INTRODUCTION TO NEW INNOVATIONS First Year Orientation August 2, 2012

What is New Innovations?  New Innovations is a web-based educational management system for medical schools and residency programs.  During pre-clinical courses, first- and second- year students will use the Evaluations module.  Third-year students will also use the Case Logger and Clinical Scheduling modules.

New Innovations Modules  Clinical Scheduling (Rotations)  Case Logger  Evaluations (Course and Faculty)

Client Login

New Innovations Access  Client login:  Institution Login: uk

Your Password  You manage your New Innovations password.  Your new password must be at least six characters in length.  Cannot use &, +,  Your username and password for New Innovations are not the same as your University-assigned username and password.

New Innovations Home Page

New Innovations Menu Bar

My Favorites

Course and Faculty Evaluations  You will use New Innovations to complete required evaluations.  You will receive notifications about evaluations.  Remember, the timely completion of course and faculty evaluations is a COM requirement. (Please refer to your syllabus for details).  Once entered, all evaluations are anonymous.

New Innovations Help  Password/General Questions: Lana Dearinger ( ,  Evaluations: Ellen Napier ( ,

New Innovations Resources These slides are available on the Assessment and Quality Management web page:

Questions on New Innovations?

Course Exams - ExamSoft™  ExamSoft™ is a proprietary software system that allows you to take secure exams on your personal laptop computer.  Course directors will create exams that you will electronically download.  Completed exams are automatically uploaded back to a secure server.  As a tutorial, a mock exam will be given prior to your first course exam (date/time TBD).

Student Exam Reports  Individual reports summarizing your test performance are sent to you electronically in *.pdf  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 or delayed slightly.

Exam Contacts  For questions regarding exam reports, contact Amy Murphy-Spencer 323-  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.

Questions on Exams?