New Innovations - Office of Medical Education

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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.
 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!
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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.
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New Innovations Modules
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Schedules (Clinical Rotations)
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Logger (Patient Case Logs)
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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
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Hover over your name at top of home page screen.
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Click on Log Out.
You also can check for messages or change your
password here.
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New Innovations Help
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Password/General Questions: Lana Dearinger
(323-6446, ldearing@email.uky.edu)
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Course/Faculty Evaluations: Ellen Napier (3234643, etnapi2@uky.edu)
New Innovations Resources
These slides will be made available on the UKCOM
Assessment and Quality Management web page:
http://meded.med.uky.edu/new-innovations
Questions on New Innovations?
Course Exams - ExamSoft
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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
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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., tdstr334@uky.edu)
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
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Individual reports summarizing your test
performance are sent to you electronically
(youremail@uky.edu) 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
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For questions regarding exam reports, contact Amy
Murphy-Spencer (amspenc@email.uky.edu), 3231196.
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,
joseph.lawson@uky.edu)
 Scott Pappas (323-3580,
scott.pappas@uky.edu)
 Stephen Welch (323-2009,
stephen.welch@uky.edu)
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ExamSoft Resources
These slides will be made available on the UKCOM
Assessment and Quality Management web page:
http://meded.med.uky.edu/examsoft-information
Questions on ExamSoft?
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