You can connect your ORCID account to Activity Insight and import your Publications. Before that happens, you need to do some things…

First, you need to connect your ORCID ID to PSU by visiting http://orcid.identity.psu.edu
Step-by-step instructions for this can be found here: https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/orcid

Once you connect your ORCID account to PSU login to Activity Insight. Go to Publications. Click on Import located on the top right side. Where it says “Select a service,” choose ORCID, then click on “Create or Connect your ORCID ID”. Make sure your browser does not have pop-ups blocked.

You will be asked to “authorize” the connection between Activity Insight and your ORCID ID.

Activity Insight will only import records marked as “public” or “trusted-party” in ORCID. 

If you have any issues or questions, you can email activityinsight@psu.edu for help.

Do not bookmark the Activity Insight login screen or the main menu.

If you want to bookmark something, ONLY use this URL: https://activityinsight.psu.edu, and then click Login To Activity Insight on the right side of the screen. Otherwise, you will create a problem for yourself due to the Microsoft 2-Factor Authentication used to get to Activity Insight.

If you have issues logging in, please email activityinsight@psu.edu. Clicking on the reset my password link on the login screen will not help.

The answer to this question is no. We provide you with many fields so you can expand on the basics. Do not enter the same information in multiple fields, as this will be included in your report.

To learn about important fields, you can check out the unit-specific user guides on our Training page. These guides break down essential fields versus extra fields.

When you open any screen to add data, a date field appears somewhere on that screen. Date fields are very important as they tell the system what to pull into a report. Including a Year is sufficient and will allow you to save the record. Including a Month and a Year makes for better reporting. Including a Month, Day, and Year makes for a GREAT record!

Most screens have red bold text explaining how the Start Date and End Date or Single Day Activity fields work. However, here is some more information:

• If you only fill out a Month, Day, and Year field under the Start Date, this will appear in all reports as “Month Day, Year – To Present”.
• If this is not an ongoing event, and only happened once, you should only fill out the Month, Day, and Year under the End Date or Single Day Activity fields.
• If an event covers multiple days, you should fill in the month, day, and year in the Start Date fields and the month, day, and year in the End Date or Single Day Activity fields.
• DO NOT enter the same year in both year boxes if you are not filling in a month and/or day. For example, Start Date Year 2025, End Date or Single Day Activity Year 2025. This will appear on your reports as 2025-2025.

Note: To learn about other fields that may be important, you can check out the unit-specific user guides on our Training page.

Penn State’s Faculty Activity Management Services Team is here to help. We are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We are closed during University holidays and University Park Campus closures. There are multiple ways to reach us.

• When using Activity Insight, you can get help by clicking on the “?” button at the top right of the screen.
• You can email activityinsight@psu.edu
• You can contact us on Microsoft Teams (Activity Insight Support Help)
• If you have questions about where to put specific things, like where to enter an item, what is needed for the P&T Dossier (both Tenure-Line and Non-Tenure-Line), or who can get you training, you can contact your academic unit’s administrator. For a list of those administrators, click here.

We are always happy to help any way we can!

This only pertains to the faculty in the College of Medicine

There are 3 screens in Activity Insight that are designed just for the College of Medicine (MD) and 2 University wide screens.

1. Lists of Credit Courses Taught
2. College of Medicine Instruction Taught (MD Only)
3. Other College of Medicine Teaching (MD Only)
4. SEEQ and SRTE Feedback
5. College of Medicine Course Evaluations (MD Only)

Screen 1 – Lists of Credit Courses Taught – is data imported from LionPATH only, data should not be entered on this screen. If you feel information is missing, email ai-support@psu.edu and we can check the LionPATH system.

Screen 2 – College of Medicine Instruction Taught – is data imported from OASIS only, this is ONLY Undergraduate Medical Education (pre-clerkship) Instruction starting with the 2023-2024 Academic year. We do not have previous academic years of this data, it should be manually entered into screen 3. If you are missing 2023-2024 Undergraduate Medical Education you should email oasis@pennstatehealth.psu.edu and add Activity Insight to the subject line.

Screen 3 – Other College of Medicine Teaching – this is where you manually enter any courses that have not been imported into Activity Insight, plus things like Grand Rounds, Clinicals, Medical Student Teaching, Resident Teaching, etc.

Screen 4 – SEEQ and SRTE Feedback – this screen is evaluations only for LionPATH courses, data cannot be added or edited on this screen. If you feel information is missing, email ai-support@psu.edu and we will check the SEEQ system.

Screen 5 – College of Medicine Course Evaluations – is data imported from OASIS only, this is ONLY Undergraduate Medical Education (pre-clerkship) Instruction starting with the 2023-2024 Academic year. We do not have previous academic years of this data, if you are missing 2023-2024 Undergraduate Medical Education evaluations you should email oasis@pennstatehealth.psu.edu and add Activity Insight to the subject line. All other course evaluations for the Dossier or the Annual Review (AC-40) should be summarized and then can be added to the document once you generate it from Activity Insight OR you can add a summary of the evaluation to the Comments box of the course in the Other College of Medicine Teaching screen. If you are unsure how to enter this information, please email FacultyAffairs@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.

All questions about the Promotion and Tenure process should be directed to the Office of Faculty Affairs.

Questions regarding how to use the Activity Insight tool to create your dossier may be directed to activityinsight@psu.edu.

Office of Faculty Affairs
205 Old Main
University Park, PA 16802
Email: vpfa@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 863-7494
https://facultyaffairs.psu.edu

My name has recently changed, but it has not updated in Activity Insight. Why?

We don’t change names automatically, we ask users to notify us when they want their name changed. Because when we change names in our Users and Security screen it will change your name on all of your records. We will not assume you want your past publications, presentations, or contract/grants to remain with your new name. If you are good with your past records having your new name then it is an easy fix. But if you want your past records to reflect your old name prior to the change there are some things we need to do in the system to make that happen. We are happy to do that for you, just contact us at activityinsight@psu.edu with your new name and the month and year you changed your name and we will make the magic happen.