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Most colleges have their own Faculty Activity Report (FAR) template, available for download below and on the University Data Commons (UDC).
To download the template on UDC, select your college from the dropdown menu and then select the correct report type (sometimes it's the Activity Summary, and sometimes colleges create specific reports, such as 'CALS Faculty Activity Report.')
These templates give specific instructions about how to use the Elements system so that the template will be correctly populated with your activities from the past year. Download your college template below for more information.
The AAD FAR template includes information about the data that is pulled from Elements, though the information below each heading will not appear in the generated eFAR but serve to guide faculty in knowing where information originates for the eFAR. In addition, specific headings will not appear in the generated eFAR in which no activities are added from those categories in Elements.
These templates are from 2022 and not for the current fiscal year, but they are foundational and provide important instructions on how to complete data entries in Elements so that the template populates Elements data correctly.
The CLAHS template provides important instructions on how to complete data entries in Elements so that the template populates Elements data correctly.
These COE templates provide important instructions on how to use the template and complete data entries in Elements so that the template populates Elements data correctly.
The VMCVM FAR template includes information about the data that is pulled from Elements, though the information below each heading will not appear in the generated FAR but serve to guide faculty in knowing where information originates for the FAR. In addition, specific headings will not appear in the generated FAR in which no activities are added from those categories in Elements.
The VTCSOM CV template includes information about the data that is pulled from Elements, though the information below each heading will not appear in the generated CV but serve to guide faculty in knowing where information originates for the CV. In addition, specific headings will not appear in the generated CV in which no activities are added from those categories in Elements.
The VTCSOM Faculty Affairs website is kept up-to-date for VTCSOM faculty on Elements resources, generating your CV, using the Elements system, activating your public-facing Experts profile, and Elements training videos.
The Pamplin FAR template includes information about the data that is pulled from Elements, though the information below each heading will not appear in the generated FAR but serve to guide faculty in knowing where information originates for the FAR. In addition, specific headings will not appear in the generated FAR in which no activities are added from those categories in Elements.
The CoS FAR template includes information about the data that is pulled from Elements, though the information below each heading will not appear in the generated FAR but serve to guide faculty in knowing where information originates for the FAR. In addition, specific headings will not appear in the generated FAR in which no activities are added from those categories in Elements.
The CNRE FAR template includes information about the data that is pulled from Elements, though the information below each heading will not appear in the generated FAR but serve to guide faculty in knowing where information originates for the FAR. In addition, specific headings will not appear in the generated FAR in which no activities are added from those categories in Elements.
For FY23, the University Libraries will still be using Elements' assessment module. In other words, UL faculty will be expected to submit their faculty activity report through the Elements system as well as input their activity data (publications, professional service, etc.) through Elements. Below are guides to help UL faculty with completing their FAR.
The promotion and tenure dossier is for all faculty across all colleges going up for promotion and tenure.
The Honors College FAR template includes information about the data that is pulled from Elements, though the information below each heading will not appear in the generated FAR but serve to guide faculty in knowing where information originates for the FAR. In addition, specific headings will not appear in the generated FAR in which no activities are added from those categories in Elements.
Templates explain what data is exported from Elements into reports like College eFARs and Promotion & Tenure Dossiers.
In the screenshot below you can see a portion of the P&T Dossier template. Text in red explains where and how the data must be entered into Elements for it to be included in that section of the P&T Dossier report.
Focusing in on the last example in the screenshot above, you can see how the red instructions are applied in the screenshot below.
Sometimes the filters listed won't be data you complete in the activity's basic manual entry form. Instead it will be a label you add to the item after you add it. In the screenshot below you see an example of a Filter that requires you to go to the item and use the LABELs option to add a specific label (in this case 'Diversity and inclusion).
