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Office of Faculty Affairs

Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR)

Full-time and associated faculty can capture their scholarly activities and accomplishments in Interfolio's Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) tool. FAR supports faculty throughout their entire academic lifecycle as they seek grants, submit journal articles, apply for awards, manage promotion and tenure materials, and share their contributions to the university and beyond. 

FAR replaced Vita as the university’s faculty information system. Faculty are NOT required to use FAR for the 2024-25 academic year.

All full-time and associated faculty have access to Interfolio’s Ohio State Standard Faculty CV report. This report, which aligns with the Office of Academic Affairs’ current core dossier outline (opens PDF), generates a summary of a faculty member's research, service and teaching activities.

Log in to Interfolio

How to log in to Interfolio (FAR)

General login steps (FAR)

  1. Access Ohio State’s Interfolio website: go.osu.edu/Interfolio
     
  2. Log in with your Ohio State credentials. You may also need to complete your login via DUO.
     

  3. On the “Where do you want to go?” screen, two options appear. Click the Ohio State logo to access Ohio State’s Interfolio website. Do NOT click the Interfolio dossier logo. This sends you to an Interfolio section that Ohio State does not use. If you clicked the dossier link by mistake, see RETURN TO OHIO STATE’S INTERFOLIO HOMEPAGE below.

    Screenshot of Interfolio login question with arrow to Ohio State logo and Interfolio dossier option crossed out

     

  4. Once you've arrived to Ohio State’s Interfolio website, the following question can be found in the upper left side: "Would you like to come directly to The Ohio State University when you sign in to Interfolio? You can change this at any time in your account settings."

    Click YES, to be automatically sent straight to Interfolio’s Ohio State homepage on future visits.

    Screenshot of Interfolio option to come directly to Ohio State page when signing in with Yes button highlighted and prompt to Click Yes

 

🎦 Step-by-step video guide

Edit your login settings

Did you log in for the first time, and then forget to click “Yes” (or mistakenly click “No”)?
It is easy to correct this by changing a setting in your Interfolio account. Follow steps 1-3 above and then proceed as follows:

  1. On Ohio State’s Interfolio homepage, look for your name near the top right.
  2. Click on the menu carat symbol shown to the right of your last name, to display your Interfolio account menu.

  3. Click Account Settings, under the Account Options heading, to view the Settings page.

    Screenshot of name at upper right of Ohio State Interfolio homepage with menu icon circled and arrow by Account Settings menu option

     

  4. In the left-hand navigation column on the Settings page, click on Signing in & Password.
  5. Under the Default account heading, click on the option for The Ohio State University, and then click the Save button below to retain this change.
  6. To return to Ohio State’s Interfolio homepage, follow the steps below.

Return to Ohio State's Interfolio homepage

The following steps also work if you mistakenly clicked the Interfolio dossier link instead of the Ohio State logo, when you first logged in.

Begin by taking steps 1 and 2, just above, to re-access your Interfolio account menu; then take the following steps below.

  1. Under the Switch Accounts heading near the top, click The Ohio State University.

  2. Wait for Ohio State’s Interfolio homepage to load.

    Screenshot of name at upper right of Ohio State Interfolio homepage with menu icon circled and arrow by Ohio State as account switch option
Frequently Asked Questions

 

What data in FAR is automatically pulled in from other Ohio State systems?

  1. Personal Data, Positions, Academic Appointment, and Grants Data > Workday
    • Grants data is editable.
    • The following sections contain some data that is not editable, signified by a lock symbol next to a data field: personal, position and academic appointments:
      • If the lock symbol is not displayed, the data can be edited.
      • If incorrect data displays in an uneditable field, this information must be corrected in Workday. Please contact your area’s HR team for more guidance. Workday data cannot be changed by the FIS team.
  2. Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Courses > University Registrar
    • This data is not editable.
    • If incorrect course data is displayed, first seek help from your academic area’s course scheduler before contacting the Office of the University Registrar. Based on the information that the course scheduler provides, you may also need to contact the University Registrar for assistance. The University Registrar’s course data cannot be changed by the FIS team. 

A colleague recommended I try using an ORCID account to manage my publications information. What do you suggest, and what Ohio State resources do you recommend to help me learn more about ORCID?
Ohio State encourages people to use ORCID to manage their publications information. Due to a current issue, Interfolio does not consistently import information directly from ORCID into Interfolio. We recommend you build your information in ORCID; export to a BibTeX file; and then import into your Interfolio account from this BibTeX file.

Additional guidance from University Libraries: What is ORCID?

Can I import into Interfolio from Google Scholar?
You cannot import directly from Google Scholar. Instead, you can manage your information in Google Scholar; export to a BibTeX file; and then import into your Interfolio account from this BibTeX file.

Additional guidance from Interfolio: Import Scholarly Contributions Citations with Generic Import

Additional guidance for faculty in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES),
provided by Dr. Tracy Kitchel, CFAES Senior Associate Dean and Director of Faculty and Staff Affairs:
🎦 Video: Export From Google Scholar, Then Import Into Interfolio
 

Does FAR have a report that aligns with the current core dossier outline?
Ohio State’s Faculty Information System (FIS) team, which manages Interfolio, is currently building a core dossier report in FAR. Once this report is available, detailed guidance will be provided in an update to this webpage. In the interim, if you have questions, please contact an Interfolio Coordinator in your college or tenure initiating unit (TIU). In addition to being first points of contact for their faculty’s questions about Interfolio, Interfolio Coordinators are responsible for their area’s appointment, reappointment, and promotion and tenure processes. If there is a problem with Interfolio, your area’s Interfolio Coordinator can escalate the issue to the FIS team.

My college has allocated resources and staff to help faculty input their activity information in FAR. How do I give my administrative assistant access to my FAR account in Interfolio?
Faculty can provide proxy (delegate) access to their FAR account. In Interfolio this is called “emulate” access. Faculty can provide emulate access after taking the following into consideration:

  • Faculty members are ultimately responsible for information input into their account, whether personally or by another on the faculty member’s behalf.
  • Interfolio does not provide logging information, so it is not possible for someone to discern when information was added or by whom.
  • To be assigned proxy access, the delegate must also have a FAR account. Full-time and associated Ohio State faculty automatically have Interfolio access. Staff accounts are requested and managed by the academic area’s Interfolio Coordinator(s). If you want to give emulate access to a staff member who does not have an Interfolio FAR account, contact your area’s Interfolio Coordinator(s) for assistance.

Additional guidance from Interfolio: Configure Faculty Account Access

Additional guidance from Ohio State’s Office of Faculty Affairs: FAR Emulation Considerations