Introduction
Before diving into your report, review and, if necessary, make changes to your Profile and Activity sections. Hopefully, you have kept up with throughout the year, but this is a good opportunity to ensure your instructor page is exactly how you want it. Select here if you want to know about editing your Profile or Activities.
How do I complete my annual faculty report?
Step 1: If you haven’t already, log into Interfolio at: https://account.interfolio.com/sso
If you forget how to log in, you can always review this instructional doc: How do I log into Interfolio?
Step 2: Right on your homepage under My Tasks, you will see a task entitled, [Current Calendar Year] Activity Report. Select that name.
If you do not see the Activity Report in your account, it could be that the deadline has passed, the period hasn’t started for the year, or you have already submitted your annual year. If you know that none of these apply, please contact learningdesign@bentley.edu
Step 3: Complete all relevant sections. Do NOT complete any section that begins with Chair Comments. Therefore, you will need to add something in the following areas:
- Teaching and Curriculum Development Activity and Resources Narrative/ Instructional Activity Plans
- Scholarly Activity and Resources Narrative / Scholarly Activity Plans
- Service Activities and Resources Narrative / Service Plans
- Professional Development Narrative / Professional Development Plans
- Overall Narrative and Profile Request / Overall Self-Assessment
Please note!
FAR does NOT autosave your comments as you write them. If you navigate away from the page, FAR times out after 60 minutes of inactivity, or you lose Internet connection without selecting one of the Save options, it will be lost. To avoid this, select the Save button periodically to save what you have done. Alternatively, you can write your comments in a savable document and copy and paste your answers here when you’re ready.
Step 4: When you are ready to submit your report, select the Submit for Review button. This will send it to the appropriate department chair for review and approval.
You have now submitted your annual activity report and can return to the Interfolio homepage.
IMPORTANT INFO
Planning Report
In FAR, we’ve combined the annual activity and planning report into one combined activity report. You will continue to enter separate sets of activity/resources and planning narratives, which will all feed into a single, combined activity report.
SET's Quantitative Data
SET's quantitative data is no longer added to your annual reports. Your chairs will receive your SETs quantitative results elsewhere so you do not need to send that data to your chair.
If you want to look up your SETs results, please see this link for more information: https://www.bentley.edu/offices/registrar/sets
If you want to view student comments (which are only accessible to you as the instructor): select here: https://www.bentley.edu/offices/registrar/sets-starting-spring-2010-comments
How do I download and/or print my annual report for my records?
Step 1: If you haven’t already, log into Interfolio at: https://account.interfolio.com/sso
If you forget how to log in, you can always review this instructional doc: How do I log into Interfolio?
Step 2: Select Vitas & Biosketches in the menu on the left.
Step 3: A dropdown menu will appear, and you will select Vitas from that new dropdown menu.
Step 4: Select the + Add a New Vita button in the top right corner.
Step 5: Complete the form the following way:
- Type of Vita: Institutional
- Vita Name: [Current Calendar Year] Activity Report
- Select Unit: Bentley University
- Select Template: Faculty Annual Activity Report
Please note that for institutional vitas, faculty can add custom text but cannot change any section settings/styling on the vita output.
Step 6: Select the Add a New Vita button when you have finished the form.
Step 7: Set the Date Range to Academic Year
Step 8: Set Start Date to Spring [Current Year]
Step 9: Set End Date to Fall [Current Year]
Step 10: Select the Refresh Vita button on the right
Step 11: Select the Save button at the top of the page
Step 12: Select the Export button
Step 13: You can then select either PDF or Word, whichever you prefer.
Step 14: Once you select the file type, it will be automatically downloaded to your computer. Please give it a moment after you select the type. It needs a few minutes to process your request.
After the report has been downloaded to your computer, you can save the file where you would like and/or you can open and print the file. The exact directions to do either of these options will depend on your specific computer.