Overview of File Naming Conventions
This article provides a description of PDF file naming requirements for import to Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR, Faculty180).
Preferred file name
Course Attachments
| Criteria | File Naming Convention |
|---|---|
| If using course designation |
<term>_<year>_<facultyid>_<prefix>_<coursenumber>_<designation>_<coursesection>.pdf For example: Spring_2022_laz23_PHIL_590_46993_01.pdf |
| If not using course designation |
<term>_<year>_<facultyid>_<prefix>_<coursenumber>_<coursesection>.pdf For example: Spring_2022_laz23_PHIL_590_01.pdf |
"Term" must match term names configured in the FAR UI. Files may be no bigger than 1 MB.
For cross-listed courses, please send two files, one for each course.
Any Other File
The file naming convention for any kind of file is <Faculty ID>_<Record ID associated with the activity>_<name of file>.PDF
Files may be no bigger than 1 MB.
The corresponding activity or profile record must exist in order for an attachment to be successfully loaded. If the data does not already exist in FAR, please follow our data models and plan to send a corresponding CSV file that will be processed prior to the attachment load.
Images
Profile Photos
File Naming Convention:
<FirstName>_<LastName>_<MiddleInitial>.<FileExtension>
or <FacultyID>.<FileExtension>
File size: < 2 MB
File types: JPEG, PNG
Resolution Thumbnails 100 px height (max height)
Resolution Photo ~700 px height (suggested height)
If any of the fields of the attachment file contain a “-” character, please replace that with a different character that F180 can use as a separator.
Please drop course evaluations in your institutional SFTP under incoming > [your database ID]. When your files are ready to load, please send a request to Interfolio-support@elsevier.com. Your attachments will not be loaded automatically.