A new version of this site was created, following the June 24 Bylaws update. This is now the ARCHIVED site.
You likely missed a step granting permissions from the Google stuff (Docs, Folders, Sheets, etc) uploaded to your site. Go back to the step-by-step directions here and make sure you haven't forgotten anything.
While you'll find that Google Docs load in a more aesthetically pleasing way, the following will allow you to upload PDFs into a list of icons that the viewer can either click to read on the screen or download.
gather your PDFs into one Google Folder conspicuously labeled "Research" (or whatever will be useful for you to locate)
add a textbox on the top of the webpage you're working on to include whatever minimal captioning or context might be useful
position the cursor where you'd like to add the folder
from the "Insert" menu at right, go to Google Drive "From Drive" and select your folder to "Insert".
Note that materials from the folder will automatically be alphabetized. If you prefer a different organization, include a number in their title within the folder.
Don't panic: you might be viewing the "Classic Google Sites" page instead of the "New Google Sites" page.
If you access your Google apps through the checkerboard pattern at the top right of your Google screen (as from your smcm email, for example), click on the "Google Sites" icon. From there, you may land on either of the two versions of Google Sites. The other option, "Classic" or "New," will be available through a link on the left of the screen.
PUBLISH = SAVE, not SHARE. The function of the "Publish" button is initially to generate the URL that you'll share with evaluators (note that when you're editing your Site, there's actually an entirely different URL). Thereafter, every time you click "Publish," you're simply updating and saving changes.
Note also that the "Publish" button has a drop-down menu; it's from this short list that you can "View Published Site" to see what your evaluators will see.
At any time, you as the owner/editor can return to the editing function by clicking the "editing pencil" icon at the bottom right of the screen (you're the only one who will see that).
Whether you're up for pre-tenure evaluation or tenure review, your application for paid leave is due in September before your evaluation file is submitted. Watch for Mai's all-faculty email calling for these applications in late August. Find the application format here or on Portal > Dean of Faculty Tab > Ch. 5 > Applications for Paid Faculty Leave. Proposals are due to CHAIRS on September 15 for review; chairs in turn write one program-wide letter to the VPAA, articulating or declining support, and explaining how each proposed leave would affect staffing needs. The VPAA determines sabbatical decisions by December, contingent upon tenure and promotion rulings.
For those taking a sabbatical, keep in mind that you'll also need to submit a summary of that work upon your return.
Sabbatical reports are due on Aug. 15th to the VPAA's office (send to Mai Savelle). Shoot for 4-6 pages, and while there's no official format, you should essentially respond to the same questions that were prompted in the original proposal. Because sabbatical time allows for expanded research directions and new data, new inspiration, etc., it does occasionally happen that faculty don't wind up doing precisely the project they had proposed; the report should nonetheless do a reasonable job accounting for what kind of professional work you did tackle and/or complete during your sabbatical, plus any plans for follow-up.
The useful context is that the BOT is especially interested these reports, if that helps you imagine your broader audience for justifying the value of sabbatical, as well as understanding that your future paid leave will be evaluated on the meaningful use of each previous leave.
The overarching principle is that once the deadline is passed, the existing content of the file must not be altered in any way. That said, here are a few caveats:
1) In the case of a factual error that's identified by candidate or committee BEFORE the PEC votes, the candidate may address this with the inclusion of a separate "Addendum" or "Errata" listing, in the form of a separate document on the corresponding page (e.g., an additional "errata" document below the self report on the page dedicated to the self report). Note that the option to include an addendum or errata is only possible at the level of the PEC evaluation.
2) If the error is identified AFTER the PEC has taken a vote, the candidate may use the option of the candidate response letter to address and correct that error. Note that this is the only appropriate path at all subsequent evaluation levels, either before or after the letter is issued.
3) To clarify: "correction of fact" does not mean "updates to the file" -- so if an article is under review at the time of submitting the file, later knowledge that the article has been accepted for publication does not justify an addendum. In some cases, the PEC may be able to address such updates; otherwise, these shifts will be reflected in later formal evaluations.
4) Stylistic and copy editing changes are prohibited; modifications may only be made to correct factual errors.
5) If required materials are missing from the file, they may not be added after the deadline unless by way of honest mistake, and only with explanation in the addendum; simply missing the deadline is not suitable justification for having some parts of the file added piecemeal after the due date. Note that rectifying the problem of missing materials may only happen at the level of the PEC evaluation; once the file advances to the CEC, the file must remain static.