Game On! IT Engagement with New Students during Orientation

Thursday, October 27, 2016 | 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

Presenters

  • Matt Harrington

    Head of Portfolio Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Anthony Laffan

    Help Center Manager, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Resources & Downloads

  • Game On IT Engagement with New Students During Orientation

    36 KB, pdf - Updated on 9/4/2024