Activity Reporting

Digital Measures at Michigan Tech (DM) now allows users to enter and report on data related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Sense of Belonging (DEIS) activity.

Users will find a new screen within the General Information section of the DM Activities home page titled Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Sense of Belonging (DEIS). This screen allows users to search through existing records from other screens to identify records that are relevant to DEIS. Users will be asked to enter an explanation as to how identified records are relevant to DEIS. There is also a narrative field that allows users to enter overarching statements about their DEIS activity.

The Faculty Activity Reports (FARs) have a new corresponding DEIS section that appears directly preceding the Annual Faculty Narrative section. This section will list any relevant DEIS activities, along with explanation of relevance, and the DEIS narrative statement. Reviewers are encouraged to take this data into consideration during the review process.

A video showing this new screen is available above.

Some significant changes have been made as to how Annual Advising Summary records are handled within Digital Measures at Michigan Tech (DM). The changes are intended to better capture and report on advising activities outside of traditional graduate student advising.

While the Annual Advising Summary screen itself has only been minimally revised, the Advising section of the Faculty Activity Reports (FARs) has been modified to encompass more data from the Annual Advising Summary screen by academic year. Users can now add a general annual advising statement via the narrative field that invites users to speak on general and specific advising points that are not captured elsewhere in the FARs. The revised section will now report on many more non-traditional advising relationships for users serving in those roles. The changes also make it easier for users serving as academic advisors to accurately report on their efforts.

Users are encouraged to visit the newly revised screen to ensure they have indeed entered all advising roles and reviewers are encouraged to take the additional data now available in the FARs into consideration during the review process.