Supporting Students: Academic Planning, Progress, and Learning Analytics

Academic Progress Portal: Catching Students before They Fail
The Academic Progress Portal (APP) is a web- and permissions-based, FERPA-compliant software that automatically integrates dozens of data systems on and off campus to provide a real-time, holistic, and complete view of student progress through the curriculum. The APP gives advisors easy, simplified, secure, and timely access to student scores and other advisor notes through a 24/7 web connection and login. Deans, advisors, and faculty may leave comments on a per student basis, not unlike a medical chart record, to facilitate communication, documentation, and appropriate action regarding student progress.
Designing an Exemplary Model of Support Services for Online Students
This session will provide an overview of how Lone Star College System has implemented a comprehensive Online Student Support Services program. This program includes online advising chat, case management advising to first-time fully online college students, online new student orientation, and an early alert program. Lone Star College-Online recently won the 2012 Sloan-C Effective Practice Award for Online Student Support Services.
MyPlan: Challenges and Opportunities for Supporting Online Academic Planning
In an effort to simplify the academic planning process and improve the student experience, the University of Washington has developed MyPlan, an online tool that's funded by students and powered by the Kuali platform. MyPlan provides an integrated, user-friendly way for students to search for and save courses of interest, create multiquarter plans that can be shared with an adviser, view their history, and run degree audits. Join us to discuss the motivations and challenges of delivering such a tool from multiple perspectives (student, adviser, and administrative) and experience MyPlan firsthand through scenario-based demonstrations.
Using Technology to Track and Analyze Learner Outcomes
Academic theory, curriculum, and technology considerations must be addressed long before adopting, building, or buying technology solutions for your institution. Issues to thoughtfully consider include what is to be tracked, why, and how does it support the academic mission? Topics discussed include data mining, business intelligence, retrospective and prospective (predictive) analytics and dashboards, and how they might help accomplish the near and long-term goals of the institution. Emphasized are visualizing the end product, how it supports the academic mission, and the processes that are essential to successfully implement the technology that will do exactly what one envisions.