OIE-Sponsored Technology
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness supports faculty and staff with technologies to collect, analyze, and use data to inform decision-making and track progress toward goal attainment.
Lightcast (formerly Emsi) is an essential tool that brings together statistics and trends, demographics, and higher education data to provide integral labor market information to Commonwealth University and other PASSHE schools. Key CU offices and personnel were granted access to Lightcast to conduct analyses for new program proposals, annual reports, 5-year program reviews, and accreditation reports. Please contact our department for more information on Lightcast.
Nuventive Solutions Premier (formerly TracDat or Nuventive Improve) is the newest platform available for academic programs and administrative/student support units to use as a repository for program/unit assessment plans and results, student learning outcomes assessment data, annual reports, and documentation related to 5-year program reviews and accreditations. Additionally, reports can be generated which may be useful for program and unit assessments. Nuventive Solutions Premier is a highly versatile tool which can be customized to meet your needs. Please contact OIE for more information on Nuventive Solutions Premier. CU faculty and staff can log in by clicking on the linked text and using SSO. Additional materials will be added to this web page and trainings held to assist navigation of the new platform.
PAR – Nuventive User Guide (for Academic Programs)
- PAR workshop recordings can be found on the Program Assessment Web Page or on Brightspace
Administrative Units - Nuventive User Guide
- 4-30-24 Admin Unit — Workshop Recording | Slide Deck
- 1-16-24 Admin Unit — Workshop Recording | Slide Deck
Qualtrics is a powerful and versatile survey platform which is available to the University community. Qualtrics can be used for collecting and analyzing data for research projects, assessment and planning purposes, or for general feedback. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness oversees the administration of Qualtrics. Please contact our department for information on Qualtrics or to obtain your login credentials.
Bloomsburg Qualtrics Platform Lock Haven Qualtrics Platform Mansfield Qualtrics Platform
Getting Started with Qualtrics
Use your SSO credentials to log in to your respective home campus Qualtrics page shown in the buttons above. Your account will be created automatically. Please contact Shane Jones at sjones@commonwealthu.edu if you encounter any issues.
Getting Started
Before disseminating any survey, consult with the IRB for possible needed approval.
Use the left-side navigation pane to explore different topics.
| How-To | Resource |
|---|---|
| Survey Design | |
| Basic Survey Overview | |
| Adding & Styling Survey Questions | |
| Controlling Questions & Answer Choices | |
| Question Behavior & Display Logic | |
| Question Block Options | |
| Survey Flow | |
| Survey Tools | |
| Recoding Values | |
| Capturing Embedded Data | |
| Survey Collaboration | |
| Sharing Survey Project | |
| Survey Distribution | |
| Email Distribution Overview | |
| Creating & Importing Contact Lists | |
| Composing the Email Survey Invitation | |
| Sending Reminder Emails to Non-respondents | |
| Anonymous Distributions | |
| Data Analysis | |
| Exporting Response Data | |
| Data & Analysis Tab | |
| Recorded Responses | |
| Reports | |
| Results vs Reports | |
| Results Page | |
| Advanced Reports | |
| Sharing Reports | |
