Submitting and Recalling a Completed Report in Watermark Faculty Success

This article details how a user can submit a completed Faculty Activity Report (FAR) and recall a completed FAR to make additional edits.

Logging in to Watermark Faculty Success

Watermark Faculty Success has been programmed with the university’s single sign-on system to automate the process of authentication using your myStevens username and password.

You can access Watermark Faculty Success using the following URL:

http://stevens.edu/far/dm.php or selecting the Watermark Faculty Activity Portal application on the myStevens dashboard.

The Watermark Faculty Activity Portal application on the myStevens landing page.

Submitting Your FAR in the Watermark Faculty Success Workflow

If you have completed entering your activities, please follow the instructions provided below to complete your Academic Year FAR submission.

Step 1: Click on the Workflow tab in the top menu bar and click on Tasks.

The Faculty Activity Portal landing page showing the top menu bar with Manage Data, Reports, Workflow, and Tools menus. The Workflow menu is open, showing Tasks and Submissions as the two options to choose from. Tasks is highlighted for the user.

Step 2: In your Workflow Inbox, click on your Annual Review to open it.

The Workflow Tasks page showing the Workflow Inbox. The Inbox shows the item (Annual Faculty Activity Report), the Step the process is currently on (Faculty), the Department (Physics), the Candidate (Me), and the Due Date.

Step 3: Once your Faculty Form is open, click and review the PDF titled Faculty Annual Report. This is a custom report generated from Watermark Faculty Success and populated with data from the Manage Activities tool.

The Faculty Step screen showing the Faculty Annual Report PDF. It details instructions on how to access the information stored in this PDF as well as the steps a faculty member needs to take once they have made any changes to their information. The Faculty Annual Report PDF is highlighted.

Step 4: If updates or edits are needed in your Annual Report, navigate to the Activities tab and correct or revise the data under the appropriate sections (i.e., Education, Research, Services, etc.).

The tabs at the top of the Watermark landing page screen. The Activities tab is indicated by the pointer.

The Activities screen for Watermark Faculty Success.

Step 5: Once updates are completed in your Activities screen, return to the Workflow Tasks where you must refresh your Faculty Annual Report PDF by clicking on the Refresh Report button for the report to display the new information.

The Faculty Activity Report screen with the generated Activity Report. The Refresh Report button is highlighted.

Step 6: A popup window will appear, asking to confirm that the user wants to update the attached report. Click Yes to proceed and update the PDF.

The popup window requiring confirmation from the user to refresh the selected report. There are two buttons highlighted at the bottom: a white No button and a blue Yes button.

Step 7: To sign and date your completed report, type your full name and enter the date in appropriate format (MM/DD/YYYY). Please note that both text fields are required to be completed before you can submit the report.

Two editable fields marked with a red asterisk to show they are required fields. The top field asks for the user's full name and the bottom field asks for the date in (MM/DD/YYYY) format.

Step 8: When you have completed all the required sections, click the Actions button in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. You can click on Save Draft to return to this at a later time, or Submit to Department Chair/Dean to submit your FAR.

The user's Annual Report page shows that the Actions dropdown menu open to show the different options the user can choose: Save Draft or Submit to Department Chair/Dean. Submit to Department Chair/Dean is highlighted as the action the user should choose.

Step 9: After you select Submit to Department Chair/Dean, you will see a pop-up window asking you to confirm the action. Click Yes and your Annual Report will move to the next step in the process (either to your Department Chair or Dean).

The pop-up window checking if the user wishes to confirm submission of their Faculty Activity Report to the Dean or Department Chair. There are two buttons, Yes and No, with the Yes button highlighted.

Recalling Your Submitted FAR in the Watermark Faculty Success Workflow

If additional edits need to be made to a submitted Faculty Activity Report before the listed due date, follow these steps recall the completed document.

Step 1: To recall your submitted FAR before the due date, go to your Workflow Inbox under Tasks. Under History, you will see your submitted FAR. In the Actions dropdown menu, select Recall.

The user's Workflow Tasks window showing the Inbox and History. The user's FAR is located in the History section of this window with the Actions button opened for the dropdown menu. There are two options in the dropdown menu: Recall and Download, with Recall highlighted.

Step 2: A pop-up window will open, informing you that your submission will be moved back into your Inbox for revision and resubmission. To recall your FAR, select Recall.

The Recall pop-up window that asks the user if they would like to recall their submission. There are two buttons at the bottom: a white Cancel button and a blue Recall button. The Recall button is highlighted.

Step 3: Your FAR will be moved back to your Workflow Inbox where you can make the necessary changes and update your Faculty Annual Report PDF.

Workflow Tasks window showing the user's Inbox and History. The Inbox is highlighted to show that the user's Faculty Activity Report has been moved from History back to the Inbox for the user to make any further edits.

Please note: You must refresh your Faculty Activity Report PDF by clicking on the Refresh Report button for your updated report to display the new information.

When you are ready to submit your updated FAR, follow the steps in the previous section detailing how to submit your FAR.

If you have any questions or issues related to using this site, please contact us by:

Opening a support ticket.