An idea for the Uncommon Fund UChicago Website, V.2

1. Uncommon Fund Website
A better website to make
applying, voting and judging
projects more fun, easy, & engaging

2. Front Page Blog

3. Committee blog
• Where the
committee
posts updates
and blog posts
WYSIWYG Editor

4. Social Voting Platform

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Detailed Video Page
• Home (video +
detailed
description +
project founder
bio)
• # votes & amount
asked for
• Updates
• Comments
• Comment
upvotes
• Share via
Facebook/Twitter
/Email

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Application Process Platform

12. 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

13. 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.u
chicago.edu
• Form fields can be
customized by the
committee
WYSIWYG Editor

14. Applicants can view their progress
• Applicants
can view
votes over
time on
their own
projects.
WYSIWYG Editor

15. Application Judging
for committee members

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. Judges can see what other judges have
said and voted on for various projects
• Add
comments
on other
judges’
dashboards