Custom Development and Vendor Tools
Custom Development
Weinberg College IT Solutions develops applications in PHP and JavaScript that provide specialized data collection and workflows to benefit Weinberg College as well as broadly-employed enterprise applications that support administrative processes for the entire University.
- Online Forms: A system developed by WITS that offers highly custom workflows through HTML web forms available for free to the entire University.
- Faculty Roster and Commitment Tracker*: The most recent system designed and built by Weinberg College IT, it is two applications in one. The Roster helps Faculty Affairs view and track appointments and other key HR data--with some helpful interpretations of myHR information--while the Commitment Tracker helps both Faculty Affairs and Finance enter, track, and (soon) report on financial and business commitments to faculty.
- Student Dossier: Developed by WITS, the Student Dossier system is an integral part of welcoming incoming students to the College. The system assembles and presents standardized test scores, student preferences, placement test results, and freshman seminar choices, streamlining student arrivals.
- Honors*: The Honors system is a custom app developed by WITS that facilitates the nomination and selection of students in the College for graduation honors and awards.
- Awards*: Written by WITS, the Awards system is a custom app that facilitates the nomination and selection of faculty for honors annually.
- Teaching Awards*: The Teaching Awards system, designed by WITS, provides a workflow for retaining and evaluating nominations for annual awards given to faculty throughout the College.
- Appointments*: McCormick developed the Appointments application to manage annual appointments across the College and Weinberg IT administers the system for its College users.
Vendor (Purchased) Tools We Can Help You Use
- SmartSheet - Northwestern IT supports this tool centrally, but Weinberg College IT (WITS) can help you with best practices; review of business processes; and setup of forms, dashboards, or automation.
- DocuSign* - Northwestern IT supports this tool centrally, but Weinberg College IT (WITS) can set up your access.
- Faculty Folio* - Interfolio's Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) and Review, Promotion and Tenure (RPT) tools are branded as Faculty Folio here. Weinberg College IT supports the imported data and system setup for Weinberg College, School of Communication, Medill School of Journalism, and Northwestern University in Qatar.
- For more information, please view the RPT web support pages and/or the Faculty Activity Reporting web support pages (hosted by the Office of the Dean).
* These applications have limited user-bases and require access to log in. Fill out the WITS System Access Form to request access.
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