RAVE Review and Moderation Processes

To ensure the appropriateness of messages submitted to RAVE, all messages are first reviewed by a reviewer appointed by their department and then by moderators for the undergraduate and graduate colleges.

Reviewing RAVE Messages

RAVE messages should be reviewed to make sure they are in compliance with the RAVE guidelines. Please also check that messages are submitted for RAVE Saturday option unless they meet the criteria to be sent through the Today option as noted at the end of the RAVE Guidelines. If you are denying a message, the next page will allow you to state why.

To review a message from the email notification:

1. Click on the message link in the email you received
2. Review the message content in accordance with the RAVE guidelines
3. Click Approve or Reject
   1. If rejecting a message, you will then be asked to provide a reason for the rejection
      
      

Alternatively, you can approve messages by logging into the RAVE website:

1. Log in to RAVE with your ACE account
2. Click on the Reviewer tab to see any outstanding messages that need to be reviewed
3. Click on the message title and review the message contents
4. Click Approve or Reject
   1. If rejecting a message, you will then be asked to provide a reason for the rejection

After messages are reviewed and approved, they are then reviewed by moderators for the undergraduate and graduate colleges.

Review Deadlines

To make sure the moderators have time to review messages, please review submitted messages as soon as possible or no later than Thursday afternoon.

Undergraduate/Graduate College Moderation

After messages are reviewed by department representatives, messages must be approved and then sent to undergraduates/graduates by undergraduate/graduate moderators.

Approve Messages

To review a message from the email notification: 

1. Click on the message title in the email you received
2. Review the message content and publication schedule in accordance with the RAVE guidelines
3. Click Approve or Reject
   1. If rejecting a message, you will then be asked to provide a reason for the rejection 
      

Alternatively, you can approve messages by logging into the RAVE website, then:

1. Click on the Reviewer tab to see any outstanding messages that need to be reviewed
2. Click on the message title and review the message contents and publication schedule
3. Click Approve or Reject
    

Send Approved Messages

As a final step, for messages to be included in the RAVE newsletter must also be sent by their respective college's moderator in order to be queued in the next edition of RAVE.

To send messages to the queue, after logging to RAVE: 

1. Click the appropriate undergraduate / graduate tab.
2. Select each message that should be sent by clicking the checkbox next to the message title in the Undergraduate or Graduate review tab.
3. After selecting all the messages you wish to include in the next scheduled RAVE message, click the Send to Undergraduates (or Send to Graduates) button.
   
   

Messages that have been successfully approved and sent to undergraduate/graduate students will no longer appear in the moderation queue.



When all messages have been approved and queued for the next RAVE newsletters, no messages appear in the moderation tab.

RAVE Assistance

If you have any questions about the status of a RAVE message, please submit a RAVE service request.