This is a short update on the 2017-18 tracker project and a few ‘last chance’ dates for your diary. Whether you’ve already launched your surveys, or are still deciding whether to take part, there’s plenty going on. On 21st and 28th November we’re running webinars to help you find out more about the tracker. For …
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It’s the last day of October, and the tracker team (mainly Tabetha and Mike) have been incredibly busy this month. If you’ve signed up to complete the tracker in 2017-18 you’re one of more than 230 organisations that have done so. 125 have confirmed their participation and 60 tracker surveys are already launched or in …
Along with new question sets for students we have fully updated the guidance for organisations using the tracker in 2017-18. From today you can access the updated Guides and a full walk-through of the tracker process on our Guidance page. Even if you have already committed to using the tracker there is useful information in …
If you’ve been following the 2017-18 Tracker you’ll know that we’ve released a version of the new question set (HE) for you to peek at. The FE questions use ‘college’ instead of ‘university’ but are otherwise the same. The questions for ACL, skills-based and online learners have some minor differences in the wording and the …
Today we’re launching the confirmation form for the Digital Student Experience Tracker 2017-18. You’ll automatically receive this form if you completed the first sign-up form. If you complete that first form now you’ll get the confirmation form within days – so if you haven’t committed yet, now is a good time to take the plunge. …
Last month we published a report from this year’s Student Digital Experience tracker project, representing the voice of 22,000 learners from across the UK. Findings from the project have attracted national and international interest, and we’re starting to see some exciting lessons about what makes a difference to the learning experience. But the main purpose …
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Seven weeks to go…
There are just over seven weeks to go before we close the door on data collection for this pilot version of the Digital Student Experience Tracker. There have been a few questions about this deadline, so I’ll try to answer them here. First, though, it’s important to say that seven weeks is a long time! …
A huge welcome to all of the 120+ universities, colleges and providers who are signed up to run the Tracker this time around. We expected no more than 60, so this is a huge vote of confidence. We’re very excited to have you all on board, including: returners from the original pilot (waving!) who will …
I’m genuinely excited about the new question set for the Student Digital Experience Tracker. For the first pilot we cut things down to the bare essentials. We wanted the service to be simple, reliable, to achieve a high completion rate, and to demonstrate a demand. We made a number of compromises to arrive at questions …
After a highly successful initial pilot of the Jisc Student digital experience Tracker, we’re delighted to launch the open beta phase. Participating institutions will gather data about their learners’ digital experiences and expectations, and compare the results with others in their sector. The Tracker is now a well-developed and proven tool, and some minor changes …