Watermark Faculty Success (formerly known as Digital Measures Activity Insight) - Announcements Archive

Watermark renames Digital Measures, Workflow

Posted 08/10/21 by Regilio, Michael

Digital Measures Activity Insight has been renamed Faculty Success by its parent company, Watermark.  Digital Measures Workflow has been renamed “Reviews, Promotion and Tenure”.  Tutorials and other documentation will still reference old nomenclature until they can be updated but the terms can be considered synonymous.  To avoid confusion within Illinois State University, "Watermark Faculty Success" will be used when referring to the web application formerly known as Digital Measures, Activity Insight, or Digital Measures Activity Insight, and and "Watermark Reviews, Promotion and Tenure" will be used when referring to the web application formerly known as Workflow or Digital Measures Workflow.

CV imports improved

Posted 05/12/20 by Regilio, Michael

Imports for Digital Measures by Watermark makes it 5x faster to import faculty CV information!  See how CV Imports works  in just about 5 minutes. Read more on WatermarkInsights.com.  

Digital Measures works better on mobile devices

Posted 12/10/19 by Regilio, Michael

Digital Measures screens are now more mobile-device-friendly.  Screens will look a little different because of this.  You'll also notice a new file upload experience that allows drag and drop.  

Digital Measures goes campus-wide

Posted 7/1/19 by Regilio, Michael

Multiple colleges at ISU have used separate versions of Digital Measures until recently, and all had different customizations.  These separate versions are being combined into one ISU version to better share the story of teaching, research, and service as an institution.  Because of this, you will see some minor changes to accommodate the unique needs of different colleges and departments. 

Digital Measures, LLC acquired by Watermark

06/27/2018 - Watermark announced that Digital Measures, the leading provider of web-based faculty activity reporting software, joined the Watermark family. With this addition, Watermark becomes the market leader in outcomes assessment, accreditation management, and faculty activity reporting solutions to help colleges and universities streamline core institutional processes while capturing and using better data to drive improvements at all levels of the institution. Read the press release on the Watermark website.

Menu bar moving

Posted 6/8/18 by Regilio, Michael

Like many other applications you’re familiar with, the menu bar for Activity Insight will be moved to the top of your screen on June 29th, 2018. It features a drop-down menu for the tools you use, such as reporting.

University Research Grants Outcome

Posted 5/10/2018 2:30:28 PM by Regilio, Michael

A Tags/keywords checkbox with text "University Research Grant Outcome" was added to the following screens:

-Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

-Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

-Intellectual Contributions/Publications

-Intellectual Property (e.g., copyrights, patents)

-Presentations

Ad hoc format export changes

Posted 4/6/2018 4:35:55 PM by Regilio, Michael

Please see the message below from Digital Measures. 

We’re doing some Spring cleaning in Activity Insight.

As part of introducing new self-service tools for producing formatted reports with   Activity Insight, we reviewed usage of ad hoc reporting—the long-standing self-service tool for extracting raw, or unformatted, data. We discovered that very few users choose to output their raw data to Microsoft Word, PDF,   and Web Page (HTML) formats.

In order to streamline our reporting tools, we are retiring these rarely used data export output formats on March 21. We’re notifying you because you have a handful of users who saved ad hoc reports with one of these formats.

For your users who configured and saved ad hoc reports to use one of these formats, we will update their affected reports to default to the   Comma-Separated Values (CSV) output format going forward. CSV is the most widely used format for raw data exports because of the flexibility it gives the user in working with the resulting data.

Activity Insight now shows Preferred Names instead of Legal Names

Posted 10/19/2017 11:22:51 AM by Regilio, Michael

As requested by multiple faculty and staff, Digital Measures Activity Insight now receives preferred names from Campus Solutions instead of legal names.  Lets say your preferred name is Mike and your legal name is Michael, Mike would show.  Mike would also show on your department profile page. 

To request a preferred name please follow the steps in help.illinoisstate.edu Knowledge Article 447 at https://help.illinoisstate.edu/technology/support-topics/accounts/personal-contact-information/preferred-names-and-legal-names-at-illinois-state-university. 

Thank you to all that continue to provide feedback on how Digital Measures Activity Insight can be used more effectively. 

Mike Regilio

More fields are now automatically populated for you!

Posted 6/15/2017 2:45:54 PM by Regilio, Michael

Colleagues,

As of 6/2/17 various fields in the Personal and Contract Information, Yearly Data, Permanent Data, and Scheduled Teaching screens are now populated automatically from other campuse sources like iPeople and Campus Solutions.  This should result in a more accurate profile with less work on your part.

Run Reports page gets an update in mid-June (Updated on 6/15/17)

Posted 5/26/2017 10:21:43 AM by Regilio, Michael

A new Run Reports menu for Activity Insight will be released mid-June.

Advantages to you include: 

• A simplified view of reports from a drop-down list to a tabular view, making finding reports easier
• better visibility of the "Create a New Report" button, now prominently located in the top right corner
• Modernized pages to return information faster with no page refreshesAccessible to people with disabilities, designed to be WCAG 2.0 compliant

Here is a screenshot of how the updated page will look after it is updated:

Update on 6/15/17 from Digital Measures: 

Rollout of the new Run Reports menu for Activity Insight, shown below, begins Monday, June 19. This faster, more intuitive interface received great feedback during user testing, and we’re excited to share it with you.

Benefits of the new Run Reports menu:

• Faster: The Run Reports menu joins the faculty-facing interfaces that have been upgraded to return information without screen refreshes. As a result, the Run Reports menu has the “app experience” of near-instant updates.
• Easier navigation: Rather than a drop-down list, available reports now display in a table. This simplifies the screen for faculty, who typically have between two and four available reports. Rather than navigate a list, simply click on the report name to begin.
• And in response to user feedback, the Create a New Report button is now at the top right corner of the screen for better visibility.
• WCAG 2.0 compliant: The Run Reports menu complies with current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the standard for ensuring that software is accessible to people with disabilities.

Web of Science now available for importing publications

Posted 5/11/2017 11:45:45 AM by Regilio, Michael

Digital Measures is pleased to announce a new partnership with Clarivate Analytics to integrate Web of Science data into Activity Insight. This is our third new data integration partnership of 2017, following Crossref and Scopus.

 Web of Science contains more than a billion cited references and counting, including books, journal articles, patents, websites, conference proceedings and Open Access materials. Find further details in thispress release.

The "Date Submitted for Funding" field on the screen Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research was made required

Posted 3/3/2017 2:34:49 PM by Regilio, Michael

Based on faculty feedback, we've modified the Annual Productivity Report in Digital Measures , and it will now present data about Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research submitted in one calendar year but funded in the next.  In order to capture this information, the report gathers Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research data based on the field "Date Submitted for Funding" in the Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research screen.   The "Date Submitted for Funding" field was made required field to accommodate. 

Annual Productivity Report now shows additional Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research information

Posted 2/20/2017 5:11:15 PM by Regilio, Michael

Based on faculty feedback, we've modified the Annual Productivity Report in Digital Measures , and it will now present data about Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research submitted in one calendar year but funded in the next.  In order to capture this information, the report gathers Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research data based on the field "Date Submitted for Funding" in the Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research screen.   The "Date Submitted for Funding" field was made required field to accommodate. 

As such, it's suggested that if you're using the Annual Productivity Report, faculty should enter a date into the "Date Submitted for Funding" field in the Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research screen on Digital Measures for each grant entry.  This date can be an approximate month and year, and will allow the report to capture grants which have been submitted in one year but funded in the next.

Department field values changed on Yearly Data screen

Posted 2/20/2017 5:08:03 PM by Regilio, Michael

In an effort to accommodate automated imports from Campus Solutions the values for the Department field were changed on the Yearly Data screen.  The table below outlines the changes.  This change did not impact any prebuilt reports and all necessary changes to websites that used these values were updated accordingly. 

• DM
• CS
• Applied Social Research
• Applied Social Research
• Arts & Sci Computer   Facilities
• Arts & Sciences Support Unit
• Information Technology
• Arts & Sci-Info Technology
• Biochemistry Molecular Biology
• Cas It Web Services
• Chemistry
• Chemistry
• Communication Sciences &   Disorders
• Communication Sci &   Disorders
• Compttve Research Arts & Sci
• Dean of Arts & Sciences
• Dean of Arts and Sciences
• Economics
• Economics
• English
• English
• Geography & Geology
• Geography - Geology
• History
• History
• Languages, Literatures, &   Cultures
• Lang Literatures & Cultures
• Latino/a Studies
• Latin American&Latino   Studies
• Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Mathematics Center
• Philosophy
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Physics
• Politics & Government
• Politics and Government
• Psychology
• Psychology
• Radio Station WGLT
• Radio Station WGLT
• Biological Sciences, School of
• School of Biological Sciences
• Communication, School of
• School of Communication
• Social Work, School of
• School of Social Work
• Sociology & Anthropology
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Eckelmann-Taylor Speech & Hearing   Clinic
• Speech and Hearing Clinic
• Stevenson Academic Computing
• T V 10 News
• Vidette
• Women's & Gender Studies   Program
• Women's and Gender Studies
• Writing Center
• Interdisciplinary Studies

CAS Report message from Dean Simpson

Posted 5/24/2016 8:36:12 AM by Regilio, Michael

From: Simpson, Gregory

 Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:30 PM

 To: Gatto, Craig <cgatto@ilstu.edu>; McLauchlan, Craig <ccmclau@ilstu.edu>; Beck, Ann <arbeck@ilstu.edu>; Crubaugh, Anthony <acrubau@ilstu.edu>; Burningham, Bruce <brburni@ilstu.edu>; Seelinger, George <gfseeli@ilstu.edu>; Riaz, Ali <ariaz@ilstu.edu>; Jordan, J Scott <jsjorda@ilstu.edu>; Zosky, Diane <dlzosky@ilstu.edu>; Bailey, Alison <baileya@ilstu.edu>; Toro-Morn, Maura <mitmorn@ilstu.edu>; Buller, Tom <tgbulle@ilstu.edu>; Cleeton, David <dlcleet@ilstu.edu>; De Santis, Christopher <ccdesan@ilstu.edu>; Hunt, Stephen <skhunt2@ilstu.edu>; Skibo, James <jmskibo@ilstu.edu>; Holland, Daniel <dlholla@ilstu.edu>; Budikova, Dagmar <dbudiko@ilstu.edu>; Ciani, Kyle <keciani@ilstu.edu>

 Cc: Regilio, Michael <mjregil@ilstu.edu>

 Subject: FW: CAS Report

Dear Colleagues,

As part of our effort to share our scholarly and creative achievements with our greater campus community and constituents,  I’m pleased to announce another way in which this shared vision can come to fruition.  On our new website, we plan to add a new “CAS Report,” which will celebrate your faculty’s achievements throughout each quarter. The report will include contributions such as Book Chapters, Journal Articles, Editorships, Book Reviews, Presentations, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research.  Your faculty’s achievements will be included in this report by the same means in which your department website profile pages are populated: by maintaining a current Digital Measures Activity Insight account. 

The report will be viewed on the new College of Arts & Sciences homepage via the “CAS Report” link near the upper right corner.  Attached to this email is a general tutorial if your faculty need a refresher on using Digital Measures Activity Insight. Also attached is the most recent quarter’s report, as it would appear on the website.

For this purpose, we had to use a common style sheet, so some faculty’s accomplishments will not be formatted according to disciplinary style. Again, however, the purpose of this is to make our accomplishments public, so (it seems to me) strict adherence to disciplinary style is not critical for the audience we’re most interested in reaching. However, before we launch, I’d be interested in any feedback you might have.

We look forward to showcasing your faculty’s continued dedication to the productivity to the College of Arts and Sciences.

Thanks very much, all. I hope the semester is winding down for you.

Best,

 

Greg

 

Gregory B. Simpson, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Illinois State University

141 Stevenson Hall

Campus Box 4100

Normal, IL 61790-4100

Voice:(309) 438-5669

Fax:(309) 438-7198

www.cas.ilstu.edu

Updated NSF Biographical Sketch

Posted 5/5/2016 2:14:04 PM by Regilio, Michael

Digital Measures has updated the Activity Insight NSF Biographical Sketch base report to support the changes by the National Science Foundation (NSF). They’ll automatically implement this change on May 16. If you would like to run the report in the existing format, please do so before the cutover date.

The changes made to align with the NSF Biographical Sketch template requirements include removing the “Collaborators and Other Affiliations” section and a formatting edit to set margins at 1”.

System Maintenance planned for 3/19/16 at 9pm

Posted 3/18/2016 12:07:21 PM by Regilio, Michael

Digital measures has announced system maintenance on March 19, 2016 from 9:00 to 9:30 pm CST. The system will not be available during this time.

New Enhancement: Simplifying data entry

Posted 3/8/2016 1:48:11 PM by Regilio, Michael

Digital Measures Activity Insight has updated all drop-down lists within the Manage Activities utilitie to include type-ahead. Not only does this help you and your faculty quickly input data, it also increases data accuracy.

System Maintenance 2/13/16 at 9pm

Posted 2/12/2016 2:44:35 PM by Regilio, Michael

Digital Measures has announced system maintenance on February 13, 2016 from 9:00 to 9:30 pm CST. The system will not be available during this time.

New fields and newly required fields

Posted 2/8/2016 10:09:46 AM by Regilio, Michael

A new field has been added to the Person and Contact Information screen called Area(s) of Specialization.  This is also a required field on that screen.  This screen will initially populate parts of some of the award application reports that are being added and may eventually be used in an "Expert Search" like function!  We recommend this be a simple comma-separated list and not necessarily a narrative paragraph. 

Also on the Intellectual Contributions/Publications screen and the Presentations screen, the field at the end of each Author or Presenter listed has some new options in the dropdown and is now a required field. This is required for each Author or Presenter, for each publication or presentation that is added to your page.  On the same screens a new field called "Did this contribution include one or more international co-authors?" has been added and is also required.  These were done to provide accurate information for reporting when we include students or international collaborators in our work. 

When editing existing entries, you will need to address these now required fields.

Most Spring 2016 Courses Now Available!

Posted 1/8/2016 6:11:24 PM by Mike Regilio (Admin)

Most course information was recently entered.  Some courses still didn’t have instructors of record.  I will receive the same data on day 10 and will upload the information again.  You may upload a syllabus to the course record for display/archival on the CAS Syllabi Database at http://cas.illinoisstate.edu/syllabi.   Please do not attempt to change your course information until after the day 10 upload as your changes will be overwritten.  I’ll follow up with another email once the day 10 upload is complete. 

Accessibility and Our New User Interface

Posted 11/19/2015 3:47:24 PM by Mike Regilio (Admin)

Colleagues,

I received the text in an email from Digital Measures.  There is no work necessary on your part, this is just FYI.  Accessibility if very important for any service or system based on state and federal laws and noncompliance could mean legal action.

Digital Measures is committed to providing elegant and intuitive software for all our users, including people with disabilities. We are proud to announce that Activity Insight's new user interface is now accessible for people using assistive technologies.

To meet our goal of universal design, we engaged accessibility specialists to follow the internationally recognized best practices outlined in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA. We then revamped Activity Insight's new user interface to make it compliant.

Our investment in accessibility functionality was far-reaching, including:   

•    Enhancing keyboard navigation       

•    Ensuring that tooltip information is available to assistive technologies       

•    Enabling assistive technologies to correctly read and access each area of the system. Thank you.      

Recent updates

Posted 3/26/2015 10:45:57 AM by Mike Regilio (Admin)

Colleagues,

Based on feedback we've implemented some changes to the way our Digital Measures Activity Insight tool feeds to CAS-IT hosted department websites.  Faculty guidance has proved to be very helpful, thank you for your continued dedication. 

The most recent changes include:

• Moving awards & honors to it's own tab/page
• Adding year of degree to educationAdding Dissertation/Thesis topic

We are planning for a few other changes including implementing a "Website Citation" box that would allow faculty to enter their citation as they wish for presenting on CAS-IT hosted websites.  We are also planning to revamp the Office Hours field to be more accommodating for necessary accreditation reports, and planning to make navigating to content more intuitive. 

As always please feel free to contact Mike Regilio at mjregil@ilstu.edu with any feedback.  Thanks!

Digital Measures has delivered a highly requested enhancement to Activity Insight—search from the Main Menu.

Posted 4/7/2015 9:43:52 AM by Mike Regilio (Admin)

Search from the Main Menu enables you to quickly find records, even if you aren't sure where they are located. Just enter search criteria in the new input field in the upper right-hand corner of the Main Menu and you'll receive matching results from across all your screens.

NEW USER INTERFACE FOR ACTIVITY INSIGHT!

Posted 12/19/2014 3:46:50 PM by Regilio, Michael

Digital Measures has announced that a new user interface (UI) is coming for Activity Insight.  This is projected to be released in the first or second quarter of 2015.  Digital Measures released the following statement regarding the new UI:

While our current user interface has served us well, it is time for a more modern look. We are excited to announce that we will be moving to a brand new user interface! Below are screenshots that enable you to compare three current pages against new designs that we are proposing for those pages.

We spent a great amount of effort in reconsidering every aspect of these designs and we are excited about where they're heading. The Process

To create these new designs, we spent several days in a usability lab watching faculty and administrators work through realistic scenarios. We leveraged eye tracking software to literally see things through their eyes, while also listening to what they were thinking as we asked them to speak all of their thoughts. This revealed a ton of great insights that we incorporated into the designs. For example, you'll see...

We sought to minimize scrolling - content now displays far higher vertically on the page, making the pages more user-friendly.We are proposing moving our clients' and our logos to the bottom-left corner of the screen rather than the top-left where they currently reside. This is because the logos are purely aesthetic – this isn't a site for marketing purposes – so we wanted to make them less prominent to emphasize the usability of the design.We are proposing a new search field on the Manage Your Activities utility that enables users to search all of their records in Activity Insight, but also all of the header and screen names - and key drop-down fields in Activity Insight. One of the biggest places we understand that faculty get stuck is in understanding where to enter certain types of activities; for example, where do they enter conference proceedings, fellowships or conferences they've chaired. The search box would enable users to quickly find that.

New location of ASPT guidelines in FY13

Posted 11/19/2012 11:44:42 AM by Walczynski, Sarah

http://provost.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/aspt/ASPTmasterAugust2011.pdf

Link to Digital Measures

Posted 11/21/2011 10:03:29 AM by Walczynski, Sarah

https://www.digitalmeasures.com/login/ilstu/faculty

Link to Provost ASPT page

Posted 11/8/2011 9:01:03 AM by Walczynski, Sarah

http://provost.illinoisstate.edu/ten_fac_employment/index.shtml

Digital Measures system access

Posted 10/10/2011 4:59:56 PM by Rajagopalan, Badri

We have access to the CAS DM system located at https://www.digitalmeasures.com/login/ilstu/faculty.

Currently everyone on the Contact Summary sheet (https://cas.sharepoint.illinoisstate.edu/DM/Lists/Departments/AllItems.aspx) have access to their appropriate departments.