New faculty activity reporting system, Elements, launching in January

The Office of the Provost and Institutional Data Analytics + Assessment are pleased to share that Elements, the university’s new faculty activity reporting system, will be available to faculty and staff Jan. 2, 2024.  

“The upcoming implementation of Elements fills a long-standing need. It will become a comprehensive source of faculty profiles and accomplishments,” says Sunil Prabhakar, vice provost for faculty affairs. “This central resource will provide a consistent, reliable source of data about faculty productivity and impact, enhance internal and external faculty visibility, promote the reputation of the university, and ease data collection and reporting for several university needs.”

Users will be able to access Elements with their Purdue login via the link on the Faculty Affairs website. Training resources are under development and will be available on the Faculty Affairs website closer to the launch date.

Each college has one or more College Success Manager who will be able to assist faculty and staff in their college with questions about Elements.

Elements is a streamlined tool that will allow faculty and leadership to collect and view data such as research awards, publications, presentations and teaching innovations in one location. Elements will pull data from multiple university data sources, including Sponsored Programs, Banner and Human Resources, as well as from external publication databases. With this data, faculty will be able to create a comprehensive profile that will facilitate collaboration both internally and externally. The data will be used for several reporting functions, including accreditation and strategic initiative reporting. Use of the tool will reduce manual entry and ultimately save faculty time.

The Office of the Provost highly encourages departments to utilize Elements for annual reviews for the 2023-24 academic year. Elements will not immediately be used for promotion and tenure processes; however, the goal is to incorporate it into promotion and tenure processes in the future.

Faculty and staff can review information about Elements, including a detailed FAQ, on the Faculty Affairs website.