Data Analytics is Ubiquitous .It has grown in stature as the need of the present hour. The Data Analytics is findings its use in sectors, and academics is no exception. Sky factor is a good example, in US it covers about 150 universities monitoring and assessing students’ scores. Sky factor is positioned as a student retention tool that helps students to be aware of their academic status as well as predicted scores so as to safe keep their academics at the earliest before they furlough the institution. SRMH is another method that measures the health of students using scales and questionnaire. There are many agencies providing mental healthcare to students. Students with mental disorders get caring from general practitioners (GPs) . Meanwhile Sky factor developed the means to predict the students likely to leave institutions.
David McNally, chief technology officer at Macmillan Science and Education admitted that scores like Sky factor helps to keep the students updated on academic performance all the time. While Andrew Campbell, Computer science Professor focused on monitoring the students and developed a smartphone app called Student Life app. The app secretly monitors student’s mental health all the time. Another breakthrough method recovered by the institutions is to assess the cooperativeness of the parents. For this Tewksbury Public Schools, began to gather data to find whether parents influenced students that made them perform low. The child actually faces problems within four walls and the frustrations and disputes that happen within the home reflect on the students academics.
Universities also track student’s eBook reading habits using Coursemart that tracks the users each time while accessing the page. Vital Source is the next largest digital content channel. It is concerned with the e-textbook delivery platform that enhances the learning experience of the students using latest technological applications. The growing Analytics app in this present context can be useful in developing the literacy rate of the country and thereby increasing the prosperity.
