SIRS Information for Administrators

Verifying Course Information in DIG

OTEAR uses a survey tool hosted by eXplorance Blue, which works in two phases. In the “setup” phase, department administrators review and optionally alter survey information in DIG (Data Integrity Gateway), then “publish” the courses when done. Once published, DIG feeds this information directly into Blue where the Facutly and Student phase of the survey process begins.

Please refer to our procedures and dates for information about deadlines and the SIRS process.

Written instructions on how to use DIG can be found below, or video explanations on YouTube.

Click below to access PowerPoints which provide step-by-step instructions.

Use the following instructions on how to edit a single course’s information in DIG. Several departments have specific survey forms with additional questions

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You can also edit the information of multiple courses at once. For instance, if you wanted to change the survey dates of all 200 level courses. First, you want to use “Criteria” to limit the course list to the ones you want to edit.

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Once you have limited the course listing to the courses that you want to edit, you can complete a bulk edit.

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You can also Merge or Split courses in special circumstances (detailed in the directions).

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DIG Cheat Sheet

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