Welcome to Governors State University in Chicago’s Southland

Via by Watermark is a tool used by faculty and administrators for assessment reporting on key assessment assignments against standards sets for department accreditation. It is also used by students for key assessment assignment submission and to create online portfolios.

Initial Login
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This is an overview of how to log in to Via for the first time and set up your Via account.
Open the Via Initial Login handout to learn more.
If you are have already set up your Via account, but but you have forgotten your password, please contact Watermark Support at 800-311-5656 or support@watermarkinsights.com.
Via Overview
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This is an introductory overview of how Via works and is organized.
Open the Via Administrator User Guide handout or the Via Overview video to learn more.
Creating Standards Sets
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This is an overview of how to add a standards set to Via.
Open the Via Standards Guide article to learn more.
Creating Rubrics
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This is an overview of how to create rubrics in Via.
Open the Via Rubrics Guide article to learn more.
Creating a Via Activity with a Blackboard Link
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This is an overview of how to create a link in Blackboard so that students can submit assignments to Via through Blackboard and so scores in Via can be synched to the Blackboard Gradebook.
Open the Via Creating a Via Activity with a Blackboard Link handout to learn more.
Templates for Key Assessment Assignments
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This is an overview of how to create a template for key assessments, set up scoring components in a template, and deploy activities (assignments) from templates to course sections in Via.
Open the Via How to Build a Template article or the Via How to Deploy an Activity article to learn more.
Reporting
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This is an overview of how generate reports from completed assessment projects in Via.
Open the Via Saving and Export Reports article, Via Rubric Report article, or the Via Standard Report article to learn more.

Admin Via

Initial Login

Via Overview

Creating Standards Sets

Creating Rubrics

Creating a Via Activity with a Blackboard Link

Templates for Key Assessment Assignments

Reporting