PantherFolio

PantherFolio is powered by Interfolio’s faculty information system that provides a single convenient platform for PVAMU faculty members to archive their professional achievements in teaching, research, service, and other activities.

PantherFolio works best in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer is not recommended due to functionality issues. You should set your browser to accept pop-ups from the PantherFolio website to ensure an optimal user experience.

Department heads/chairs, deans, and select administrators have access to view faculty data and to generate reports for their respective units. Faculty members have access to only their own profile and data. The “Find Colleagues” feature allows faculty members to use a keyword search in order to find colleagues with similar interests for collaboration purposes.

Emulation allows department administrators to view a particular faculty member’s data and also enter data on their behalf. To Emulate a faculty member, follow these steps:

1. On the Administration section of the left navigation menu, click Administration.
2. In the Tools section, click Emulate User.
3. In the next screen, locate the user you wish to emulate by using the filters in the Count By Unit section, then selecting your unit. All faculty members in the selected unit will be displayed under Search Names Below.
4. If a large number of names are displayed, you can use the search field to easily locate the desired user within the search results. Upon locating the desired user, click the user’s name. A confirmation message will be displayed.
5. Click OK, and you are now emulating the selected user. The name of the user should be displayed at the top of the screen in a red box.
6. To exit the emulation, click Exit Emulation at the top-right corner of the screen.

1. Profile Section:
   • Name
   • Email address
   • Current position title
   • Position start date
   • Academic rank
   • Tenure status
   • Degrees earned
   • Official transcripts
2. Activities Section:
   • Course data from Fall 2020 – present
   • Student Evaluation data

You should be able to edit records that you have entered in the Activities section (such as your research publications, conference presentations, grants, committee assignments, etc.). You can also delete any erroneous or unnecessary records, but please note that once a record is deleted, it is removed permanently, and can only be manually re-entered.

Faculty profile information, course data, and student evaluation data are loaded into PantherFolio from WorkDay, Banner, and BLUE, respectively. Since these systems are considered official sources of record, any correction/change must occur at the source. If you notice errors in these sections, please contact us (pantherfolio@pvamu.edu) and we will point you to the right direction.

PantherFolio accepts the most common file types used by scholars and institutions. Click here to view the listing of file types supported by PantherFolio. Once you upload materials to PantherFolio, the system automatically converts your document files to PDF format. You can also add links to webpages which will display in the document reader. PantherFolio has integrated support for YouTube and Vimeo to pull media content (video and audio) into the reader where they will display along with other materials.

The following video tutorials contain general information about entering/updating faculty activities in Faculty180. These tutorials are not specific to PVAMU, but they are still helpful.

• Tutorial: Faculty Input: Dashboard and Basics
• Tutorial: Faculty Input: Scholarly Contributions
• Tutorial: Faculty Input: Teaching
• Tutorial: Faculty Input: Grants
• Tutorial: Faculty Input: Committees

You should be able to import your citations from Google Scholar into PantherFolio in BibTex format. Citations from other sources can also be imported in RIS format. For detailed directions and instructions, visit these help pages:

• Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions: Activity Management
• Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions: Import Citations Using the Generic Import
• Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions: Import from Medline/PubMed

Faculty can enter and update their activities in PantherFolio throughout the year, but can “submit” their activities to their supervisors for annual reviews only after the Provost’s Office has activated/initiated the Activity Input Form in the spring semester.

This page includes resources including a full-length webinar for candidates preparing RPT review packets. There are additional links at that page that will also prove useful to candidates.

1. Click Vitas & Biosketches on the navigation menu on the left side of the screen.
2. Select the View icon to the right of the vita (CV) that you would like to print.
3. Select the Print button, and on the next screen, press CTRL+P to send the CV to your printer.

Visit the Vitas & Biosketches webpage on the Interfolio website for more information.

This feature allows you to look for colleagues with similar professional interests at the university. Follow these steps:

1. Click Find Colleagues on the navigation menu on the left side of the screen.
2. Select the Unit (e.g. university or department).
3. Enter Keywords for the search parameters.
4. Click Search, which will display the search results.

Visit the How to Find Colleagues in Faculty180 webpage on the Interfolio website for more information.

A Quicklink (visible at the top-right corner of the screen) is a bookmark that will automatically take you to a page in Faculty180. This feature allows users to have quick and easy access to the screens they use often. For example, if there is a report that is used on a regular basis, and it contains complex filters, the user might want to create a Quicklink to that report so it can be accessed quickly. Each user can create their own Quicklinks, which can be shared with other users if they choose. You can add an unlimited number of Quicklinks.

Visit the Faculty180 Quicklinks Tool webpage on the Interfolio website for more information.

1. You can find contextual help for each field in an activity section by clicking the blue circle with a question mark icon (followed by “Help”) located to the right corner of each field header. Clicking the question mark icon will pop up a dialog box with more information about that field.
2. The following resources contain general information for all Faculty180 products and are not specific to PVAMU.
   • Help for Faculty Users in Faculty180
   • Help for Administrator Users in Faculty180
   • Faculty180 Webinars & Video Tutorials (selected)
     • Faculty Activity Reporting Demonstration
     • Training Webinar: Faculty180 – Reports
     • Training Webinar: Faculty180 – Faculty Activity Input
     • Training Webinar: Faculty180 – Initiating Activity Input Period

If you need additional help with PantherFolio, please contact us at pantherfolio@pvamu.edu and we will point you to the right direction.

If you are experiencing issues with logging in or browsers, contact the PVAMU Helpdesk at (936) 261-3283.