IT Symposium Lone Star College System - SmarterMeasure and Student Success

2013 IT Symposium

Boosting DL Student Success with SmarterMeasure,

a DL-Readiness Survey

Agenda

• Introductions • What is SmarterMeasure? • How do LSCS students access SmarterMeasure? • What does SmarterMeasure survey? • What does the student’s SmarterMeasure report look

like? • How to pull a report from SmarterMeasure • What does the research say?• Best Practices• Questions and Comments

What Does The Assessment Measure?

INTERNAL

INDIVIDUAL ATTRIBUTESMotivation

ProcrastinationTime Management

Help SeekingLocus of Control

LEARNING STYLESVisualVerbalSocial

SolitaryPhysical

AuralLogical

EXTERNAL

LIFE FACTORS

Availability of TimeDedicated Place

ReasonSupport from

Family

SKILLS

TECHNICALTechnology Usage

Life ApplicationTech Vocabulary

Computing Access

TYPINGRate

Accuracy

ON-SCREEN READING

RateRecall

Life Factors

Individual Attributes

Learning Styles

Reading Rate & Recall

Technical Competency

Technical Knowledge

Typing Speed & Accuracy

How to Pull a Report from SmarterMeasure

http://admin.smartermeasure.com

username:  __________password:  ___________

Best Practices

Orientation CourseEnrollment ProcessInformation WebinarPublic WebsiteClass Participation

Questions? Comments?

Thank you for your participation!

Contact Information:

Susan Rush susan.rush@lonestar.edu Tara Boozer tara@smarterservices.com Mary Mendoza mary.a.mendoza@lonestar.edu