Uncommon Fund Website

A better website to make applying, voting and judging

projects more fun, easy, & engaging

Front Page Blog

Committee blog

• Where the committee posts updates and blog posts

WYSIWYG Editor

Social Voting Platform

Viewable videos by category• Category Navigation

Bar• Video thumbnail

embed and layout like so.

• Video categories and video order will still be randomized upon site visit

• Videos play in a pop-up on the same page, to avoid page refresh.

• Background video loading – so videos are preloaded by the time the user clicks on them.

Greater visibility

• # votes• $ amount asked• Progress bar

represents %Popularity = (# votes/ # votes in highest voted idea)

• Image thumbnail and brief description.

• Include a link to external details/founder blog, if any.

• From listing, you can gather:– # votes– $amount asked– Progress bar

Detailed Video Page• Home (video +

detailed description + project founder bio)

• # votes & amount asked for

• Updates• Comments• Comment upvotes• Share via

Facebook/Twitter/Email

Ability to browse other videos while watching a video

• Sliding carousel of other videos above current video.

• Encourages visitor to continue viewing other videos past the current one.

Better Voting• Cap the # votes: each user is

allowed 10 votes per category that they can use wisely.

• Users can spread multiple votes around different projects (can vote more than once on a project)

• User can filter by Random, Top Ideas, New, Category (Default: Random)

• Users can see what videos they voted on, reallocate votes, delete votes, etc.

• A “Random Shuffle” button automatically shuffles videos around on the page.

• Mobile version of voting platform, so voters can vote on the go.

Better Engagement

• Users can subscribe to an Uncommon Fund newsletter, which sends a daily email during the voting process featuring a different set of projects to vote on.

• Applicants get email notified of new comments and committee updates on their projects.

Application Process Platform

Applicants familiarize themselves with the fund and its requirements before applying

• Applicants read a long, 1-page About/FAQ on the fund before seeing the Apply button, ala Kickstarter

Applicants upload materials online• Applicants create

an account and fill out step-by-step forms, save their drafts, and submit their applications online to uncommonfund.uchicago.edu

• Form fields can be customized by the committee

WYSIWYG Editor

Applicants can view their progress

• Applicants can view votes over time on their own projects.

WYSIWYG Editor

Application Judgingfor committee members

Judges can assign favorites and votes to projects

• Judges have access to a Judge Dashboard to vote on project criteria on the site.

• Judges can star projects and view their list of favorites.

• Judges can add comments and add votes on different project criteria on a 1 to 10 scale via their dashboard.

Judges can see a ranked list of their committee’s top choices

• Rank vs requested budget, votes, score, etc. and comments

• Easy access to project application, video, etc. all on the same website.

Judges can see what other judges have said and voted on for various projects

• Add comments on other judges’ dashboards