FAST Rich Meyer 932021 Rich Meyer FAST Program

FAST Rich Meyer 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager 1

Acronym n Faculty Advancement Support Technology n An improved version of the Bio-Bibliography 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Bio-Bibliography n Achievement Report q q q @ UC Berkeley Paper Document Annual Promotion Document Special Characteristics n n n 9/3/2021 Academic Context All Faculty All Disciplines All Achievements Understandable and Reviewable by any other Academic Objective Raw Data Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Faculty Perception n Tedious Time Consuming Biased n Necessary for promotion! n Is never completed annually – only for promotion n n !@%$#%@ 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Clear & Simple Charge n n n Put this report on-line Save time Save energy Increase satisfaction Collect and organize the data so that it can be reused by other significant stakeholders across campus. 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Things to Note n There are NO CEOs in an Academic Context q Most powerful Academic Senate in the World q If the faculty don’t adopt this, you have no data q If you have not data, you have no services 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Goal n Build an application FOR Faculty q q q n Find out what they want Find out what they don’t want Show it to them Test it with them Get their feedback Bring them chocolate! If faculty don’t adopt it, you have no data 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Faculty-Centric Design n Discussed their experiences Studied their semantics Observed their efforts Analyzed their tools Assessed their mental model Offered them a solution n And they ripped it apart n n n 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Iteration So we took their feedback And did it all again n Iterative Design q q 9/3/2021 We made multiple prototypes Conducted multiple tests Ensured that we understood what they wanted Consistently improved our product Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Result n n A web interface Emulated a CV q n n To display accomplishments Faculty friendly terms Pre-fill portions of the report with pre-existing data 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager Online Minimize mental energy Save time

Scope n Phase 1 - Complete q n Architectural analysis Phase 2 q q 9/3/2021 User-centered scaffold of the report User-centered design of ‘Published Works’ Automated transfer of Graduate Committee data Automated transfer of Teaching Data Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

Roadmap Import pre-existing CSIR and Grad. Link data Design the Bio-Bib like a CV. from other campus databases Low Hanging Fruit In time, it could create the CV. 9/3/2021 Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager

To Learn More… n Thank You n To learn more q q 9/3/2021 110 South Hall 10 AM, Friday Rich Meyer, FAST Program Manager