MIT’s administrative community demonstrated that it’s already off to the races when it comes to invention. The jam-packed annual poster session on October 14 brought together 26 sponsoring DLCs and hundreds of Institute community members eager for a preview of what’s next at MIT.

1. Simple, Dynamic, Transparent, Powerful
Student Attendance Tracking Pilot at MIT Sloan
Presented by:
MIT Sloan: Virginia Gifford Reckley, Alice Downing, Jason Alvarez, Hasmik Kouchakdjian
MIT Division of Student Life: John McDonald, Mark Reagan
Before After
Approach
MIT Division of
Student Life
User Comments
Strategic use
across Sloan
courses
Focus
Simplified Attendance Tracking
Consistent Systems
Foundation for
Meaningful Reports Teaching Time
Accurate Data
Robust Reporting Scalable Model Intuitive Streamlined Access
ü Manual/paper based
ü Takes time away from class
ü Inaccurate data
ü Difficulty to track
ü No standardized reporting
This past Spring 2016 semester, we piloted
card readers for attendance tracking during
Sloan Innovation Period (SIP) week. The new
system allowed us to track in real time
student attendance. In the past, we used
manual attendance and had to wait for sheets
to be collected at the end of each class.
Sheila Canalle | Assistant Director
MBA Program Office | MIT Sloan School of Management
Export Class Report
Text/Email
Confirmation
to Student
Tap Confirmation
Card Tap
Class List with Photo