If you measure and monitor student attendance using an electronic software system, students are more likely to turn up to lectures, tutorials and seminars. If attendance is good, the student and the academic benefit from better exam results and final degree results. Students are also more likely to stay with their course and be less tempted to ‘drop out.’ The Uni Nanny attendance management systsem indicates very early on any attendance issues allowing effective student attendance management resulting in the student being provided with extra support
Student retention management is a very important topic in the HE and FE College sector . Each HE institution’s retention rate is closely monitored and is a factor often considered by potential students when choosing a university. This retention rate is included when league tables are produced, so improving retention is crucial to a university or college reputation.
Therefore, it’s important to monitor and manage student attendance as accurately as possible. The Uni Nanny attendance management software system been specially designed to produce the most robust attendance data of any student attendance tracking system on the market. The mobile nature of it also means that is very quick to track attendance data.
At the start of an academic year, students are issued an individual key ring with a unique electronic identification, or “fob”. The fob is placed against a baton which flashes when registration is successfully completed. The information gathered by the baton is then downloaded and sent to a database where it can be analysed. Those students showing sporadic attendance or consecutive absences are then contacted and offered support in the hope of retaining students and maximising attainment.
Research by Bowen, Price, Lloyd, and Thomas (2004) showed that Uni Nanny increases data capture by up to 90%. The system takes away the need for students to pass paper registers around the class, makes falsifying attendance more difficult and removes the need for administrators to manually enter data into a database or spreadsheet. Lecturers are also spared the task of passing on registers for analysis, therefore reducing time delays in identifying non-attendance.
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