CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY , SACRAMENTO ( SAC STATE )
role in making Smart Planner and KEYS to Degree ubiquitous at Sac State . A Smart Planner dashboard developed in Tableau allows anyone to see detailed metrics about Smart Planner usage and adoption rates by college and degree program .
It is this integration of different elements from various vendors which is setting Sac State apart from other state universities . “ There are other universities who are implementing these kinds of tools , but what makes us different is that we are packaging this into a single toolbox and using very deliberate marketing , communications and training strategies to help build this into our culture ,” Miller continues . “ There is something for everyone here ; the goal of the ecosystem is to support and facilitate the activities of students , faculty , staff , and administrators .”
This is an important observation , for it is not only students who are leveraging the power of the Graduation Ecosystem tools . Advising staff can access many of the features and use available data to better guide their students . As Smart Planner facilitates the planning and logistics of registration – formerly a more manual process – it frees advisors to focus on more personalized conversations about students ’ learning goals and overall campus experience .
Data driven “ A side benefit of Smart Planner and other Graduation Ecosystem tools is that it provides us with extremely valuable data ,” Miller reveals , pointing to multiple analysis software programs from vendors that work alongside IRT ’ s own Tableau dashboard .
The first is Ad Astra ’ s Platinum Analytics , which will ingest data generated by students using Smart Planner to help Sac State make predictions about course demand . Another program leveraged is Illume by Civitas Learning , a predictive analytics suite that identifies students who may benefit from interventions in order to stay on track . “ We can use data to contact students in targeted ways , based on what we know about their progress , which is a more proactive model of student support ,” Miller adds .
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