We have received a few questions about how to report clientele contacts given UCCE has switched to primarilyonline direct Extension activities or indirect Extension activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please continue your contact reporting in Project Board so that as an organization, we may capture and communicate UC ANR's commitment to reaching clientele and providing science-based information and solutions during this challenging time.

See detailed information on Project Board Help. Read the COVID-19 guidance for all academics with ANR Merit+Promotion or COVID-19 guidance for CE Specialists with campus Merit+Promotion

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.