Perceptive Content: Onboarding for New Users

Perceptive Content (aka ImageNow) is an electronic file system with workflow capabilities. Perceptive is used extensively across campus in place of paper for secure document storage, faster retrieval, and dissemination. 

• Secure Electronic Document Storage  (electronic file cabinet)

• Electronic Workflow  (approvals & electronic in baskets)

• Allows document sharing across campus

There is a downloadable "desktop" version of Perceptive and a no-installation-needed web version, called Perceptive Experience. The web version meets the needs of most campus users. For more information on the differences between the two, see this brief article: Perceptive Content: Perceptive Content Desktop Client vs Perceptive Experience 

• Due to the quantity and sensitive nature of information stored in Perceptive, you (or your supervisor) usually need to request access be given to you.
  • Requesting Access: Perceptive Content: Requesting Access
• Logging In:
  • Perceptive Experience (Web Version): Perceptive Content: Login Perceptive Experience
  • Perceptive Content (Desktop Version): Perceptive Content: Login to Perceptive Content Desktop Client

• Finding documents and running searches: Perceptive Content: Viewing and Searching for Documents
• As a Perceptive user, you will receive email notifications when there are documents awaiting your review. Read about the emails from Perceptive Content here:Perceptive Content: Email Notification
• Most documents that require your review will ask for your signature. In Perceptive, we have a basic Signature Stamp that most of campus uses.
  • Perceptive Experience: Perceptive Content: Perceptive Experience Signature Stamp
  • Perceptive Content: Perceptive Content: Annotations
• Once you have approved or reviewed a document, you will need to route it, so that it can continue on its path. There are several routing options: Perceptive Content: Routing Options Defined (uwstout.edu) 

• If you need to upload documents to ImageNow (also called printing documents in), you can start with these steps: Perceptive Content: Uploading/Printing Documents to the Server
• Workflow History allows you to see where a document has been and who touched it last.
  • Perceptive Content: Workflow History (uwstout.edu)