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23-Feb-2021Resources - On February 23rd, information guides, quick sheets and training videos were moved to the USask IT knowledge base. Visit the USask IT knowledge base to find how-to articles for using UnivRS.
22-May-2020Curriculum Vitae - On May 22nd, the UnivRS team migrated additional data stored in CVMS to UnivRS to record projects awarded before 1998. These projects pre-dated the legacy system in the Research Services and Ethics Office and needed to be manually cross-compared with data already stored in UnivRS to avoid duplicate records. From the UnivRS dashboard, this migrated data is accessible under the Projects left-hand menu in the Projects (pre-1998 or before USask employment) list page.
03-Mar-2020

Curriculum Vitae - On February 28th, the UnivRS team migrated data stored in CVMS to UnivRS.  CVMS is the in-house CV system used by the Colleges of Medicine and Nursing for promotion, tenure and accreditation purposes. This data migration was the last stage of the CV Management Module and UnivRS is now the largest system for CV data at the University of Saskatchewan.

Training sessions and instructions on how to review and validate your CV are available on the Curriculum Vitae (CV) resources webpage.

31-Jan-2020

Curriculum Vitae - On February 3rd, changes will be made to the CV software in UnivRS. Highlights include:

  • Annotations will be included in the 'University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV - Draft' output template.  This template is accessible by clicking 'Generate CV' on the UnivRS dashboard.
  • A new CV output template will be available to generate a validated University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV with annotations.  This template is accessible by clicking 'Generate CV' on the UnivRS dashboard.
15-Oct-2019

Curriculum Vitae - On October 16th, changes will be made to the CV software in UnivRS to make it easier for the campus community to enter, find and maintain information in the system. Highlights include:

  • An updated menu to better navigate and find information in UnivRS.
  • The 'Non U of S Project' template will be renamed 'Projects (pre-1998 or before University of Saskatchewan Employment)' template to provide clarity on what content should be entered.
  • Improved help text to convey more useful information and to assist those entering items into the online CV; and
  • New list page filters - e.g., USask Standardized CV Category - to make it easier to find information in any University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV section.
29-Apr-2019Curriculum Vitae - Take advantage of available CV training sessions to help you make the transition to UnivRS this spring! To attend a scheduled training session, please visit training.usask.ca to register for upcoming course offerings. You can also contact ICT Training Services directly with questions about using UnivRS to update your CV.
Dec. 10, 2018Compliance - On December 10, the UnivRS team will internally release biosafety and radiation safety software to the staff in Safety Resources. This software will: simplify the life cycle for projects involving biological materials and radioisotopes; help monitor the use and storage of biological materials and radioisotopes; and align university strategy with internal and external regulations and guidelines, including those set by Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. All faculty and staff will continue to submit their human ethics, animal ethics, biosafety and radiation safety forms to the respective unit via e-mail.  More information is available on our Frequently Asked Questions webpage.
Nov. 22. 2018Curriculum Vitae - Faculty and staff can now preview a draft version of their completed CV in UnivRS. Instructions on how to preview your CV can be downloaded from the Curriculum Vitae (CV) resources webpage.
Nov. 19, 2018Curriculum Vitae - A training video on how to import publications into UnivRS is now available. It can be downloaded from the Curriculum Vitae (CV) resources webpage.
Nov. 1, 2018

The university is moving e-mail and calendar services to Office 365 starting in November. More information is available on the ICT Services & Support website, including how to turn off the Focused inbox.

Oct. 9, 2018Curriculum Vitae - A quick sheet on how to import publications into UnivRS is now available.  It can be downloaded from the Curriculum Vitae (CV) resources webpage.
July 13, 2018

Curriculum Vitae - Registration for UnivRS: Standardized CV training is now open. This in-person training provides an overview of how to enter and maintain CV-related information in UnivRS, including generating the University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV, Forms 1 and 2.  Additional sessions may be scheduled with ICT Training Services, if more than 15 people are in attendance.

May 3, 2018Compliance - On May 7, the UnivRS team will internally release human ethics software to the staff in the Research Services and Ethics Office. This software will: simplify the life cycle for projects involving human participants; provide a central repository to generate reports and other outputs; and align university strategy with external regulations, such as the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. All faculty and staff will continue to submit their human ethics, animal ethics, biosafety and radiation safety forms to the respective unit via e-mail.  More information is available on our Frequently Asked Questions webpage.
Dec. 16, 2017The filters have been updated in UnivRS to make it easier to find information on a list page. Click here to learn how to find CV records in UnivRS or visit our resources page for more information.
Oct. 30, 2017Curriculum Vitae - The date of birth in section 1 (Personal) of the University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV was replaced with the employee ID. Your employee ID will automatically appear in this section, when a 'University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV' is generated in UnivRS.
Oct. 4, 2017The following changes were made in UnivRS:
  • Read-only fields were included in UnivRS to display requested and awarded budgets in Canadian dollars. The conversion rate will also be included for transparency purposes. Templates that contain these fields include: project ideas, project applications, projects, amendments and non University of Saskatchewan projects.
  • The Save & Close button was been relabeled to Save & Update Status to provide further guidance on how to submit, approve and/or validate any record in UnivRS (e.g. Project Applications, Publications, etc.). The button continues to work as it did prior to the relabeling. Training documentation, notifications and FAQs have been updated to reflect this change in the system.
  • Curriculum Vitae - The spacing in the University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV was increased to make it easier to review each section.
June 26, 2017Curriculum Vitae - A new CV output is available in UnivRS to assist with the validation process. It combines the University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV guidelines and your validated CV contents in a PDF or Word format. It is accessible by clicking on ‘Generate CV’ in the UnivRS dashboard and selecting ‘University of Saskatchewan Standardized CV – Guidelines’ as the output template
March 24, 2017Pre-and Post-Award: Changes were made in UnivRS to simplify the approval process for project applications, projects and amendments in the system. Highlights include:
  • Roles will be automatically resorted to list the ‘researcher’ role last. This will allow users with more than one role assigned in UnivRS (e.g., head of department, dean) to quickly navigate to records that require their approval without having to switch roles in the system.
  • Notifications have been improved to convey more useful information, including a direct link to the UnivRS record that requires an approval.
March 2, 2017A UnivRS page is now available under the PAWS - Admin Services tab to make it easier for the campus community to access UnivRS.
Oct. 5, 2016Curriculum Vitae - Changes were made to UnivRS to make it easier for the campus community to enter or import information into the system. Highlights include:
  • A new section - Non U of S Projects - is available to record funding held at the University of Saskatchewan prior to 2000 and/or funding held prior to one's University of Saskatchewan employment.
  • A new template - Appointments (including Joint) and Promotions at the University of Saskatchewan - is available under CV Activities to easily record your employment history at the University of Saskatchewan.
  • Improvements to help text is available to convey more useful information and to assist those entering items into the online CV.
March 8, 2016A research funding opportunities database is now available on the University of Saskatchewan Research website or the UnivRS Public Web. This searchable database allows faculty, staff and students to locate over 600 internal and external funding opportunities to support their research, scholarly and artistic works – totalling over $50M.

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