Five minutes at end of term, not five hours
When the department asks for your activity report, the data is already structured. Click export, hand it in. No reconstructing what you did in week three from memory.
For adjunct faculty
Activity reporting that holds up under review.
A free, purpose-built tool for tracking teaching, research, and service hours — with cryptographically verifiable PDF exports for departmental and accreditation reporting.
Free for individual adjuncts · HMAC-SHA256 verification · No data sold to third parties
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Structured categories — Teaching, Research, Service — with freeform descriptions per entry.
SHA-256
Every PDF carries a verification code derived from your signature, hours, and account identity.
$0
Free for individual faculty. No trial expiration. No upsell. No paywall on exports.
Why adjuncts use it
Built for the way faculty actually work — in the gaps between courses, on whatever device is at hand, across whatever institutions you teach at.
Document the work that usually goes uncounted
Office hours, peer review, syllabus revision, committee email, advising conversations — the invisible labor that fills an adjunct's week. Logged in 30 seconds; visible at year-end.
Your record moves with you
Adjuncts often teach at two or three institutions at once, and at different ones from year to year. Your activity log lives in your FAR account, not on any one institution's server.
Stand up under review
Each exported PDF carries a cryptographic verification code derived from your account, your activities, and your signature. Stronger documentation than a Word doc or an email attachment.
Export to the systems your institution actually uses
Built-in exports for spreadsheets (CSV), Workday VNDLY-ready bulk-upload format, iCal for personal calendar tracking, and the verified PDF for departmental review.
Get noticed, on your terms
Opt in to the Academic Talent Network at signup and your profile is visible to universities recruiting for direct-hire adjunct roles. Skip the box and your record stays private. Either way, the tool stays free.
What you actually track
The three categories most adjunct effort reports require, with concrete examples in each.
Teaching
- Scheduled contact hours and course delivery
- Office hours and student consultations
- Course preparation, syllabus revision, content development
- Assessment, grading, feedback turnaround
- Guest lectures and substitute teaching
Research
- Manuscript preparation and submission
- Conference presentations and proceedings
- Peer review for journals and conferences
- Grant applications and reporting
- Data collection, lab work, fieldwork
Service
- Committee work, departmental and institutional
- Student advising and mentoring
- Accreditation activities and program review
- Community outreach and public scholarship
- Editorial roles and professional society service
How the verification works
Each exported PDF includes a cryptographic verification code. Here is how it is constructed, and what a department reviewer can confirm with it.
1. Signature is captured and hashed
When you sign in the canvas, the image is stored along with an HMAC-SHA256 hash binding it to your account identity. The hash cannot be reused or transplanted to another account.
2. The report is bound to its inputs
On export, a second HMAC-SHA256 is computed over your user identity, the activity count, the total hours, the signature hash, and the export timestamp. Any modification to the resulting PDF invalidates the code.
3. Department reviewers can verify
The verification code printed on the PDF can be cross-checked against the service to confirm that the report was produced here, by the stated account, with the stated content and signature.
How it works
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Create your free account
Name, email, university, primary department. Approximately thirty seconds. No credit card.
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Log activities as they happen
One short form per entry. Pick a category, enter hours and a description. The interface is designed for quick, in-context entry rather than retroactive reconstruction.
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Sign once, export anytime
Draw your signature on any device with a mouse, trackpad, or touchscreen. Re-export your activity report as a verified PDF whenever your department needs it.
Plain-language data policy
- Your data is yours. Activities, signature, and exports are your records, not the service's.
- We do not sell user data. No analytics broker, no email list rental, no shadow tracking.
- Academic Talent Network is opt-in. At signup you choose whether your profile is visible to universities recruiting adjuncts. You can change this at any time from your profile.
- Account deletion is final. Deleting your account removes activities, signatures, and metadata from the database. PDFs you have already downloaded stay on your device.
For institutions, faculty affairs, and platform partners
What's in it for us?
Faculty Activity Report sits alongside the systems your institution already runs — not as a replacement. We integrate with the HRIS, VMS, and student-information systems where adjunct data already lives, so verified activity records show up where your compliance, payroll, and audit workflows are already pointed.
- No rip-and-replace. Keep your existing system of record. We read what's already there and write back verified PDF artifacts as document attachments.
- Lower IT lift than building in-house. Activity capture, digital signature, and HMAC-verified PDF export ship as a tested package. Your team scopes the integration, not the application.
- Department-controlled deployment. Bulk faculty provisioning, institution-scoped signing keys, branded exports, period-bound reporting aligned to your accreditation cycles.
- Faculty adoption stays voluntary. Adjuncts use the free individual tool, then can attach their account to your institution. No mandate, no IT-driven onboarding.
Vendor management (VMS)
Where adjunct assignments, hours, and contracts live for institutions that buy contingent labor through a managed program.
Workday VNDLY
On roadmapSAP Fieldglass
On roadmapBeeline / Magnit
On roadmapBullhorn
On roadmapCoupa Contingent (CCW)
Available on requestPeopleFluent VMS
Available on requestHuman resources (HRIS / HCM)
Systems of record for staff and faculty data, payroll, and compliance reporting at most institutions.
Workday HCM
On roadmapSAP SuccessFactors
Available on requestOracle HCM Cloud
Available on requestADP Workforce Now
Available on requestUKG Pro
Available on requestBambooHR
Available on requestCeridian Dayforce
Available on requestHigher-ed SIS
Student-information systems where course assignments, departments, and faculty appointments are managed.
Ellucian Banner
Available on requestEllucian Colleague
Available on requestOracle PeopleSoft
Available on requestWorkday Student
Available on requestAnthology
Available on requestAll system names and marks are property of their respective owners. Listing here indicates planned or on-request integration capability and does not imply partnership or endorsement.
Request integration help
Tell us which system you use; we'll respond within two business days.
Frequently asked questions
What does Faculty Activity Report cost?
Faculty Activity Report is free for individual adjunct faculty. There is no paid tier, no trial expiration, and no charge to export your own activity reports. The service is funded by an opt-in Academic Talent Network that connects participating faculty with universities recruiting for direct-hire adjunct positions. Opting in is voluntary and can be revoked at any time.
How is the PDF report verified as authentic?
Every exported PDF includes a Cryptographic Verification Code at the footer, generated using HMAC-SHA256 over the user identity, activity count, total hours, signature hash, and export timestamp. The signing key is unique to each Faculty Activity Report installation. A department administrator can request verification of a code to confirm the report was produced by this service and has not been altered.
What kinds of activities can I track?
Three top-level categories: Teaching (contact hours, office hours, course preparation, grading, syllabus development), Research (manuscripts, presentations, peer review, grant applications), and Service (committee work, advising, accreditation activities, community outreach, mentoring). The description field is freeform, so the structure adapts to your institution's effort-reporting conventions.
Who owns the data I enter?
You do. Your activity log, signature image, and exported PDFs belong to you. The service does not sell user data. The only optional data-sharing path is the Academic Talent Network opt-in, which you can decline at signup or revoke later. Deleting your account removes all associated activities, signatures, and metadata from the database.
How is this different from a Google Doc or spreadsheet?
Three differences: (1) the export is cryptographically signed and verifiable, which a self-edited document is not; (2) the data is structured by category and hours, so totals and time-period filtering are deterministic; (3) the digital signature is captured on the same device as the data entry, creating a single timestamped record rather than separate signed-and-scanned artifacts.
Does it integrate with my LMS or VMS?
Faculty Activity Report is built to integrate with Workday VNDLY VMS for institutional deployments — pulling assignment and department data from VNDLY and pushing verified PDF artifacts back as document attachments. LMS integration (Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle) and CSV/JSON export are on the roadmap. Institutions and platform partners can contact us through the inquiry form to discuss timing and scope.
Is the signature legally binding?
The digital signature satisfies the basic requirements of the U.S. Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN, 2000) and most state Uniform Electronic Transactions Acts: it is captured with intent to sign, attached to the specific document, and the signer is identifiable through their authenticated account. Whether an individual institution accepts an e-signature for a specific report is a policy decision made by that institution.
Can I delete my account and data?
Yes. Account deletion removes your activities, signatures, user profile, and Academic Talent Network preferences. Exported PDFs you have already downloaded remain on your device; the service has no copy of them.
Be one of our first reviewers
We're launching with a pilot cohort of adjunct faculty. Use the tool, tell us what works and what doesn't, and your feedback shapes what we build next.
Join the pilot cohort
No cost. No commitment. We're not collecting reviews until real adjuncts have spent a real semester with the tool.
Talk to us about institutional deployment
Department chairs, faculty affairs offices, and platform partners — tell us a bit about your context and we'll get back within two business days.
Track once, export with confidence.
Create your free accountFree for individual adjuncts. Department/institution licensing available on request.