Faculty Activities Data: Telling Y(Our) Story
A New Faculty User Experience is Coming
A new faculty user experience is coming to Faculty Success this summer. You can preview the new user interface today and gain familiarity with the new experience.
Why redesign the experience?
Watermark consulted with faculty users from across their partner institutions to improve the experience. The core goals of the redesign are:
- Reduce friction: simplify navigation so faculty spend less time figuring out the system and more time on their actual work
- Surface what matters most: reorganize the home experience so the most frequently used features are front and center
- Modernize the interface: update the look and feel to match current user expectations and product suite patterns
Explore the new experience by toggling it on from the Activities page.
To go back to the current faculty experience, simply click on the banner again.
Note that this preview is only available to users who have the ability to track their activities in the system; those with Manage Data are not able to see a preview of the new experience through Manage Data.
General Changes
The new faculty experience has moved the top red menu bar to the left hand side of the screen. Additionally, with the move, there are differences beyond the placement, and beyond name changes, to the menu items. The diagram below shows how the menu items in the current interface have been moved and potentially renamed in the new interface:
- Home is new - it contains tasks that you need to complete (such as via Workflow, which is now named "Reviews")
- My Profile is the place to review and update activities. It is the new home for the Activities content (1 in the diagram above). The existing entries for each category are displayed in a citation-type style for easier review. This can be customized to meet your personal preferences.
- Categories (activity types) can be reordered and renamed
- Categories that are not pertinent to your needs can be removed from view by toggling off the 'Show categories with no records in Profile'
- Selecting a particular category displays the summary table of individual entries in that category. Entries can be deleted, duplicated, or merged (compare). At the top right of the screen, an Add New button is available, which opens the data entry form for that particular activity.
- Reports remains the same (2 in the diagram above). Note that there are two reports available in the My Profile area as well.
- Reviews is the new home and name for Workflow (3 in the diagram above). The same set of Inbox tasks and History is displayed. The only change is in the name of this tool in the platform.
From the Home and My Profile views, it is possible to access the Add Activity button. The activity categories presented on this screen show the six most recently accessed categories at the top of the page, streamlining frequent editing tasks. Selecting any of the categories displays the data entry form for that particular activity, in a manner that is similar to the current Faculty Success System.
