INTRODUCTION TO NEW INNOVATIONS & EXAMSOFT First-Year Student Orientation July 31, 2014

Course and Faculty Evaluations  Throughout your medical training, you’ll be asked to provide feedback on curricular quality.  The timely completion of course and faculty evaluations is a COM requirement. (Please refer to your syllabus for details).  All evaluations are anonymous. Individuals CANNOT be linked to their responses.  Be honest, but constructive. We do listen!

Course Evaluation Items

Faculty Evaluation Items

What is New Innovations?  New Innovations is a web-based educational management system for medical schools and residency programs.  You will use New Innovations to complete required course/faculty evaluations.  You will receive notifications about evaluations.

New Innovations Modules  Schedules (Clinical Rotations)  Logger (Patient Case Logs)  Evaluations (Course and Faculty)

Accessing New Innovations

New Innovations/UKCOM Home Page

New Innovations Menu Bar

My Favorites

Exiting New Innovations  Hover over your name at top of home page screen.  Click on Log Out.  You also can check for messages or change your password here.

New Innovations Help  Password/General Questions: Lana Dearinger ( ,  Course/Faculty Evaluations: Ellen Napier ( ,

New Innovations Resources These slides will be made available on the UKCOM Assessment and Quality Management web page:

Questions on New Innovations?

Course Exams - ExamSoft  ExamSoft is a proprietary software system that allows exams to be created, administered, and scored electronically.  SofTest is the module you will use to securely take exams on your personal laptop computer.  Completed exams are automatically uploaded back to a secure server.  As a tutorial, a mock exam will be given: Friday, August 8, 1:00 p.m.

SofTest Module  You will receive an instructing you to download (and register) your copy of SofTest  You should install SofTest on the laptop you will be using for course exams (Mac/PC)  Your ExamSoft username is the first part of your UK address (e.g.,  Your initial password is randomly assigned – and contained in the introductory . You will be prompted to change it upon initial log in.

Student Exam Reports  Individual reports summarizing your test performance are sent to you electronically in *.pdf  At your discretion, these can be printed off and used during post-exam review sessions.  Post-exam revisions may be made to correct poorly-performing test items; as a result, this exam reporting process may be repeated.

Exam Contacts  For questions regarding exam reports, contact Amy Murphy-Spencer 323-  All questions regarding actual tests, content, test scores, or course grades should be directed to respective course directors.  Please read each course syllabus carefully to identify exam dates/times, grading schemes, etc.

ExamSoft Tech Issues  Ben Lawson ( ,  Scott Pappas ( ,  Stephen Welch ( ,

ExamSoft Resources These slides will be made available on the UKCOM Assessment and Quality Management web page:

Questions on ExamSoft?