My Professional Portfolio
A clear, complete, and well-organized professional portfolio is a necessity for faculty seeking reappointment, promotion, or tenure.
Members of the Faculty Senate Communications Committee have investigated and tested several available software systems that provide tools for faculty to create and maintain professional portfolios.
At this time, OSU:pro, which is a web-based application system used by faculty and staff at Ohio State University, appears to be a good candidate for the needs of USU faculty.
The system can be used to track and report the research, teaching activities and service activities of faculty and staff. Users of the system also have the ability to report information on scholarly activities by using a series of web-based forms. For instance, professional memberships, publications and other professional activities are some of the categories of information that the system gathers. The system also serves as a networking resource for faculty and staff. The system uses both existing data from human resources, university registrar, and grants management, and data that individuals enter.
A demonstration of OSU:pro is being planned for November, 2009, and will be announced when the date is firm. If the OSU:pro system is deemed suitable, the system would be obtained and deployed for use as speedily as possible.
More information on the system is available at the OSU:pro website: https://pro.osu.edu.