We use two products from the vendor Interfolio – one product we’ve rebranded as myVITA and another titled Review, Promotion and Tenure or RPT. We have access to a third product from Interfolio that they make available to all customers which is called Dossier. UM System faculty can access all products from a single location:
Since we have a single location to access Interfolio materials, we provide links below to items common to all products and separate sections for myVITA – where you enter your accomplishments and RPT where you will manage promotion or tenure and in 2022 your annual evaluations.
myVITA Frequently Asked Questions
General Assistance
Browser Information
myVITA features work best in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari browsers. Internet Explorer is not recommended because of issues with functionality and display. Please set your browser to accept pop-ups from the myVITA site to ensure an optimal experience.
How to bookmark myVITA in your browser:
For your protection, a layer of security is in place that may make it difficult for you to automatically bookmark the link to myVITA. Use the link “http://www.data180.com/faculty180/umsystem" to manually bookmark myVITA.
Campus Help
For help in entering your information, email the myVITA Support Team, or contact your campus myVITA team. Your campus will notify you or your department about training opportunities.
myVITA
myVITA
General Guides
- Overview and Navigation Getting Started Guide (download, Word)
- How to Choose a Delegate (download, Word)
- Open Activity Period Getting Started Guide (download, Word)
Profile Form
- Profile Form Quick Reference Guide (download, Word)
Activities Form
- Activities Form Quick Reference Guide (download, Word)
- Scholarly Contributions & Creative Activities Getting Started Guide (download, Word)
- Where's my FAS data? How FAS Scholarly Contributions transferred to myVita (download, Word)
- Getting Started With Grants Guide (download, Word)
How to Assign a Delegate in myVITA
The myVITA Access Settings feature allows faculty to choose another person as a delegate. Delegates whom you select will be able to enter information for you. To learn more about How to Choose a Delegate (download, Word).
Review, Promotion and Tenure
Review, Promotion and Tenure
RPT will be managed differently on each campus. Please check with your campus coordinator for specific information regarding who creates the cases and manages users, templates, and committees.
Communicating with Candidates and Committee Members
Managing Documents
Requesting External Evaluations
RPT Reports & Logs
Dossier
Dossier
A component of our Interfolio instance is a product termed Dossier. Each faculty member and most graduate students will have an account in Dossier. This is a private account to help you collect and manage materials for your professional reviews. You will be the only one to see what’s in your Dossier, and you can keep it for life (however, if you leave the UM System, you will need to contact Interfolio to transfer to a free personal account).
Your Dossier account includes several features that should make it easier to manage and understand reviews—before, during, and after any formal deadlines. Several of the features duplicate myVITA, however, and are designed primarily for institutions that don’t use the myVITA product. Graduate students may find Dossier most beneficial as they prepare for a job search.
From within your Dossier you can:
- Store documents, images, videos, and links to online work in your account
- Request and store reusable letters of recommendation, submitted directly by the letter writer to Interfolio and kept confidential
- Organize your materials into “collections” for different purposes—for example, fellowship applications, tenure reviews, or grants
- Reuse previously submitted/assembled materials when participating in formal reviews through Interfolio
- Solicit and receive feedback from others on your campus in advance of reviews