To access Safari eBooks,
Your submission to FUSE must include an abstract. Here are some resources to help you prepare an abstract:
When submitting to FUSE, you will need to select the "rights" which apply to your DNP scholarly project. You have three options:
Which option you pick depends on what permissions you’d like to give people who want to use your work. The first option is the most restrictive option. If you select this option, anyone who wants to use your work will have to seek your permission, unless their use falls within a copyright exception such as fair use. This is a good option for students who plan to publish their work in other forms later because some publishers require authors to retain this level of copyright in order to publish with them. Another reason students might pick this option is that they want control over whether people can copy, distribute, or modify their work.
The other two options make your work available under what is known as a Creative Commons license. These licenses let you tell others who want to use your work, up front, the conditions you are placing on their use of your work. You might choose one of these two options if you don’t plan to publish, or plan to publish with a publisher that does not require restrictive copyright. A reason many authors choose a Creative Commons license is that they want people to be able to use and share their work more openly.
The second option applies a CC-BY-NC-ND license. This license means anyone using the work must attribute it to you, cannot use the work for commercial purposes, and cannot modify the work.
The third option is less restrictive than the second one. It applies a CC-BY-NC-SA license. Under this license, anyone using the work must attribute it to you and cannot use the work for commercial purposes. However, they are allowed to modify your work as long as they make the work available under the same Creative Commons license you applied.
Whichever of these options you select, you still retain the copyright of your work. You will be able to use your work as you want, and will be able to grant others the right to make use of your work in whatever way you want., Your work will be available through the University’s Institutional Repository, FUSE. Selecting a license simply lets users know how they can use your work.
For additional information, see the following pages of our Copyright Research guide:
Franklin University's Digital Accessibility Standards (DAS) exist to ensure the widest possible audience for DNP scholarly projects. Scholarly projects will not be published in FUSE if they do not meet these standards. The University's FUSE administrator will work with students to ensure that the standards are met.
Many of the standards should be met by creating a document in Word and following the instructions on the "exporting to Word from pdf" tab of this box. This guide also provides specific instructions for some of the standards that may cause students issues.
To ensure accessibility, students should use the accessibility checker in Word and address any issues before exporting their dissertation to PDF.
To ensure digital accessibility of DNP scholarly projects, Franklin University requires that scholarly projects submitted to FUSE meet the following requirements:
Alt text (alternate text) exists to help individuals who use a screen reader because of difficulties seeing a screen understand the visual content in your paper.Alt text should be a sentence or two explaining what the image does or shows (i.e. the purpose of the image in the paper).
If the image is a graph or chart, the alt text should not just say "this is a chart of my research's values", but should indicate the important values or the concept you want readers to take from seeing the chart. Alt text should be your explanation of the purpose/meaning of the image in your paper. Do not auto-generate the alt text.
To add alt text in Word,
The screenshots below show the steps for adding alternate text.
For more information about creating alt text, see:
Image: Right click on the image or figure, and select "edit alt text" to enter your alternate text
Image: Enter the alternate text in the box under Alt Text on the right side of the page and click on the x at the top. then, save your document.
According to the DAS, “The PDF document properties include the title, author, keywords, and subject”
These items are all entered in the document properties in Word:
The screenshot below shows how to edit the document properties in Word.
Image: Set Document Properties
The document must include at least heading level 1. If additional heading levels are used, they must be used in order, without skipping a level (i.e. you cannot use heading level 3 unless it is a subhead of heading level 2). Additionally, headings must be unique. Do not repeat headings, because that will make navigation of your document more difficult.
Use document styles from the "home" tab in Word to apply your headings. First, format the heading to meet the formatting requirements. Then, with the cursor in the line of your heading, right click on "heading 1" and select "update heading 1 to match selection."
After you have formatted heading 1, go to the next item you want to mark as heading 1. Click so the cursor is in the line of that heading, and then click on "heading 1" from the styles menu in the home tab to apply heading 1.
For more information, see the Microsoft Word guideline to improve accessibility with heading styles.
Manually review your document for uses of color and make sure that you have not used color alone to convey information. While use of color is permitted to enhance your document, it cannot be the sole means of providing information. If you see that your dissertation uses color alone to convey information, provide a textual alternative.
Use of color must include sufficient contrast. Run the accessibility checker in Word by going to “review” from the menu bar. Click on the “check accessibility” icon. If you get a “hard to read text contrast” error, change the text contrast and run the report again to make sure that the new color chosen resolved the error.
When you are ready to create a PDF of your Word file to upload to FUSE, select “file” from the top menu bar, then select “export” and click on the option to “Create PDF/XPS Document.”
Before saving, click on the “options” button. Make sure that the options under “include non printing information” for “document properties” and “document structure tags for accessibility” are selected. Also make sure that the option for “create bookmarks using:” is selected with “headings” selected underneath it. Then select “ok” and click “publish.”
The image below shows the options to select when exporting to PDF.
Image: Select these settings when exporting to PDF
If you are using Word for Mac: the Franklin University Help Desk has created instructions on how to export your Word document for accessibility (see the link at the bottom of this box titled "Using OneDrive to Export a Document to PDF for Accessibility). If you have questions/issues, you may need to contact the tech help desk (see the "tech support" tab of this box) for instructions on how to properly export your Word doc to PDF.
There are two possible methods to export for accessibility on a Mac.
Option 1:
When you are ready to create a PDF of your Word file, select the option that states "Best for electronic distribution and accessibility (uses Microsoft online service)."
Option 2:
You can follow the Franklin University Help Desk instructions below, and upload your Word document to OneDrive, then use Microsoft Word Online to export your to PDF.
If you run into technical issues with satisfying the DAS, such as when exporting your PDF, creating alt text or any of the other requirements, you can contact the Franklin University Help Desk.
The Franklin University Help Desk is available during the following hours:
Monday through Thursday: 8AM - 8PM (EST)
Friday: 8AM - 5PM (EST)
Saturday: 9AM - 1PM (EST)
Sunday: 1PM - 5PM (EST)
The Franklin University Help Desk can be reached:
Chat with the Help Desk on their website: helpdesk.franklin.edu
helpdesk@franklin.edu
1.866.435.7006
614.947.6222
