Watermark tools are used to manage a variety of faculty and staff processes at YSU. You can find links to tutorials and instructions for the different Watermark tools below. All Watermark tools can be accessed through your Watermark card in the Penguin Portal.
Course Evaluations & Surveys Faculty Success Planning & Self Study Student Learning & Licensure
The Course Evaluation and Surveys tool is used to administer the Student Course Feedback surveys at the end of each term. Any full- or part-time faculty teaching a course will have access to this tool via the Watermark card in their Penguin Portal.
You can find out more on the Student Course Feedback page. Contact Stephanie Richardson for support.
Faculty Success is used to manage several processes for full-time faculty, including Pre-Tenure Review, Tenure, Promotion, Tenure with Promotion, Sabbatical/Faculty Improvement Leave, Research Professorship, Chairperson Evaluation of Faculty, Peer Review of Faculty, Distinguished Professorships Award Applications, and other processes related to the review of faculty in accordance with the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act.
You can find out more on the Faculty Success page. Contact Stephanie Richardson for support.
Planning and Self-Study is used to manage reporting on the assessment of student learning for both Academic Assessment reporting and Co-Curricular Assessment reporting.
You can find out more on the Academic Assessment page and the Co-Curricular Assessment page. Contact Alison Kaufman for support.
Student Learning and Licensure is used primarily by faculty in Education, Counseling, and School Psychology programs to collect student artifacts for accreditation.
You can find out more on the Student Learning and Licensure page. For all SL&L assistance, please contact Therese Kightlinger or Monika Mehata.
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