Introduction to New Innovations™
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INTRODUCTION TONEW INNOVATIONS™
First Year Student OrientationAugust 1, 2013
What is New Innovations?
New Innovations is a web-based educational management system for medical schools and residency programs.
As first-year students, you will use the Evaluations module.
Third-year students also use the Logger and Scheduling modules.
New Innovations Modules
Schedules (Clinical Rotations)
Logger (Patient Case Logs)
Evaluations (Courses and Faculty)
Course Evaluation: Core Items
Faculty Evaluation: Core Items
Accessing New Innovations
Logging In
https://www.new-innov.com/Login/
You will be prompted to change your password after the initial log in.
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 e-mail notifications about evaluations.
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.
Exiting New Innovations
Hover over your name at top of home page screen.
Click on Log Out. You also can check for messages or change your
password here.
New Innovations Help
Password/General Questions: Lana Dearinger (323-6446, [email protected])
Evaluations: Ellen Napier (323-4643, [email protected])
New Innovations Resources
These slides will be made available on the UKCOMAssessment and Quality Management web page:
http://meded.med.uky.edu/new-innovations
Questions on New Innovations?
Course Exams - ExamSoft™
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 9, HG611 @ 1:00 p.m.
SofTest Module
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., [email protected])
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
Individual reports summarizing your test performance are sent to you electronically ([email protected]) 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 or delayed slightly.
Exam Contacts
For questions regarding exam reports, contact Amy Murphy-Spencer ([email protected]), 323-1196.
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, [email protected])
Scott Pappas (323-3580, [email protected])
Stephen Welch (323-2009, [email protected])
ExamSoft Resources
These slides will be made available on the UKCOMAssessment and Quality Management web page:
http://meded.med.uky.edu/examsoft-information
Questions on ExamSoft?