Proctoring the SAILS Assessments

While Marylou and I will be proctoring most of the scheduled SAILS sessions, I wanted to provide you with information on how to have students take the test so that if the opportunity arises, additional students can take the assessment.

First, students will need to fill out a paper form before starting the test. They will turn the paper form in to the proctor. Without it, they will not be entered in the grand prize drawing nor will they receive any extra credit (if they are being offered extra credit). These forms cannot be photocopied since each page has a different student identifier number. These forms can be found on the corner of my desk. Please take as many as you need and return any unused forms.

• Students who will get extra credit will need to write down the name of the faculty member that will need to be informed. We will compile the information and let professors know which of their students took the assessment
• We have reached out to the Greek organizations in an attempt to reach out to a wide range of students. They will be taking the assessment as a community service project. Instead of giving them Books 'n' Bytes gift cards, they will earn $3 towards their selected charity. They will need to indicate which organization they are a member of on the form.

Second, students will need to go to http://www.projectsails.org

At that page, students need to enter an administration code and a student identifier. Our administration code is EBB-OMO. Each student is given a unique student identifier - these can be found on each individual form found on the corner of my desk.

Once students start the assessment, they will need to answer 4 quick demographic questions before starting the actual assessment. Two of these questions are questions that we developed.

1. How often have you participated in a Student Research Consultation?
   • Never
   • One time
   • More than one time
2. Have you taken any of the classes listed on the screen at the front of the room?
   • Yes
   • No

In order to allow students to answer the second question, you will need turn on the computer and projectors and pull up this web page:
http://library.geneseo.edu/assessment/question

This site has the list of "library intensive" classes that we are looking for. Please look at this list to make sure that everything looks correct.

After the final assessments have been given, we will randomly draw students to receive the grand prizes. Students will be contacted via phone or email to alert them of the drawing.

At the moment, I am planning to pass out the Books 'n' Bytes gift cards once they finish the exam. However, I don't have these in my hand yet and we may have to leave a list at circulation for the students who take the assessment today, so that they can pick up the cards once we get them.

Please let me know if you have any questions.