On February 7, 2020 and March 1, 2020, Project Board finished collecting its second year of reporting for Cooperative Extension academics (FFY2019)

• 96% of academics with ANR M+P participated in Project Board by entering data in at least one required field
• 91% of CE Specialists with participated in Project Board by entering data in at least one required field
• 74% of academics with ANR M+P reported theme narratives, where outcomes are communicated
• 79% of CE Specialists with campus M+P reported theme narratives, where outcomes are communicated

Data from Project Board andstatewide programs were used to develop the 2019 UC ANR Annual Report, UC ANR Impact Stories Compilation, and county reports.

Condition Change FTE for SFY2019 was collected from all academics on July 1, 2019. A response rate of 94% was achieved and report of the findings can be found here.

Pleased to report that Project Board Help was IT's test bunny and first adopter for the new sitebuilder design based on ANR's web refresh efforts. Here's a look at what your future sitebuilder pages will look like: https://ucanr.edu/sites/ProjectBoardHelp/

IT is going to work on a few additional minor formatting changes, so I'll hold off on fixing any font size inconsistency issues or borders until that is done.

On February 1, 2019, Project Board finished collecting its first year of reporting information for academics with ANR merit and promotion (M+P). Launched in May 2018, academics used Project Board to tell us information about their full time equivalent (FTE); populate their dossier exports for annual evaluations, merits, and promotions; share outcomes and activities to meet annual federal/organizational reporting requirements, and civil rights compliance documentation. The information entered into Project Board will also help ANR with advocacy efforts. On March 1, 2019, Project Board finished collecting its first year of reporting for CE Specialists with campus M+P. Participation rates follow.

• 94% of academics with ANR M+P participated in Project Board by entering data in at least one required field
• 91% of CE Specialists with participated in Project Board by entering data in at least one required field
• 78% of academics with ANR M+P reported theme narratives, where outcomes are communicated
• 75% of CE Specialists with campus M+P reported theme narratives, where outcomes are communicated

Project Board now has over 10K activities, which are searchable by anyone using the “Explore” feature. There are also 1200 projects (hoping this will be available in “Explore” later this year), and almost 600 theme narratives (will NOT be searchable due to sensitivity of information).

Surveys will collect input from users and the development team will prioritize improvements to Project Board as resources/funding become available.

A detailed timeline of system launch dates, trainings, and participation rates can be found in the table below.

In late April, Project Board will be available on ANR Portal for all academics with ANR merit and promotion processes. Project Board will be used for merit and promotion and organizational reporting starting with federal fiscal year 2018 (activities, projects, and outcomes starting on October 1, 2017). Below is information regarding Zoom training opportunities.

Audience: All academics with ANR merit and promotion.

Part One – What is Project Board?

What is Project Board? Why was it built? What purposes it will serve? Participants will receive answers to these questions via presentations by Affirmative Action, Academic Human Resources, and Program Planning and Evaluation.  There will be an emphasize on how Project Board has conceptually integrated the academic program review, civil rights compliance, and organizational reporting requirements.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Offered two times and recording will be made available: 10AM-11:30AM and 1PM-2:30PM

Part Two – How do I use Project Board?

How do I use Project Board? Participants will participate in a hands-on training session by completing tasks in Project Board and getting live technical assistance.

Thursday, May 3, 2018
Offered two times and recording will be made available: 10AM-11:30AM and 1PM-2:30PM

Part Three – Advanced Project Board features

TBA

Zoom Information 

TBA

Questions?

• Visit the Project Board Help (in progress) webpage at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ProjectBoardHelp/
• Academic Human Resources questions, contact Kim Ingram at kcingram@ucanr.edu
• Civil Rights Compliance/Affirmative Action questions, contact David White at dewhite@ucanr.edu
• DANRIS-X retrievals/historical questions, contact Chris Hanson at Christopher.hanson@ucop.edu
• Project Board/Program Planning and Evaluation questions, contact Kit Alviz at kit.alviz@ucop.edu