Report of Dissertation/Treatise” form Submission via DocuSign
Read the instructions carefully before initiating the submission process. Failure to do so may result in unnecessary frustration. Please note this Docusign link is only for graduate students in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy. For students in other departments needing support with forms, please contact your program's graduate coordinator.
You will need to begin this DocuSign submission process immediately following a successful defense.
Before Submitting the Form via DocuSign
Inform your committee members and your Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) Representative that a Report of Dissertation/Treatise Form will be sent via
DocuSign beforeDocuSign before you begin the submission process. They will receive an email from the "ELP Graduate
Coordinator viaCoordinator via DocuSign" (dse@docusign.net) confirming your petition to report
a successful Dissertation/Treatise defense with your committee. (to reportthe result of your dissertation/treatise defense with your committee
).
Required Information for DocuSign Final Oral Request Report of Dissertation
The names and email addresses of your Supervisor, Co-Supervisor or Member 2, Member 3, Member 4, and the GSC
RepresentativeChair or Co-Chair are required. Members 5-7 may be left blank if you don’t have that many members in your committee.
- The current GSC Representative is Dr. Sarah Woulfin, (sarah.woulfin@austin.utexas.edu). Contact the department if you don’t know the name of the current GSC representative.
You can find the ELP GSC Chair/Co-chair through the GSC Member Search.
- The current GSC Representative is Dr. Sarah Woulfin, (sarah.woulfin@austin.utexas.edu). Contact the department if you don’t know the name of the current GSC representative.
The final title of your Dissertation/Treatise as agreed upon by your committee.
NOTE: The Grad school will send you a PDF version of this document. Please use the DocuSign version instead. the Graduate Coordinator will email you to remind you to use this form.
DocuSign Submission
DocuSign Report of Dissertation Committee PowerForm Link: http://links.utexas.edu/bldxrqe
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DocuSign will automatically forward the form to your Graduate Coordinator. They will have an opportunity to ensure that the committee members information was submitted correctly. The form will then be sent to all committee members for their eSignature.
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DocuSign will send you an email with a [Review Document] link. Save this email and use the link to monitor the progress of your form signatures. From the linked webpage, click [Other Actions] menu —> [Certificate of Completion] to review who has and who has not yet signed the document.
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Once the process is complete, you will receive a second email from DocuSign
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. To save for your records: Click “View Completed Document”
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> “Download” button at the top of the document
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> select the “Combined PDF” option and save the document to your computer. A combined document includes the form
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, certificate of completion
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, and a full audit trail of your DocuSign transaction.
Submit the combined pdf Report of Dissertation Committee form electronically to the Graduate School at gradstudentsvcs@austin.utexas.eduby the published deadline.
For more information on digital submission requirements and deadline & submission instructions, as required by the Graduate School, please visit https://gradschool.utexas.edu/academics/theses-and-dissertations.
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