C
Cyan (see Cyan definition)
C-basis
Salary rate computed on a nine-month, academic year basis.
Candidate
Applicant who has been deemed minimally qualified for the vacancy.
Canvas/EdTech Support
Captioning
A set of published guides and rules that show KB users how to add written text to video.
Capture Profile
A reusable collection of settings that simplifies entering documents into Perceptive Content imaging software. Captures profiles can set entities such as document keys, device choice, workflow queues, etc.
Capture Token
A licensing mechanism. Every scanner used with ImageNow uses a token; if all tokens are in use, another scanner cannot be configured until one is released.
CASI
Committee on Academic Staff Issues; these committees have been established in each school and college to advise Deans on policies and procedures, promotional opportunities, participation in department governance, and performance recognition for academic staff.
Categories
Function as a specific collection or folder used to organize, tag, and sort KB documents, instructions, policies, and technical guides.
Categories
Is a feature in Outlook and Outlook on the web that allows you to assign a keyword or phrase (and color) to help you keep track of items/events. Using this feature you can easily find, sort, filter, or group different items/events that are located across your different folders/calendars.
Centralized Recruitment
Process in which OHR helps divisions manage the recruitment, assessment and selection of high-volume and continuously recruited positions (e.g., custodial positions).
Certified
This is a state in ARROW. Applications in this state have been certified as not constituting human subjects research. This includes grant related applications not directly involving human subjects (e.g. protocol development activities only).
Certify Not Human Subjects Research
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to certify that an application does not constitute human subjects research. This activity occurs in the Pre-review state.
Chancellor
The chief executive of UW–Madison.
Change Management
The structured process of controlling, updating, and maintaining shared information stored in your KB space over time.
Changes Requested - Scientific Review
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have undergone scientific review and changes were requested by the scientific review committee. In this state, the study team can either 1) respond to the committee request so that it returns to the Awaiting Scientific Review state for additional review, or 2) withdraw the application.
City of Madison Living Wage
110% of the Federal poverty rate for a family of four.
Civil Service System
A hiring process that incorporates merit selection principles including objective criteria to evaluate job applicants and make hiring decisions.
Clone ID
Closed
This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been closed by the IRB after the investigator has submitted a study completion report.
Cloud Service
Services made available to users on demand via the Internet from a cloud computing provider's servers as opposed to being provided from a company's own on-premises servers. Cloud services are designed to provide easy, scalable access to applications, resources and services, and are fully managed by a cloud services provider.
COI
Conflict of Interest
UW-Madison faculty and staff may participate in activities with external entities which may generate conflicts between the needs of the institution and the outside entity. These conflicts are common, frequently avoidable and can often be appropriately managed. UW-Madison collects reports of these potential conflicts in the form of OARs.
Coil Bind
a plastic coil that has a 4:1 pitch ratio used as a binding material to hold a book together
Collaboration Space
Collaboration Space is a type of notebook in Microsoft 365's Class Notebook app. It is a notebook for all students and the teacher in the class to share, organize, and collaborate.
Collate
a finishing term for gathering paper in a precise order
Color Contrast
The difference in luminance (brightness) between the text color and its background color. It is a fundamental element of web accessibility (specifically under the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG). The KB default group space CSS ensures that documentation, articles, and guides are easily readable for all users, including those with visual impairments like color blindness or low vision.
Compensatory Time
Paid time off the job which is earned and accrued by an employee instead of immediate cash payment for overtime. Compensatory time may be used instead of vacation balance.
Concurrent Appointments
When a temporary employee works two or more TE appointments at the same time.
Consecutive Appointments
When a temporary employee works two or more TE appointments back-to-back.
Consultant Review
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to document nature of the consult and any relevant information about the outcome of the consult.
Contact
Contacts are like electronic cards that store a person's information. A contact can be as basic as a name and email address, or include more information like a street address, multiple phone numbers, and a photo.
Contact Group
A contact group -- formerly called "distribution list" -- is a group of contacts that you can send messages, meeting requests and tasks requests.
Contact Group/List
A contact group/list is a personal group which is stored in your Contacts folder and can contain entries from your personal Contacts and from the Global Address List (GAL).
Content Audit
A systematic review and evaluation of all existing KB articles, guides, FAQs, and documents to check for accuracy, relevance, and quality.
Content Governance
A system of rules, roles, and workflows that controls how information in your KB is created, updated, reviewed, and retired.
Content Library
A Content Library is a type of notebook in Microsoft 365's Class Notebook app. It is a notebook for teachers to share course materials with students. Teachers can add and edit its materials, but for students, the notebook is read-only.
Content Maintenance
The ongoing process of reviewing, updating, structuring, and deleting KB articles to ensure all stored information remains accurate, useful, and easy to find.
Content Owner
The specific person or group accountable for the accuracy, quality, relevance, and lifecycle of designated KB articles or documentation
Continue Button
ARROW forms have a Continue button at the bottom that moves you forward through the application. Clicking Continue saves the current page and moves the user to the next page. Continue is not the same as the Forward button on a browser. Do not use the Forward button on a browser when completing forms in ARROW or the data entered will be lost.
Continuous Employment
Employment in a leave-earning position within the University of Wisconsin System or the State of Wisconsin that has not experienced a break in service longer than the reinstatement period for the applicable employment category. Continuous employment will be counted in determining an employee’s length of continuous service.
Continuous Service
All the time in a position with a State of Wisconsin agency as defined in Wis. Admin. Code § ER 18.01(3) or with the UW System in a position with an expectation for continued service, adjusted for any breaks in service. Continuous service at the University of Wisconsin System does not include time served in positions that are ineligible for leave per UW–Madison Campus-wide Operational Policy: Sick Leave.
Cookies
A small text file that a web server sends to your web browser to remember information about your visit.
Copy Reportable Event to Other Study
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to copy a reportable event application to another study. For example, if a reportable event affects several studies open by the PI, the PI only needs to fill out the RE application one time and then copy it to the other affected studies.
Correspondence Prepared
This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB floater to confirm that correspondence they've drafted is ready for review by the IRB staff reviewer.
Course Number
Course Planning Group (CPG)
Cover weight
heavier-weight (thicker/more-rigid) paper consisting of various grades
Crafts Worker
A UW–Madison employee who is a skilled journeyman Crafts Worker, including apprentices and helpers. The classification does not include employees who are not in direct line of progression in the craft.
Crafts Worker Supervisor
Position that supervises Crafts Workers.
Credit
Creditable Service
The amount of service an employee is granted under the Wisconsin Retirement System based on the number of hours worked in a year and the employee’s WRS employment category.
Crop
to cut off parts of a picture or image
Crop marks
printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet
CSR (Certificate Signing Request)
The KB Admin Tools include a built-in CSR and KEY generator page. This utility allows KB space administrators to securely generate a public-private key pair and an encoded CSR string directly within the dashboard.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
A styling language used to control the visual presentation, layout, and branding of KB documents and websites.
CSV (Comma-Separated Values)
A plain text file format used to store tabular data like tables or spreadsheets.
Curriculum ID
Custom Properties
Additional fields that can be used to describe a document. Custom properties are associated with Doctypes. The number of custom properties is not limited.
Customer's Originals
print ready copy
CVR
Cover
Cyan
C: one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process; blue in color