introduction to new innovations & examsoft
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
INTRODUCTION TONEW INNOVATIONS & EXAMSOFT
First-Year Student OrientationJuly 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 e-mail notifications about evaluations.
New Innovations Modules
Schedules (Clinical Rotations)
Logger (Patient Case Logs)
Evaluations (Course and Faculty)
Accessing New Innovations
https://www.new-innov.com/Login/
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 (323-6446, [email protected])
Course/Faculty Evaluations: Ellen Napier (323-4643, [email protected])
New Innovations Resources
These slides will be made available on the UKCOMAssessment and Quality Management web page:
http://meded.med.uky.edu/new-innovations
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, CTW014 @ 1:00 p.m.
SofTest Module
You will receive an e-mail 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 e-mail address (e.g., [email protected])
Your initial password is randomly assigned – and contained in the introductory e-mail. 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 ([email protected]) in *.pdf format.
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 ([email protected]), 323-1196.
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 (323-2840, [email protected])
Scott Pappas (323-3580, [email protected])
Stephen Welch (323-2009, [email protected])
ExamSoft Resources
These slides will be made available on the UKCOMAssessment and Quality Management web page:
http://meded.med.uky.edu/examsoft-information
Questions on ExamSoft?