This week we received a new barcode scanner. It’s the gun style, but can also be mounted and configured to read any card that passes under it – for faster swipes.
We’ll be utilizing this next week in the Tutoring Center, to begin collecting data on the students who come in, and eventually linking that to demographic info and appointments to provide accurate data moving forward.
I hope to see these scanners in use all over campus soon. It will be a very cheap way for departments to gather detailed data about office usage and the student population(s) that they serve.
We’ve written the software and integrated the hardware. So for like $100, they can start using these tools as well 🙂