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Basic Step by Step Instruction for Tracdat 2015
1. Using the following link access Tracdat from your web browser: http://atc-mgmt.atlantatech.edu:8081/tracdat/faces/index.jsp

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2. Login using your username and password

3. After logging in, the home screen should appear. As a reminder Tracdat is organized by:
Units
Tabs
Sub-tabs

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To Change your Password

4. Select Your Unit
5. Password-Go to the Home tab, select Profile, and look to the bottom and Select Change Password.

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Adding Unit Mission

6. Go to Administrative Unit tab.
7. Select General Tab and insert Unit Mission.
8. Go back to Administrative Unit tab and Select Departmental Objectives. Here you will need to add your department objectives and
select the appropriate goal. Make Sure to Save ALL changes

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Adding Objectives
9. Please connect to the Dropbox link provided https://www.dropbox.com/sh/crs4b8v9wg2zuqy/AACDAXwhFHRgT83PH0OjB5Gwa?dl=0
And Select your Division Strategic plan.
a. Select Add New Department Objective. Using the information from your Strategic Plan, copy and then paste appropriately in
TracDat. You can edit or delete objectives as needed.

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Linking Goals to Objectives

10. When you add or edit a particular Objective, on that same page you need to also select a Departmental Goal that is aligned.

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Adding your Plan (Strategiesact)

11. Select the Plan tab and the Select the Strategies Sub tab. Here you can Add a New Strategy or edit strategies for the current year.
Completely fill in all relevant information when adding. You can use the

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Means of Assessment
12. After you have added a particular strategy, Select Means of Assessments sub Tab. Here you will see the strategy populate.
a. You can Add New Assessment Method or edit an existing one.
b. Under the Assessments, Method area you can provide some details on how the above strategy will be assessed. Complete all
other relevant information and save your work.

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Related Activities
13. The Related Activities tab is for adding any activities related to the particular strategy. In other words, what activities did you perform
to support that strategy?

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Related Goals
14. Select and link to Department Goal

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Result and Analysis

15. Select the Result and Analysis tab. Click on the Add Results and Analysis button at the bottom of the page

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a. Choose a Strategy using the select.
b. A box will pop up called Select Assessment Method/Task. Please click on select.

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c. Certain information will populate. Please enter all other information in required boxes. Please do not enter more that 5-7
sentences in this section. Summarize your data and answer a basic question did you meet or not meet your identified target.
d. Save Changes

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16. Report Tab- You can make any changes here *Do Not select to make any changes until you have previewed the report.

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17. You may opt to add any documentation

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Tips and Tricks for TracDat

* Please note that you must complete the REQUIRED information where you see the Asterisk * mark.
* When entering information in the designated areas you can select the (?) symbol for more information and box definition.
* Move left to right when navigating in TracDat.
* When you have successfully completed an area and saved the changes you will receive confirmation in GREEN. When there is an issue
you will receive messages in RED.
*Once you have entered strategies under Means of Assessment use the arrows in front of the strategies to give order to how your
strategies appear.

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