Engineerica News
Announcing: Student Success Heroes, a podcast presented by Engineerica
We believe higher education and student service professionals help to bring academic achievement and success to all students. Engineerica created this podcast to highlight them and their stories. In this series, we’ll talk to leaders in higher education and researchers of student success and assessment to learn how they...
Can Academic Centers still support students Virtually?
At this point it seems that all schools have been shut down and resources that were once readily available to support students have been forced to go virtual without all the tools needed to do so. These are uncertain times for academic centers and most importantly, students. Now could possibly...
Which Live Streaming Platform is Right for my Event?
With our current event landscape changing to a virtual environment, we have a new choice to consider: which online platform is the right for me? There are so many different solutions available to us for each of our specific needs that it could get difficult to narrow down which one...
Improving the Quality of Your Virtual Event
If you are planning on holding your first-ever virtual event, the production quality of your stream might be something you are concerned about. Using dedicated software and equipment for streaming will take your event's production quality to a whole other level. Of course, if you are strapped for time, you...
How to Keep Connected in a Virtual Event Environment
Why do we hold events? We love connection. Whether it be through networking with colleagues and friends or forming new relationships with suppliers, live events have always provided a conduit for maintaining and forming connections. In this anti-contact era, we are facing the reality of the virtual event for the...
Online Training Should Be Engaging to Be Effective
Distance learning is older than most people think – okay, our current technology (like the internet) is relatively new but the concept is over 170 years old. In Great Britain, instructors sent lessons and received assignments by mail as early as the 1800s. While the distance-learning concept remains, online teaching...
Virtual Check-in for Students and Center Staff
We are happy to announce new features in Accudemia to support center staff and students working remotely. Whether your student services require appointments, your centers allow drop-ins, or you need a waiting line to control access to specific resources, recent changes to Accudemia will help you bring all these things...
What to Do If You’re a College Student Amidst a Global Pandemic
As college students, we are already allowed a normal dosage of anxiety throughout our daily lives. You probably have a complied list of tasks, just like me, which might include going to work, completing homework, studying for exams, working-out, trying to get 8 hours of sleep and the list can...
Ways to Prevent Student Appointment ‘No-shows’
You've hired and trained your staff. You are striving to continuously improve the practices and processes of your academic center. You have enhanced your list of services and put the word out to faculty and deans. Students are discovering you and traffic is growing. The center is bustling and your...
Engineerica’s Involvement in the Events Community
Representatives from Engineerica have been busy this quarter. We participated in a few Tech and Beers Orlando meetups to see what the local tech community consisted of, see the latest trends and make sure we...