Student Progress
Student Research Report
Student graduation-on-time is a very important measure of performance in the University Rankings. Using AsterWrite, a university can:
Facilitate a student's research and thesis writing.
Track a student's progress on a regular (monthly) basis.
Discourage some forms of plagiarism, i.e. student does not suddenly appears with a complete thesis.
Project: Thesis Writing
The student's scheduled work is captured as Work Breakdown Structures in the student's Gantt Chart.
Student creates a Project at the beginning of the study.
This program works out the student's total hours of work.
Work is apportioned according to duration (work hours per day, work days per week).
Work Scheduled
In the graph, the green dots indicate the Scheduled Work.
The two blue lines indicate the work within +/- 20 days, i.e. early or late by 20 days.
Overload and underload are easily noticed by student or supervisor for immediate rectification.
At the start, Work Performed (red line) is zero.
Work Performed
The student's Work Performed is updated in the Progress tab.
Student updates progress by month.
Hours of work completed is recorded.
Work Completed
With the Work Scheduled and Work Performed data, it is very easy to track the students Work Completed - very much like in a project management. If the Work Performed is below the Work Scheduled lag, then the student needs attention.
Overall Progress
Student progress is easily monitored on a month by month basis. The overall progress shows the total Work Completed. Based on Work Schedule, the blue area indicates the proportion of Work Completed.
Progress by Chapter
The total Work Completed can be broken down by Chapter (or Section) according to the outline in the Gantt chart. The X-axis corresponds to work hours.
Progress by Chapter (Points)
Work Completed by Chapter can be further broken down to the activity level and shown as an absolute portion of the work. The X-axis corresponds to work hours.
Progress by Chapter (Percent)
Work Completed by Chapter can be further broken down to the activity level and shown as a relative portion of the work. The X-axis corresponds to percent of a particular work completed. The students can see their progress very easily with drill-down features. The supervisor, head-of-department, dean, etc. can also be setup to view the students progress from their own desk.
