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CityU Scholars Self-paced Online Training: Course 2

CityU Scholars: Getting Ready for RGC Reporting and Performance Review for 2023-2024
Online Training Course 2: CityU Scholars for Reporting and Appraisal

In this course, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how data in CityU Scholars is synchronized to the RGC reporting system as well as the Annual Performance Report. It also covers the different support team's assistance and your own responsibilities. For research students, the course will cover thesis submission and synchronization with the Research Degree Planner. Finally, you will learn about reporting open access information for publications. 

Faculty members, research students and DAs (Departmental Administrators) please log in with your CityU credentials to go through the training at your own pace anytime. 

Add the training to your calendar with a time slot of your own choice - dive in and enjoy the courses at your own pace!

Module 2.1 (12:18) Module 2.2 (03:31)

This video will answer the following questions:

  • How does the Research Support team assist me in reporting my Research Information? 
  • What will I need to do during the annual research information reporting exercise? 

Time stamps:

  • 2:36 Workflow for Annual Report on External Advisory Appointments and Community Engagement 
  • 4:17 Workflow for Annual Submission of Research Output to the RGC
  • 6:19 Workflow of research output reporting for annual performance review
  • 9:17 Guide to maintaining patent and Grant records on CityU Scholars 

This video will answer the following questions:

  • How does the library assist with the annual RGC reporting and appraisal? 
  • Will my records on CityU Scholars be automatically extracted for RGC Reporting and appraisal? 

Time stamps:

  • 0:09 How are the data on CityU Scholars utilized? 
  • 1:41 Categories of output records eligible for RGC reporting
  • 2:45 Categories of output records eligible for appraisal 
Module 2.3 (07:21) Module 2.4 (03:10)

This video will answer the following questions:

  • When and how should I manage the record of my thesis?
  • How does the data of CityU Scholars synchronize with Research Degree Planner?

Time stamps:

  • 0:09 The record of your thesis on CityU Scholars prior to completion 
  • 0:49 What you need to do upon thesis completion 
  • 2:31 Synchronization of CityU Scholars onto Research Degree Planner

This video will answer the following questions:

  • What is Open Access (OA)?
  • How can I tell if a publication is OA?
  • What will I need to do when reporting OA information in the exercise?

Time stamps:

  • 0:20 What is Open Access - Gold OA and Green OA
  • 1:08 How to identify an OA article
  • 2:31 Departmental Administrators and Faculty - what to do when reporting OA information in the exercise

Continue to Course 1