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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for September 26, 2023
Updates to the SL&L Integration Filtering
We have enhanced the user experience of fetching assessment data in a measure in P&SS from SL&L. Currently, the values are being fetched all at once when the filters are being loaded, resulting in performance/page crash issues in the case of the institutions which have large datasets. We have enhanced this user experience in...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for September 14, 2023
Action Status Chart in Insights
The plan administrator/Dean will be able to view a chart depicting the status of all the actions of an assessment plan while viewing insights. Users will be able to view the status of actions added for outcomes and measures in an assessment plan.
The chart will include all of the general outcomes and measure actions. The actions will be...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for August 16, 2023
Outcome Details- All Courses Report
In the Docs & Reports Area, we now have a monitoring report titled Outcome Details - All Courses. This report will provide an export of course outcomes for institutions that enter and/or conduct course-level outcomes assessment. Currently, administrators have the ability to export outcome details associated with degree programs and ...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for July 18, 2023
Ability to View Organizations that have been assigned to Reviewers
We have enhanced our Plan Review feature to allow administrators to see which organizations have been assigned to a reviewer in a plan review. This allows the administrator to better track and monitor reviews as they are in process.
Previously, the administrator could see the name of the reviewer a...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for July 5, 2023
In this product release, we are introducing the ability to create a cover page and export it with your self-study. This feature will provide the ability to create visually appealing, well-organized reports and provide a professional touch to an exported self-study.
Creating a Cover Page
Users will be able to create a new page within the Introductory Pages section. Th...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for June 5, 2023
Surface Action Updates in Assessment Plan Reports
Currently, if contributors have added actions (measure/general outcome) to an assessment plan and have added various updates to these actions, then those updates do not show up in the assessment plan HTML & PDF reports.
The plan administrator/leads will now be able to see the action updates in the assessment plan repor...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for May 9, 2023
Padding for Self-Study
By switching on the PDF view Toggle, users will be able to see how the PDF will appear before actually exporting it. Previously, they would have to export the file and then examine if the layout and placement of the tables and data are correct; if there are any discrepancies, they would have to return to the editor and make changes there.
Admini...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for April 11, 2023
Over the last year, Leader Insights has been launched as a Watermark Lab, intending to quickly provide Leaders with insights across Planning & Self-Study and Student Learning & Licensure. As a result of client feedback, and in an effort to improve the usability, we have made the following critical enhancements in the Leader Insights area as we prepare to incorporate a...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for March 14, 2023
Increased Number of Leads Per Organization
Administrators and Assessment Leaders will now be able to assign up to 20 leads per organization.
Allow Users to Version Measure Details by Reporting Year
We have introduced a measure revision feature that allows the plan administrator/contributor to revise their plan measures. Users will have the ability to revise a measure ...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for January 31, 2023
Self-study standard narratives are frequently used to references to other standards from within the self-study while the users are composing the self-study. In order to provide them with the ability to incorporate direct links to those other standards, we have now given them the ability to export the self-study as either a PDF or website so that others ca...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for January 17, 2023
Assessment Plan Rubric Report Export CSV
Administrators will now be able to export all rubric review results for an Assessment Plan. Exports will include all of the scores for the reviewed plans, the name of the reviewer, as well as any Feedback given by the reviewers. Access this report in the Exports area of an Assessment Plan.
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for December 28, 2022
Improved Usability for Adding Actions and Referencing Past Results
Action Items can now be added directly below the Findings area. Past results are easier to read. Users can view and update Action items from past assessment plans.
We have renamed the Actions & Past Results button to Past Findings. We also removed the Actions and Past Results icons from the Actions panel...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for December 6, 2022
New HTML Button in Self-Study Narrative Toolbar
The HTML code button will allow a Self-Study or Program Review contributor to see all of the HTML formatting for any text in the editor by clicking the “<>” button. Users will be able to delete any formatting that is causing inconsistencies in font type or size. By pressing this button again, the HTML is hidden and the use...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for November 16, 2022
Ability to choose individual rubric criteria in Canvas
When aligning results from Canvas, leads and admins will be able to choose an individual criterion or a subset of criteria for an assignment that uses a rubric as the scoring method in Canvas. This functionality will also be available if collecting Canvas assignment information from an individual faculty member for ...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for November 9, 2022
Exports for Dashboard Showing Percentage Updates Added to Tactics
Admins will be able to export all the progress updates made to all tactics or a particular tactic so they can be shared with key stakeholders outside of the Planning & Self-Study tools.
Pop-Up Messaging Clarifying Implications of Editing a Copied Measure
Pop-Up messaging has been added to clarify t...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for September 27, 2022
Improved Organization Profile Navigation
The organization profile has been enhanced to address feedback and usability concerns. This also provides an immersive view that keeps administrators and leaders focused on tasks, while preparing for integrating Leader Insights within the next quarter.
No changes have been made to the functionality or features in this area. The ...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for September 12, 2022
Enhancements to System Administration andPlanning & Self-Study
Ability to Delete Organizations (With and Without Associated Planning & Self-Study Data)
The ability to fully delete Organizations - with or without associated Planning & Self-Study data - is now functional within System Administration. Now, when a System Administrator goes to delete an Organization, a vali...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for August 17, 2022
Enhancements to System Administration
Ability to Delete Programs (With and Without Associated Planning & Self-Study Data)
The ability to fully delete Programs - with or without associated Planning & Self-Study data - is now functional within System Administration. Now, when a System Administrator goes to delete a Program, a validation check will notify the Administrato...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for August 4, 2022
Enhancements to Watermark Planning & Self-Study
Self Study & Program Review
Text Editor Enhancements
With this release, we upgraded our text editor in Self-Study and Program Review to include highly requested features and to adjust formatting. The editor now includes buttons for indentation so you can indent paragraphs without using keyboard commands. We also added the ...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for July 5, 2022
Enhancements to Watermark Planning & Self-Study
Self-Study
Access main evidence area from within a Standard
Evidence can now be accessed from the central evidence area by clicking on the “Add from All Evidence” button from within the evidence area of the standard. This new update brings an added convenience and improved workflow of being able to access evidence directl...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for June 7, 2022
Overview
Curriculum Maps can now be shared with external stakeholders!
We've included a loading indicator for course details to keep the user informed about the progress!
We’ve made some enhancements to improve the usability of the Mission Statement field.
Enhancements to Watermark Planning & Self-Study
Assessment Planning
Ability to Share A Curriculum Map
Curriculum...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for April 12, 2022
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Introducing Rubrics for Assessment Plans! Review assessment plans in the same system where they’re entered and stored. Supply feedback in a standardized and meaningful way by reviewing against a rubric.
Enhancements to Watermark Planning & Self-Study
Assessment Planning
(NEW!) Review Assessment Plans Using a Rubric
Rubric creation
Currently schools must rely...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for March 16, 2022
Highlights:
In this latest release, we’ve expanded functionality and enhanced several features:
Add supporting documents to strategic plan tactics!
New integration functionality with Course Evaluations & Surveys!
Unlock deeper insights into organizational participation in assessment planning!
Enhancements to Watermark Planning & Self-Study
Strategic Planning
Add Su...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for February 15, 2022
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In this latest release, we’ve expanded functionality and enhanced features. Most notably, you can now export the completed Review Report after submission!
Enhancements to Watermark Planning & Self-Study
Program Review
Program Leads will now be able to Export the Review report after they have submitted it and share the completed report with stakeholders. Prev...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for January 18, 2022
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In the latest release, we've made several exciting new improvements. There are new enhancements to the integration with Course Evaluations & Surveys! Administrators can now assign added Tactics to Organizations! Additionally, we are now introducing: Watermark Labs and Leader Insights.
Introducing Watermark Labs
Watermark Labs is a new designation for emergin...
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Planning & Self-Study Release Notes for December 14, 2021
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Introducing new enhancements to Watermark System Administration and a new person basic attributes import.
Enhancements to Watermark System Administration
System Administration is Watermark’s newest centralized module for integrating and managing core data from your student information system. Integration with this module is currently available to Planning &...