Student Quick Guide to Progress Reports 1. To create your progress report, log in to RIMS. The link is http://rims.massey.ac.nz. Use your student id and mymassey password to log in. 2. Under GRS, select Progress Reviews 3. Select Create Progress Review. To go back and complete or review an existing one, select it from the list. 4. If you start a form, the system will save a copy. Click on Not Specified under My Progress Reviews to see any drafts you have started before you create another one. 5. If you have created too many drafts, go into the form, and from the Action Tab, select Delete Progress Report Note: You need to have only one active form. DO NOT SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE! 6. To navigate through the forms, select the green arrows at either the top or bottom of each page. 7. Questions in red are mandatory. 1
8. You will be shown a screen with your summary details on it. Below is a table with the names of your supervisors and co-supervisors. It is important that the Primary Supervisor is correct, as they need to review the report when you have completed it. If your co-supervisors are not correct, you will need to change them as soon as you are able, but it will not affect this progress report as your Primary Supervisor can select the correct ones as they action the form. 9. Answer yes to the question below the table if your Primary Supervisor is correct. If not, you will need to change your supervisors by logging back onto RIMS and selecting HDR e-forms under the GRS tab. You cannot progress until this is done. 10. Answer the questions provided. Some responses will require you to provide additional information. 2
11. Add goals (milestones). The first time through there will be no existing goals to report on, but if you completed goals last you must review these first before adding new goals for the six months ahead. 12. You must review previous milestones by clicking on these. You will then have to tick set for previous 6 months, you can then complete the rest of the table 13. Click on Add New Milestone for new goals 3
14. For each new milestone do the following: Indicate whether it was set for the last 6 months or is for the next 6 months-if you leave this blank, the form will not move on. Give the goal a title, don t leave the default Non-Admin milestone otherwise it will not move on For future and not-yet completed goals give an estimated start and completion time Describe the goal-include objectives within the goal and time-frames. Note that the questions in red are compulsory, and will prevent you from submitting the form if not completed. If you have trouble submitting your progress form, check each milestone to see which one has an unanswered compulsory question. 15. Click on the green tick to save the goal. Then you can create another to build a list of goals in the table. 16. Complete the overall progress questions. Note that additional information may be requested depending on your response. 4
17. Submit your form by clicking on the Action Tab and selecting Submit. Note that once you have submitted your form, your part is read only unless your supervisor returns it to you. If you wish to change your remarks, you will need to contact progressreports@massey.ac.nz for them to open it up again. DO NOT SUBMIT A SECOND FORM 18. You will be advised by e-mail when your report is complete. You can then log back on and read/print a copy 19. If you wish to get a copy of the report as a pdf, when the progress report is open, click on the reports icon on the top right of the page. 20. Select the HDR Progress Review and PDF as the options (This works better with Google Chrome 5