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Organization Management Overview
Tools for Organization Management
The Organization Management tool enables administrators to:
Assign Leads to Organizations
Add and Import Outcomes across Organizations
Manage the Hierarchy
Access Organization Assessment and Planning Profiles
Download Course Enrollment data in CSV format
Organization Management Homepage
When you log in to your Planning & Self-Study A...
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Assigning Leads
Definition and Permissions
In Planning & Self-Study, each Organization in your hierarchy can have multiple Leads assigned to it. Assigning someone as a Lead designates that individual as someone responsible for managing assessment and planning data related to that Organization. A Lead has access to view and edit the following content for an Organization:
Mission Sta...
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How to Create and Edit Mission Statements
Create a New Mission Statement
If you are entering an organization’s mission statement for the first time, click the Add Mission link for that organization.
You will be taken to the Information tab of the Organization Profile, where you will see a text box to enter your mission statement. You can either type the mission statement directly into the text area or cop...
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How to Create and Edit Outcomes
When you log in to Planning & Self Study by Watermark, you will see a page that looks like this, with dashboards for each organization- such as a program, co-curricular or administrative unit- for which you have been assigned as a lead contributor to enter assessment and planning data. Each dashboard includes links that take you directly to areas to enter specific conte...
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Importing Outcomes
Administrative Workflow
Importing Program Outcomes
Administrators can bulk upload both Learning and Success Outcomes into the system in one spreadsheet for organizations in the hierarchy. This capability will be particularly useful if you are coming to Planning & Self-Study from another system or have a full record of your current outcomes documented elsewhere. Use this...
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Learning Outcomes vs Success Outcomes
Learning outcomes in Planning & Self-Study are designed to articulate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions attained by students through learning and/or co-curricular experiences.
Outcomes in Planning & Self-Study are associated with Measures (for collecting data/ results), and Actions (for monitoring continuous improvement).
Measure methods available for learnin...
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How to Map Outcomes
When you log in to Planning & Self Study by Watermark, you will see a page that looks like this, with dashboards for each organization- such as a program, co-curricular or administrative unit- for which you have been assigned as a lead contributor to enter assessment and planning data. Each dashboard includes links that take you directly to areas to enter specific conte...
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How to Create and Edit Curriculum Maps
When you log in to Planning & Self Study by Watermark, you will see a page that looks like this, with dashboards for each organization- such as a program, co-curricular or administrative unit- for which you have been assigned as a lead contributor to enter assessment and planning data. Each dashboard includes links that take you directly to areas to enter specific conte...
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Sharing a Curriculum Map
Curriculum Maps can be shared with external stakeholders via a web link or exporting to PDF. This allows leads to share curriculum maps with Deans, Provosts, or other faculty to facilitate discussions on the extent to which the courses that make up a degree program support the intended outcomes.
Sharing as a Web Link
Links can be posted on websites for reference or u...
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Leader Insights - A Watermark Labs Feature
Institution-level leads can access this area by selecting Enter Institution in the My Leadership area on their Planning & Self-Study home page, and then clicking the View Insights button. Administrators can access this by clicking on the top Institution profile link within Organization Management.
View Insights button on the Organization Management page for “Diana ...
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FAQ: Organization Management
Why do my archived outcomes still show up in my plan?
Archiving outcomes does not remove them from plans in which they have already been included. This functionality is intended more for removing outcomes from future use. If you also want to remove outcomes from your existing plans, you can follow these steps:
Enter the Plan
Select Add/Edit Outcomes
De-select the outco...