Enhancing Student Engagement and Retention Through Sycamoreology Initiative
The Pathway to Success initiative focuses on leveraging technology, such as Blackboard and Sycamoreology, to enhance student retention rates and engagement. Accomplishments include high retention rates and successful utilization of online platforms. The Budget Summary indicates prudent financial management. Looking ahead, recommendations include program overhauls to emphasize Blackboard and MyISU Portal. Foreseeable roadblocks include managing multiple priorities and limited time. The emphasis is on optimizing student experience through technology-driven solutions.
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The Pathway to Success Goal 1 Initiative 11C Sycamoreology
Accomplishments Since 2013-14 Report 1,500 students accessed Blackboard prior to start of Fall 2014 65.8% retention rate of those who accessed Sycamoreology that retained to Year 2
Benchmark Table FY FY FY FY 2014G 2014A 2015G 2015A Initiative Benchmarks Number of unique IDs utilizing Blackboard in conjunction with Sycamoreology (as of fall official count date within the FY - 991s collected) 500 1,671 1,700 1,500 Number of students taking on-line information based quizzes (as of fall office count date within the FY) 300 835 850 N/A Percentage of students that accessed Blackboard in association with Sycamoreology that retained to Year 2 66% 65.8% 67.0% TBC Number of students taking the math placement test by June 1 preceding the FY, that subsequently enroll 900 972 1,000 834 Number of students submitting immunization documents by June 1 preceding the FY, regardless of subsequent enrollment 150 217 230 644
Budget Summary Total funding allocation for 2014-15: $20,000 Expenses as of report date: $6,916 Expenditures: $6,916 Encumbered costs: $0 Anticipated remainder June 30, 2015: $12,184 Residual dollars ($6,050) must exist at June 30, 2015, in order to close out the program now underway that will cross into FY 2016
Accomplishments Since Plan Inception Introduction of Blackboard to students prior to start of classes Providing funds to assist with purchasing textbooks Encouraging students to engage with one another prior to start of classes
Looking Ahead - Recommendations Complete overhaul of program for Fall 2015 to further emphasize Blackboard and to add MyISU Portal Fine-tune data and improve tracking of student s activity in Blackboard
Foreseeable Roadblocks Multiple priorities and limited time
New points of emphasis All about Blackboard and MyISU
Missed opportunities How to engage transfer students with this activity?
Baseline Recommendation Has this initiative been sufficiently integrated into your operations?
Opportunities for Collaborations Sycamore Express leadership team would need to collaborate with NSTP for content
Questions? Sycamoreology Dom Nepote: Domenic.Nepote@indstate.edu Melissa Hughes: Melissa.Hughes@indstate.edu Ann Malloy: Ann.Malloy@indstate.edu
