Institutional Effectiveness Support System

Reports

Capabilities

The Strategic Report links can be used to display and print a variety of reports from the Institutional Effectiveness Support System.  These reports can be for a specific unit, division, or the whole University for a specific year.  The reports can be limited to a specific university goal or a specific measurable objective.   An annual report function is also available to generate a yearly summary of a each unit's goals and accomplishments that is organized by University strategic goal. 

The reports links provide a convenient way of finding out what is going on at the University relative to the strategic plan.  There are currently three types of reports available.

Strategic Goals Report

Use this link to display a report of unit strategic goals, action and assessment plans, and progress on those goals for a specific unit, division, or the whole university.

1. Click on Strategic Goals Report link on the Institutional Effectiveness Support System Home page.
2. Select the year for the report (2005 - 2006 = 2006).
3. Specify a long or short report.
4. Enter a program or college/division to restrict the report to certain units or division (no entry = whole university).
5. Select a University Goal under Relationship to University if you want to restrict the search to unit goals that relate to a specific university goal.
6. Select an Assessment Indicator if you want to restrict the search to goals that relate to a specific indicator.
7. Click on submit.

Measurable Objectives Report

The Measurable Objectives report link can be used to display and print numerical counts and comments for a unit or division's accomplishments for a specific year.  If no unit or division is selected a summary of activity across the University is displayed. 

1. Click on Measurable Objectives Report link on the Institutional Effectiveness Support System Home page.
2. Select the year for the report (2005 - 2006 = 2006).
3. Specify a long or short report.
4. Enter a program or college/division to restrict the report to certain units or division (no entry = whole university).
5. Select an Assessment Indicator (measurable objective) if you want to restrict the search to a specific measurable objective.
6. Click on submit.

Annual Report

The Annual Report function generates a Microsoft Word document that includes information from a unit's strategic plan.  The information is organized by University strategic goals.

The system searches for any unit strategic goal that is linked to a University goal.  A report is then generated that lists the University's goals with an itemized list of relevant unit strategic goals and progress on those goals.

University Goal 1.1

• Description of unit goal (from strategic plan)
  • Description of progress on unit goal (from strategic plan)

Before using the Annual Report function, the unit must update progress on all goals and measurable objectives for the year. 

After progress has been entered follow the instructions below.

1. Click on the Annual Report link.
2. Select the current year for the report (2006 = academic year 2005-2006) and click on submit.
3. Select unit name from drop-down box and click on submit.
4. Click on open to view the word document.
5. Edit and save word document on your own computer.  You can add or delete information as needed.
6. Email the word document to the division leader.

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