The impact module allows you to capture emerging indicators of research impact resulting from your work, track how these connect to your research and develop narratives to underpin impact case studies. It follows an impact journey from planning stages to evidence
Users can
-collect and collate data to demonstrate the societal, environmental and economic impact of a piece of research
-attach supporting documentation as evidence
- link impact records to other users, publications, grants (sources of funding) and impact activities.
Elements supports the following impact types:
Creating an Impact Activity
Creating an Impact Activity
1.From your Elements homepage select + ADD NEW under Impact activities.
2.Select the activity type. Our suggested workflow is to initially create an Impact Plan and then link impact activities and other objects eg. Grants, Publications etc. to this plan.
3.Specify your relationship to the activity eg. Lead contributor of/ Contributes to.
4.Use the boxes to include as much information as possible about the activity. To add information about a connected organisation use the sub-boxes to enter details of the organisation, address etc. then select +Add to add the entry to the Organisation field.
5.Save the activity. When prompted, add links to any additional users and provide further evidence by attaching documentation, contact details or links to external websites.
6. To create additional impact activities, select Add Another and repeat the above steps.
7. If appropriate, use Relationships to create links between this new activity and your Impact Plan, other records of impact , users, publications or grants.
Elements can support links between an Impact Plan, Users, Publications, Grants, Professional activity, Teaching activity and other Records of Impact.
Editing an Impact Activity
Editing an Impact Activity
1.From your Elements homepage select navigate to your Records of Impact, and select the impact activity you wish to edit. .
2.Select the Pencil icon to edit the record.
3.Add information to, or delete information from each field as necessary. Select Save to save your changes
4. To edit a relationship, navigate to the Relationships box.
To add a new relationship, select Create New, and select the activity type you would like to link to eg. publication, professional activity, another Record of Impact.
To edit an exiting relationship, select the relationship and select Edit. Change the information in the boxes and select Save.
To remove an existing relationship, select the relationship and select Delete
Elements can support links (relationships) between an Impact User, Publication, Grant, Professional activity, Teaching activity and an other Record of Impact.
5. Select Done to return to the Record of Impact.
Attaching evidence to an Impact Activity
Attaching evidence to an Impact Activity
1. From your Elements homepage, navigate to your Records of Impact, and select the activity you would like to attach evidence to.
2. Scroll down to the Supporting evidence box and select the Pencil icon to manage your evidence
3. The options available are
Attach a document - attached documents are stored within Elements and can be downloaded.
Provide a link
Add contact details
4. Select Done to save your attached evidence and return to the Record of Impact.