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Access Your Watermark Profile

Watermark is the online portfolio management tool used by faculty and academic administrators to easily store, organize, and report information about their teaching, scholarly activities, and service. Faculty assemble their portfolios for their evaluation processes, taking full advantage of Watermark by inputting professional data and uploading pertinent documents on an ongoing basis.

Faculty also use Watermark as an archival tool where they can easily upload evidence of their teaching effectiveness, articles, presentations, and other scholarly and creative contributions, as well as records of service.

Below are several resources to assist with the portfolio submission and review processes. For further information, check out the Office of Faculty Affairs Canvas course which includes modules covering all levels of faculty review and evaluation. And if you’re still needing support, feel free to reach out to us in the Office of Faculty Affairs.

Using Watermark for the RTP/PTR Portfolio Review Process

FAQs: General Information

FAQs: Portfolio Preparation & Submission

SRIs

There is a report in Watermark that enables you to run the Student Ratings of Instruction (SRI) for a given date range. The report displays the SRI numbers along with links to the student comments.

Running the SRI Report

The following documentation explains what the numbers in the SRI report mean.

SRI Report Explanation

Faculty will be able to access SRI data for a given semester approximately 5-7 weeks after that semester has ended and grades are posted. Following is a table with the expected dates for when SRIs will be available in Watermark for the upcoming semesters.

 

SRI Semester Date SRI Data Available
Fall Term         Late January
Spring Term         Late June
Summer Term         Late September

Course Evaluation Period Formulas

Students will use EvaluationKit to submit electronic SRIs during the evaluation period listed in the chart below. Students can access the electronic SRIs in several ways:

  1. Through a link provided in an email message they will receive at the beginning of the evaluation period.
  2. By using the EvaluationKit mobile application. Instructions on how to use the mobile application can be found in the initial email communication students received.
  3. By visiting Blackboard Learn where students will be prompted to complete evaluations that are currently active or can access the link on the My Institution tab of Blackboard Learn.
Course Duration SRI Evaluation Start Date SRI Evaluation End Date
1 day First day of class 4 days after Class ends as defined on the class schedule
2 days First day of class 3 days after class ends as defined on the class schedule
3 days 1 day after class starts 2 days after class ends as defined on the class schedule
4 days Day following the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 2 days after class ends as defined on the class schedule
5 days Day following the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 3 days after class ends as defined on the class schedule
6 days Day following the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 3 days after class ends as defined on the class schedule
1 week Day following the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 3 days after class ends as defined on the class schedule
2 weeks Day following the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 1 day after class ends as defined on the class schedule
3 weeks Day following the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 2 days prior to class end date as defined on the class schedule
4 weeks Day following the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 4 days prior to the end of class as defined on the class schedule
5 – 15 week courses Day following the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 4 days prior to the end of class as defined on the class schedule
16 week (full semester) courses 12 Days after the “W” Withdrawal Deadline 14 days prior to the end of class as defined on the class schedule (8 day prior to the start of finals week)

Not all courses will have student evaluations. The following is a list of courses that will not receive a student evaluation:

  • Courses that do not have a defined Section Start and Section End Date Defined in Banner
  • Subject Code “ATH” Courses (Intercollegiate Athletics Courses)
  • Subject Code “VUB” Courses (Veteran’s Upward Bound Courses)
  • Subject Code “MAT” (CCD Remedial Math Courses, evaluations are done by CCD)
  • Subject Code “STA” (Study Abroad Courses)
  • Schedule Type “K” Courses (Cooperative Education)
  • Schedule Type “N” Courses (Internship;Clinical Internship)
  • Schedule Type “D” Courses (Student Teaching)
  • Section Attribute CCCR Courses (e.g. PSY2, ENG2, ECO2, and others) (interinstitutional registration, evaluations are done at UCD/CCD home institution)
  • Any Math Peer Study / FYS Math Peer Study course with a course number: 0008, 0011, 0012, 0031, FY11, FY12, FY31
  • Any 0020 course (Attendance only non credit course) used for attendance tracking purposes only (e.g. MUS-0020)

If you are teaching a class that meets on campus, please dedicate 15 minutes of class time for students to complete the electronic SRIs during this evaluation period. Remind students to bring a mobile device (e.g., laptop, tablet, smartphone) to class on the day you plan to dedicate time for the SRI collection. While your students are completing the electronic SRIs, be sure to step outside of your classroom to provide adequate privacy. If any students forget to bring a mobile device, encourage them to visit a nearby computer lab to access the electronic SRI. A list of computer labs can be found at: http://pal.svztur.com/studentlabs/hoursofoperationandlocations/

If you are teaching a UCD/CCD pooled course, ask UCD/CCD students enrolled in your course to check their MSU Denver e-mail for the electronic SRI link. Alternately, UCD/CCD students will be able to access the electronic SRI through Blackboard Learn. We will work with UCD and CCD to ensure that all of the information necessary to access MSU Denver systems is provided to these students before the evaluation period. However, if a student cannot access the MSU Denver systems, please refer the student to the ITS Helpdesk at 303-352-7548 or support.svztur.com.

Finally, please be sure to explain the purpose of SRIs to your students and emphasize that their responses will assist in continuous improvement of MSU Denver courses. If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Teaching, Learning and Design at 303-615-0800. If you need technical assistance, please contact the ITS Helpdesk at 303-352-7548 or support.svztur.com.