VENA FOR PROGRAM ACCREDITATION

VENA HELPS INSTITUTIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE CAN HELP YOU, TOO
Vena removes the risk and headaches from a range of data collection processes so
you can get back to the high-value work that drives your facultys success. Venas ease
of use and flexibility have appealed to companies in industries such as banking, retail,
energy, mining, professional services and education.
Our approach to program accreditation is simple; provide a flexible, agile tool that
allows programs and faculty members to continue using their existing templates and
reports. Vena embraces any assessment data, including rubrics and scorecards, to
produce accreditation and continuous improvement reports.
Vena enables program chairs, evaluators, curriculum committees and visiting
accrediting agencies to gain insight into all facets of curriculum and improvement
processes. Venas features include complete process auditability, robust process
workflow, an intuitive user interace, and the ability to archive years of assessment data.

DATA GATHERING AND APPROVALS

Vena standardizes data collection templates, and offers full flexibility to configure templates as
required. Vena can capture student assessment data, faculty credentials and any supporting
documentation for any reporting standard.
Vena can be configured to support data collection at a level more granular than required by accrediting
organizations and supports the collection of data down to the student assessment level. Conveniently,
data can be collected once and shared across any number of models, as required.
To manage this very collaborative and mission-critical process, Vena provides a sophisticated process
designer that allows managers to drag-and-drop the user workflow process including input steps,
review steps, alerts and report access. The entire process is documented, audit-able and repeatable for
all reporting submissions. When the process is live, managers have complete visibility to each
submission status to ensure completion and timely submissions.

DATA VALIDATION AND AUDIT

All changes are tracked in the system including data changes and workflow changes (user, date/time
stamped) and can be audited at any time. There is a full cell-by-cell audit comparison of data changes
and their impact from one save to another on any template. This includes full audit details of process
status, including submissions, approvals and rejections. There are also in-template validation rules to
ensure proper and accurate data collected from end-users. Additionally, Vena fully supports user
comments and file attachments on any workflow submissions.

Venas graphical
process manager
allows you to
break processes
into a series of
repeatable steps.

Vena is scalable for many outcomes-based program accreditation reports. Data collection
and reporting for CEAB, ABET, AACSB, ACBSP and many more are fully supported within
the application.

REPORT CREATION
Vena fully supports the creation of final self-study, interim, or quality assurance reports for submission to
accrediting agencies. Out of the box, all report fields can be mapped to any source system including SIS,
HRIS, CMS, and LMS datastores. Approved data is automatically populated into the report using Venas
intuitive report building wizard, and can be fully audited for any changes or modifications. Vena also
provides the ability to automate all required qualitative summaries to ensure accurate reconciliation of
figures and commentary prior to submission.

LEVERAGE EXCEL AND YOUR EXISTING ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS

Vena recognizes that spreadsheets are not going away any time soon, which is why our solution
leverages native Excel the ultimate canvas for input and analysis.
We take Excel functionality a few steps further, however, by augmenting it with the structure, database
and security of an enterprise-class solution.
Vena seamlessly integrates with any source system with powerful data integration processes that extract
information from your source systems and stores it in a central, secure data repository.
The result? You and your team can access information without searching through your inbox or a shared
drive. Also, historical data and previous template iterations are always available for instant, easy version
comparison and trend analysis.

EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION = LESS RISK

Collaborating through email is time-consuming and the lack of version control can lead to errors. Avoid
these risks with Venas collaborative workflow engine. You can divide processes into a series of
repeatable steps, each of which can be associated with a user, due date(s) and instructions.
You also have the option of adding supporting documentation and commentary to put submissions in
context and can leverage the workflow engine to monitor tasks through to completion for maximum
insight into curriculum improvement.
Other Vena features include a full audit trail that records user activity (who did what, when) in an easy-toread log, in addition to role-based security and validation rules that reduce risk and save you countless
hours of tedious manual work.

ABOUT VENA SOLUTIONS

Vena Solutions has redefined how companies automate
their most mission-critical finance, accounting and business
processes. Our platform embraces the best of Microsoft
Excel, extending and evolving its capabilities to create a
next-generation enterprise solution that is powerful, yet
intuitive. Vena is a first-to-market solution that offers
the most comprehensive suite of cloud-based corporate
performance management (CPM) capabilities with a quick
deployment methodology all without compromising what
you love best about Excel.

www.venasolutions.com

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