Four Methods of Tracking Students Visit at Off

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

Student Learning Center at OU 21 places all over the campus. 21,000

visits for 2012-2013 academic year

The place can be categorized as “Center” and “Satellite”

Center example

Satellite example

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

Methods for Tracking Students Visits

Laptop/Desktop

Magnetic-Stripe Card Reader

Sign in sheet

TutorTrac on an iPad

Laptop/Desktop •

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Accessible to all features.

Can handle burst visiting by attaching usb card reader. Normal way to use TutorTrac

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Hard to Transport

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Depends on the condition of the facility

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Cost is higher

Sign in Sheet •

Easy to carry

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Easy to lose

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Facility independent – useable everywhere

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Hard to validate hand writing data

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Extra human labor required for data entry

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No cost

Portable Magnetic-Stripe Card Reader •

Easy to carry

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Facility independent – useable everywhere

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Login and logout fast, able to handle burst visits.

•Hard to validate data •Extra human labor required

•Sometime depends on battery life. •Function Limits

TutorTrac on the iPad •

Combine all the advantages above

•A little bit costly but can be optimized

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No post session labor needed

•Currently third-party app is needed

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Data is more often correct

•Wifi required

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No function limits

Our Equipment Costs for Tracking Students Visits Laptop/Desktop $500-800

Magnetic-Stripe Card Reader $600

Sign in sheet $0

TutorTrac on an iPad $520

iPad: Behind the Scenes

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

iPad: Behind the Scenes

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