Transcript UNTHSC Power Point Template

Monitoring Student
Progress and Course
Quality With WebFOCUS
Rebel Jones, B.S.
Introduction
University of North Texas Health Science Center
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Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
 Doctorate in Osteopathy (D.O.)
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Physician Assistant Studies
 Masters in Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)
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School of Public Health
 Masters in Public Health (MPH), Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH)
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Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
 Masters of Science (MS), Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD)
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School of Allied Health
Background
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Who
 Medical students
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What
 Complete, real-time academic record
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Where
 Administrators’/Counselors’ offices
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When
 Scheduled appointments or student-initiated
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Why
 See students as individuals
Program Views
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Rosters for ongoing courses
Nationally-normed subject exams
Licensing examinations
Composite views and rankings
Counseling reports
Representative Views
The following screens provide representative
views of the web-based system.
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View national
licensing
exam results
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View
classroom
exam results
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Click heading to
sort by that
column (highest
ranking
students at the
top)
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Click column
heading again to
reverse sort
order (lowest
ranking students
at top)
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Prepare a
complete
Academic
Progress Report
for a single
student.
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Compare this
student’s
performance in
every course to
the rest of the
class.
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Academic Progress
Report for a poorer
performing student.
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Technical Considerations
Design Imperatives
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Real-time scores and grades
Internet-based
Thin client
Conditional styling
Visualization and charting
Local and national norms
Intuitive navigation (instructions fit on a postage stamp)
Design Challenges
GOAL: Provide real-time, accurate, and
consistent data in simple, visual format.
Multiple Data Sources:
1. Data Category
Pre-admission data, classroom tests, and national board exams
2. Data Format
Relation databases, Focus, spreadsheets, and flat files
3. Data Location
Enterprise servers, local servers, intranet, and local workstations
Solutions - WebFocus
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Excellent tool to extract data fro multiple sources
Easy to use for data validation
Provides simple interfaces to build graphics and
conditional styling
We have experts in Focus
Recommendations
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Start small with easiest conversions
Demo the concept to potential champions
Manage data quality
Use graphics and conditional styling
Build toward ultimate system