Matt Harrington
Head of Portfolio Management,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Game On! IT Engagement with New Students during Orientation
Thursday, October 27 | 2:40PM–3:30PM | Meeting Room 202A/B, Level Two
Session Type:
Breakout Session
Delivery Format:
Interactive Presentation
New student orientation is not only one of IT's first opportunities to forge relationships with students, it's also one of the best. Learn how you can take UMass Amherst IT's approach to developing and deploying a media-rich presentation leveraging technology and tenets of gamification for orientation.
Outcomes: Identify challenges and opportunities that IT departments face when engaging new students *Understand the benefits of gamification and how it can be used to increase knowledge retention *Develop a framework for an interactive and engaging new student presentation
