make a row a header row with a grey shaded background and bold text
Make a column a header column with a grey shaded background and bold text
Insert a numbered column to automatically number each row
In a cell (or when selecting multiple cells, rows, or columns), select the down arrow to access the following actions:
Change cell color
Insert column to the right
Insert row below
Remove column
Remove row
Merge cells
Split cell
Distribute columns
Clear cells
When multiple cells are selected, you can change the background color of all the selected cells or merge the selected cells. If a cell was previously merged, you have the option to split the cell.
You can see an example of a table in our Personnel list.
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, how many words is a gif worth? 🤔
Add an image, video, GIF, or file to a Confluence page by selecting the Add image, video, or file button. You can upload the media from your computer or display an image from another web page using its URL. You can also drag and drop files, such as images, multimedia, Office files, and PDFs, from your computer directly into the editor.
Resizing images and videos
You can resize images and videos by dragging the handles on their sides. Media will proportionally grow or shrink based on how much you drag the mouse in and out.
Guides
Guides appear to help size and align your media width with other media on the page.
Image and video settings
When you select an uploaded image or video, a floating toolbar appears. You can use this toolbar to:
Add a caption — Add more information about the image or video. The text size and alignment can't be changed, but you can apply other formatting.
Border options — Add borders and change their color and size.
Image alignment — Determine how the image or video is aligned on the page
Text wrapping — Let text flow around your image or video.
Width and Height — Set the width or height of an image or video.
Link (images only) — Add a link to a Confluence page or an external URL.
Alt text — Add supplemental text accompanying an image or video for all users. Alt text can help add more context and meaning to the image or video and can be very effective in assisting users of all types to understand the image or video better.
File display settings
When you insert a file into a page, it will appear as an inline tile or a thumbnail. You can use the floating toolbar to control the following:
Change view — Display the file inline or as a thumbnail.
Preview — Open the file in viewer mode
Download — Download the file to your computer or device.
Adding internal or external links can guide your reader to additional relevant content.
Highlight words or phrases then use Cmd + K for Mac or Ctrl + Z for Windows to convert them into links. You may also select the link icon from the top menu.
Link to headings or sections
To insert a link leading to a specific heading or section of a page:
Hover over the heading until the link icon appears.
Select the link icon. This will copy the URL of the heading link.
Use the URL you copied to create the link.
Link to attachments
You can also create links to attachments you’ve already added to your page.
Link display options
Once you type in or paste a link when editing a Confluence page, you can choose how it appears after you publish.
Type in or paste a link, or use the /link command. You may also use Cmd + K for Mac or Ctrl + Z for Windows:
Select the link.
From the Smart Link toolbar, select your preferred display option:
Inline view
Instead of a URL, inline view shows only the title of the link. This is useful when you want to insert multiple links in a table.
Card view
Card view offers more context by showing metadata like project details and summary. When your readers hover over Smart Links displayed in card view, they can interact with link elements or preview the content. Select Open preview to view the link at near page-width without leaving the page.
Embed view
Embed view allows you to view pages, boards, lists, timelines, or calendars in other products without having to leave the page. Watch a video from YouTube, read and edit documents, leave comments in your design files and more, all within your current page.
Emphasize information by choosing a preset panel type to consistently communicate ideas like info, note, error, success, and warning. The preset types include an emoji and a background color.
In addition to the five preset panel options, you can customize panels by choosing one of the 20 background colors available. Panels can have emojis, or you can remove the emoji to meet the needs of your content. The emojis available to you are the same set that you already use in Confluence; this includes custom emojis you and your teammates have added.
Type /panel to quickly see the options and add this element from the slash command or select the Insert icon and search for panel.
You can see an example of how we’ve used panels to create visual interest on an FAQ page and how we’ve integrated panels with headings on Responding to students' registration questions
Welcome to the 12 Days of Confluence Elements! For the next 12 days we'll learn how to use common elements we use in our Confluence instance.
Today, we're starting with defining elements.
What are elements?
All the items that can be inserted onto a page are elements. Elements include panels, expandable content, images, and macros. We’ll learn more about macros soon.
Adding an element
Elements can be added by clicking the Insert menu, from the toolbar, or from the slash command menu.
In our instance
We use elements such as panel, divider, emoji, expand, and heading, and macros. You can see examples of many of these elements at Graduation & Commencement.
On Monday, we’ll learn about the Expand element.