Instructional Activity System (IAS)

The Instructional Activity System (IAS) is used by the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) to report on credit-based instruction on the campus. It is a joint effort with the Registrar's Office to ensure that information about course instructors is accurate and up-to-date.

Course information from Spire is linked with personnel data from the Human Resources system. This enables OIR to associate instructors with the department or program to which they are budgeted. Information from IAS is used to produce a variety of management reports including the Departmental Profile tables. The relevant tables are:

Instructor Assignment Review and Update (Data Collection)

The review and update procedure that takes place after the add/drop period. Departments are asked to do the following:

Review and update the names and campus ID numbers of all individuals who provide face-to-face instruction in a class section
Review and update instructor roles for each class section, and
Confirm information about the printing of instructor names in the Schedule and instructor access to grade rosters.

Guidelines for Assigning Instructor Roles
IAS Review and Update Instructions
IAS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Coming Soon!!

IAS Verification

Verification occurs after the semester has ended and grades are posted. Departments have the opportunity to make a final review of their data, in particular instructor roles, before Departmental Profile tables are produced.

Verification Guidelines and Table Descriptions

Unless otherwise noted, all our documents are in the PDF format.

Office of Institutional Research (OIR) UMass Amherst