1. TracDat V5 End User Training
Presenters
Dr. Frank Lee, Professor
Dept. of Math and Computer Science
College of Natural and Applied Sciences
Deborah Leon Guerrero
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Friday, April 21, 2017
Information Literacy Classroom, LRC

2. Workshop Outline Introduction of new version Video tour
Annual Assessment Inventory setup and
maintenance
Report generation

3. Learning Outcomes for this Workshop
Log on to TracDat and navigate the various screens and functions
Identify the differences between the old TracDat version and the new version V
Add PLOs and link them to ILOs
Add assessment tools
Add and maintain assessment plan
Add results of assessment and actions taken
Generate assessment report for annual assessment inventory

4. What is TracDat?
TracDat is a main product of Nuventive Inc. in Pittsburgh.
It is a planning and outcomes assessment software.
It provides a flexible framework that helps institutions
organize, align, document, report, and take effective
actions for improvement.
TracDat supports data-informed strategic planning,
program review, accreditation, and managing academic
and administrative outcomes.
TracDat version 5 runs on the Microsoft Azure environment.
Nuventive is a client of Microsoft Azure; and UOG is a
client of Nuventive

5. What is Microsoft Azure?
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service created
by Microsoft.
It is for building, deploying, and managing applications
and services through a global network of Microsoft-
managed data centers.
Cloud computing is a type of Internet-based computing.
It provides shared computer processing resources
and data to computers and other devices on demand.
Computing resources include computer networks,
servers, storage, applications, services and so on.

7. What’s New in TracDat V5?
UOG installed the TracDat system in spring 2010.
The UOG TracDat V5.2 was upgraded in November 2016.
It provides comprehensive Help Guides and Video
Tutorials of the whole system for administrators and end
users.
It adds the Activity Log icon to show the update activities
of Program Assessment Planning and Course Assessment
Planning.
It adds the Information Filter icon to show the desired
information on Program Assessment Planning and Course
Assessment Planning.
It’s more user-friendly than version 4.

8. Log in to UOG TracDat System
Click the Mozilla Firefox icon on your computer.
Enter the URL: uog.tracdat.com
Or go to UOG website, pull down the login window, and click on “TracDat Assessment System”
Enter your username and password to log in to TracDat.
Click the top triangle icon, and select your own degree program
If you have no TracDat account, your tentative username
is tracdat5, and password is tracdat5 too.
Click the top triangle icon, and select
Program (CNAS) – UG Chemistry

9. The Help Icon This help icon provides comprehensive descriptions of
each tab and its sub-tabs in TracDat.
Click the green icon on the upper-left corner, you will
see some descriptions about the Home page.
Then click on the “TracDat Portfolio for End Users”
in the last sentence of the help page.
Next, click the “Help Guides and Videos” in the top
middle of the pop-up page.
Click each tab or any of its sub-tabs to see detail descriptions or videos about the tab or sub-tab.

10. The Video Tours On the “TracDat Portfolio for End Users”
home page, click the top-left white “Home” icon
to return to home page of the help guides.
Click the “Navigating the Portfolio” to see how to
navigate this portfolio.
Click on the “TracDat 5.1 Update video”,
“TracDat 5.2 Update video”, and “TracDat 5.3
Update video” to see the updated information
and new features of TracDat Version 5.1, 5.2
and 5.3 respectively.

11. The Activity Log & Information Filter Icons
The two icons are available in the following tabs:
Program Planning
Annual Updates
Program Assessment Plan
Results
Course Curriculum Mapping Planning
Course Assessment Plan

12. Annual Assessment Inventory
Setup and Maintenance
Add PLOs and link them to ILOs
Add assessment tools
Add and maintain assessment plan
Add results of assessment and actions taken

13. Viewing and Uploading Supporting Documents
University of Guam common folder
Program folders
File and folder naming conventions

14. Report Generation Assessment Plan Curriculum Map 4-Column Report
Assessment Inventory

15. Thank You !