Elements Knowledge Base
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to frequently asked questions regarding Elements and the Discovery Portal.
General
To access the University of Utah Elements site, visit utah.elements.symplectic.org and log in with your uNID and CIS password.
All faculty at the University of Utah except for the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, and Eccles Health Sciences Library.
Anyone with an active Elements profile may add one or more delegates who may fully impersonate the user. A delegate can perform any function in the profile, including entering data.
Full guidance on adding a delegate and impersonating can be found in our guide: Delegate Access
You can impersonate another user if:
You are a named delegate for that user
The user is a member of a group (e.g. department) of which you are a group manager (research managers and statisticians are jointly known as group managers)
You can impersonate them by clicking on the impersonate icon* at the top of the screen and entering their surname (optionally followed by a comma, space and initial e.g. 'Jones, J').
Data Entry
You can add a CV to your profile by uploading it to Google Drive, Dropbox, or any online resource that allows a URL to be publicly shared, and then adding it as a hyperlink under “Overview” or a web address under “Web Addresses & Social Media”. More information can be found on the Adding a CV to your public profile knowledge base article.
Discovery Module
The Discovery Module uses data from Elements to create public web profiles for faculty. It allows you to showcase your scholarly, research, and other professional activities.
Not every category in Elements shows on your online profile. Only the following categories* will show:
Scholarly & Creative Works | Grants & Contracts Service & Leadership Teaching & Mentoring Librarianship Experience |
*Categories listed are subject to change and not all categories and types are available to all departments.
Changes made in Elements typically appear on your public profile within two minutes.
Faculty members can determine whether their profile is available for others to view on Elements and the Discovery portal. By default, an Elements faculty profile is public and is searchable via the Discovery portal. A faculty member can limit the visibility of individual activities or their entire profile. For step-by-step instructions on how to do this, please see Profile Privacy & Visibility.
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