June 1 – deadline for faculty and IAS to enter all teaching, scholarship, & service activities into the e-portfolio system.

All annual reports, retention, and promotion materials at UW-L are electronic. UW-L has a contract with Digital Measures to provide the structure and format for electronic portfolios.

• Electronic Portfolio Portal (website where faculty enter their activities)

Note: Reference to running reports in the documentation below include selecting a function called “run reports” – in the current version of Digital Measures, the function is actually labeled “run custom reports.”

For Faculty and IAS

• FAQs from UW-L Faculty and IAS about using Digital Measures
• Working with hyperlinked files in Digital Measures
• Annotated tutorials showing faculty & IAS how to use Digital Measures.
• How to Navigate the Tutorials (~1 minute)
• Introduction to Digital Measures (~1 minute)
• How to Enter Data (~3 minutes)
• Generating Reports (~2 minutes)
• Promotion/Retention Reports (~3 minutes)
• Department Chair Reports (~ 3 minutes)
• Instructions for creating an retention report
  • Sample of an electronic faculty RETENTION portfolio with commentary
• Instructions for creating a promotion report
  • Sample of an electronic faculty PROMOTION portfolio with commentary
• Instructions for creating a IAS career progression report
  • Sample of an electronic IAS REPORT portfolio with commentary
  • Sample of the fields department chairs will complete for IAS career progression review

For Administrators

• Department Chairs & E-ports
  • Detailed instructions for producing departmental retention/promotion reports
  • Sample Departmental Summaries (200-300 words)
• College Offices & E-ports

Additional Information

• Summary of UW-L Faculty Scholarship 2006-2007

Comments and questions can be directed to Bob Hoar.