Please read below for updates on our most recent activities for the Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI). These updates contain information about work in progress as well as upcoming and release feature announcements. Work over the last two weeks is included. See bottom of page for quick start guides for Transcripts, Search, and My Account.

June 9, 2025

Aap.org Content Changes

  • Deployed a fix for appearance of the Donate button in the global navigation when resizing the screen.
  • Continued research to inform the design of an engaging experience on aap.org (using the new story telling software) about AAP’s 95th anniversary.
  • Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health
    • Finished the latest revisions to designs for use of an expanded color palette that can be leveraged in this area of aap.org which is for providing information about social media platforms and available settings and tools for families to optimize children and teens' experiences online.

shopAAP Updates

  • Launched changes for abandoned cart, including…
    • Ensuring only the main cart items are included and not items from the product activation or the Save for Later cart.
    • Updating the subject line of the emails for clarity.
  • Deployed a fix to app pool setup for performance reasons.
  • Added clarifying instructions for payment by check.
  • Worked on the following fixes and changes, including…
    • Tested the change to use the newest version of the webservice that is used for product activation.
    • Finished testing a change to the title and logo size on the membership proforma print and items in cart print templates.
    • Tested the adding of the product format and term length to the items in cart print template.
    • Fix to put the product detail page short URLs into a property on those pages instead of the full URL, as best practice.
  • As part of post go-live rollout of the redesigned abandoned cart email process, worked on fixes for…
    • Hiding unused product placeholders in the emails.
    • Not including proforma items left in the cart in the emails.
  • Continued building a mockup of a refresh of the shopAAP home page design.

Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation

  • Launched June releases on the new LMS including…
    • 2025 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
    • Practical Strategies for Improving Developmental Surveillance and Screening
  • PediaLink Migration
    • Program Director Center and Individualized Learning Plan (ILP)
      • Provided post go-live support for roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins), PREP SA Reports, and the ILP.
    • As part of the post-RFP evaluation process to choose a vendor to implement the requirements for the future vision of PREP, worked on clarifying the vision for the product features / design.

Other Features

  • Search
    • Continued working on migration to the new search technology.
    • Launched the way to remove “did you mean” automatic search recommendations from the current Search.
  • Auto Renewal
    • Provided post go-live support for online sign-up for automatic renewals of membership and subscriptions.
    • Worked on a fix to allow users enrolled in membership auto renewal to pay online when adding sections, councils, chapters any time during their current national membership year. Those added memberships will be included in their next year’s renewal.
  • Member Directory
    • Continued the buildout for migrating the directory onto the AAP Features site.
  • Enterprise Membership
    • As part of a new feature for primary and secondary contacts of organizations in our enterprise membership program to add and remove members from their program list via a page in My Account, worked on fixes including...
      • Ensure cannot remove Primary contact if Secondary contact is populated.
      • When removing a member, the Remove Date must be current or future.

June 9, 2025

Aap.org Content Changes

  • Conducted research to inform the design of an engaging experience on aap.org (using the new story telling software) about AAP’s 95th anniversary.
  • Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health
    • Continued working on designs for use of an expanded color palette that can be leveraged in this area of aap.org which is for providing information about social media platforms and available settings and tools for families to optimize children and teens' experiences online.

shopAAP Updates

  • After the 8/8/23 launch of the new shopAAP at https://www.aap.org/en/shopaap, continued providing post go-live support.
  • Launched the ability to use activation codes to redeem online course products.
  • Worked on the following fixes and changes, including…
    • Change to use the newest version of the webservice that is used for product activation.
    • Adjusting the title and logo size on the membership proforma print and items in cart print templates.
    • Adding the product format and term length to the items in cart print template.
  • As part of post go-live rollout of the redesigned abandoned cart email process, worked on fixes for…
    • Ensuring only the main cart items are included and not items from the product activation or the Save for Later cart.
    • Hiding unused product placeholders in the emails.
    • Not including proforma items left in the cart in the emails.
    • Updating the subject line of the emails for clarity.
  • Built a mockup of a refresh of the shopAAP home page design.

Learning Management System and PediaLink Transformation

  • Launched May/June releases on the new LMS including…
    • 2025 PREP Subspecialty Monthly Issues
    • PREP Palliative Medicine Self-Assessment
    • Clinical Event Debriefing Program
  • PediaLink Migration
    • Program Director Center and Individualized Learning Plan (ILP)
      • Provided post go-live support for roster administration (Advisor/Admin Assignment, Request Invoice, Manage Admins), PREP SA Reports, and the ILP.
    • As part of the post-RFP evaluation process to choose a vendor to implement the requirements for the future vision of PREP, worked on clarifying the vision for the product features / design.

Other Features

  • Search
    • Continued working on migration to the new search technology.
    • Built and tested way to remove “did you mean” automatic search recommendations from the current Search.
  • Auto Renewal
    • Provided post go-live support for online sign-up for automatic renewals of membership and subscriptions.
  • My Account/Login
    • Launched a fix for some users where discontinued versions of ebooks that are part of membership packages were showing instead of the current versions.
    • Rolled out a fix to ensure members expiring on the current date still get access to the Advocacy Guide, Members Only area, and Preferences settings pages for Member Directory and Find a Pediatrician.
  • Member Directory
    • Continued analyzing ways to further protect member information on the existing directory and started the build for migrating the directory onto the AAP Features site.
  • Enterprise Membership
    • Conducted technical testing of a way for primary and secondary contacts of organizations in our enterprise membership program to add and remove members from their program list via a page in My Account.

Quick Start Guides

Transcripts
Search
My Account