TracDat V4 Situational Analysis Dave Choban

Agenda Situational Analysis  Introductions  Implementation Approach  Current Assessment Status  TracDat Acclimation TracDat Configuration and Setup Enter a Few Plans to ‘Test’ Configuration

Introductions Dave Choban  Professional Services Consultant  Implementation point of contact Nuventive  Pittsburgh based company  TracDat  iWebfolio Client Introductions

Agenda Introductions Implementation Approach Current Assessment Status TracDat Acclimation Break TracDat Configuration and Setup

Implementation Approach First some questions …..  What prompted your decision to purchase TracDat?  What are your timeline expectations? Are there any hard dates we must meet?  Do you have dedicated implementation resources? Items for you to consider as we continue…..  Who will do what?  Which assessment units should we implement first?

Implementation Approach Institutional Set-up Assessment Unit Planning Assessment Unit Data Collection Assessment Unit Observation Recording Situational Analysis

Implementation Approach Situational Analysis  Understanding of client needs  Understanding of TracDat capabilities What TD can do What TD can NOT do  Agreement on implementation timeline  Identification of key players Institutional Set-up Assessment Unit Planning Assessment Unit Data Collection Assessment Unit Observation Recording Situational Analysis

Implementation Approach Institutional Set-Up  Dynamic Labeling  Unit Definition  Drop-Down Definitions  Custom Fields  User Accounts  Course Definition  Help Files Institutional Set-up Assessment Unit Planning Assessment Unit Data Collection Assessment Unit Observation Recording Situational Analysis

Implementation Approach Assessment Unit Planning  Enter Objectives  Enter Means of Assessment Method Criteria Schedule/Assign  Relate Objectives to Courses/Activities  Define Tasks  Relate Objectives to Institution and Reporting Unit Goals Institutional Set-up Assessment Unit Planning Assessment Unit Data Collection Assessment Unit Observation Recording Situational Analysis

Implementation Approach Assessment Unit Data Collection  Data Collection Tool Creating Measures Defining Groups  Questionnaires Institutional Set-up Assessment Unit Planning Assessment Unit Data Collection Assessment Unit Observation Recording Situational Analysis

Implementation Approach Assessment Unit Observations  Record Observations  Identifying and Assigning Action Plans for any ‘problem’ observations  Record follow-up for each Action Plan Institutional Set-up Assessment Unit Planning Assessment Unit Data Collection Assessment Unit Observation Recording Situational Analysis

Agenda Introductions Implementation Approach Current Assessment Status TracDat Acclimation Break TracDat Configuration and Setup

Current Assessment Status Current Process (e.g., plans on the web?, consistent format?) How long has the existing process been implemented? Why are you doing assessment..... Really? Why change?

Agenda Introductions Implementation Approach Current Assessment Status TracDat Acclimation Break TracDat Configuration and Setup

TracDat Acclimation Desired Outcome  Overview of the configuration options  Overview of the assessment planning process Assessment Cycle

Data Analysis Data Utilization Typical Follow-up Desired Plan Data Collection

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