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Four Methods of Tracking Students Visit at Off-Site Tutoring Sessions

Four Methods of Tracking Students Visit at Off-Site Tutoring Sessions. Chenxiao Wang Student Learning Center University of Oklahoma. Student Learning Center at OU. Free Tutoring with PLA and Professor/GTA. Online Tutoring. Student Success Series. Free Study places and computer lab.

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Four Methods of Tracking Students Visit at Off-Site Tutoring Sessions

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  1. Four Methods of Tracking Students Visit at Off-Site Tutoring Sessions Chenxiao Wang Student Learning Center University of Oklahoma

  2. Student Learning Center at OU Free Tutoring with PLA and Professor/GTA Online Tutoring Student Success Series Free Study places and computer lab

  3. Student Learning Center at OU 21places all over the campus. 21,000 visits for 2012-2013 academic year The place can be categorized as “Center” and “Satellite”

  4. Center example

  5. Satellite example

  6. Purpose for tracking students visit • Collect data of utilization of our center • Internal reporting to admin • Justify budgets • Pinpoint areas of weakness 2,138 2,691 217 Number of clients for previous 3 semester

  7. Methods for Tracking Students Visits Laptop/Desktop Sign in sheet TutorTrac on an iPad Magnetic-Stripe Card Reader

  8. Laptop/Desktop • Hard to Transport • Depends on the condition of the facility • Cost is higher • Accessible to all features. • Can handle burst visiting by attaching usb card reader. • Normal way to use TutorTrac

  9. Sign in Sheet • Easy to lose • Hard to validate hand writing data • Extra human labor required for data entry • Easy to carry • Facility independent – useable everywhere • No cost

  10. Portable Magnetic-Stripe Card Reader • Hard to validate data • Extra human labor required • Sometime depends on battery life. • Function Limits • Easy to carry • Facility independent – useable everywhere • Login and logout fast, able to handle burst visits.

  11. TutorTrac on the iPad • A little bit costly but can be optimized • Currently third-party app is needed • Wifi required • Combine all the advantages above • No post session labor needed • Data is more often correct • No function limits

  12. Our Equipment Costs for Tracking Students Visits Laptop/Desktop $500-800 Sign in sheet $0 TutorTrac on an iPad $520 Magnetic-Stripe Card Reader $600

  13. iPad: Behind the Scenes Student ID send to TutorTrac via the link Student ID read from card swiper attached to the ipad.

  14. iPad: Behind the Scenes • This link is where TutorTrac used to verify and login the student. • The parameter findstud specify the student ID to be verified. • Thus if we can read the student ID from the ipad and send to this link,that make it possible to login the students on the mobile devices

  15. iPad: Behind the Scenes

  16. QUESTIONS? Chenxiao Wang Student Learning Center University of Oklahoma

  17. Four Methods of Tracking Students Visit at Off-Site Tutoring Sessions Chenxiao Wang Student Learning Center University of Oklahoma

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