Some faculty here use the TurningPoint clickers to check attendance.
Students walk past the classrooms during class and click in, on there
way to the gym or the coffee house.
On 11/24/2014 11:18 AM, Anders Nilsson wrote:
Aren't we all operating small RF-chips into our students nowadays?
Makes tracking people so much easier. ;)
On a more serious note I totally agree with Mr. Badman here.
Getting rough stats is one thing, getting Attendance lists is a very
different and more difficult thing.
Cheers
Anders Nilsson
Univ of Umeå
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*Ämne:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Attendance
I can think of a few concerns.
I give you my tablet to take to class, and I'm there without being there.
I give you my credentials to put on your device- you get "seen" as
you, then me. We're both there without me being there.
Client devices may not connect to the AP in the room. There may be no
AP in the room... how close to the room is close enough if I connect
to the floor above/below or adjacent room/hallway? And who sorts it
all out?
To me as an instructor, nothing is easier than good old paper sign-in.
And if you didn't sign in, you weren't there. Period.
Not everything needs to have a tech edge on it, and I'm as tech geeky
as it gets...
-Lee
Lee Badman
Wireless/Network Architect
ITS, Syracuse University
315.443.3003
(Blog: http://wirednot.wordpress.com)
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Funny you should ask, as we are looking into doing the same thing
here. I'd love to see someone have it in place to know what the
pitfalls might be.
Patrick Mauretti
Sr. Network Admin
Massasoit Community College
1 Massasoit Blvd
Brockton, MA 02302
508-588-9100 x1660
/"On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog."/
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*Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Attendance
Are any folks currently using their wireless networks to verify class
attendance? For example, are you checking that a wireless device
authenticated by a student was in the classroom?
--
*Joe Rogers*
Associate Director, Network Engineering
University of South Florida -- Information Technology
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