Transcript ASSIST Usage Stuff - ASSIST Information Center

ASSIST Usage Information
13th Annual ASSIST Conference
Walnut Creek Marriott Hotel
December 1 & 2, 1998
Usage Reports
• Information gathered directly
• Provides valuable information to
ACS
• New reports provide information for
campuses
– Which agreements are being viewed
• By Campus
• By Major/Department
• For GE/Breadth
What We Can & Can’t Learn
• Most IP addresses
– But not from AOL, etc.
• User system information
– But not who the user is
• Number of visits, visitors & reports
– But not from AOL, etc.
• Which reports are viewed
– Not monitoring specific users
• Length of delays
Some Terms to Know
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Visits
Visitors
Pages
Requests
Hits
Terms...
Web Site
www.some.site
www.same.site
text
text
Requests
Hits
text
1 visitor, 1 visit, 4 requests
text
1 visitor, 2 visits, 8 requests
Multiple visits within 15 minutes are called one visit.
Hit Numbers
Web Site
www.some.site
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The number of “hits” is
the most commonly used
measure of use, but...
1 visitor, 1 visit, 44 hits
…the number can be misleading.
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How We’re Determining Use
Web Site
www.assist.org
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We are focusing on the
number of ASSIST
reports generated...
1 visitor, 1 visit, 16 requests,
1 ASSIST Report
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Report
…so our usage reports can be more useful.
ASSIST Usage Data
Reports from ASSIST on the Web
Summary of Use
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Reports viewed - 400,000 +
Reports printed - 40,000 +
Visitors - 10,000 +
Reports per day - 2,500 - 3,000
Campus Reports
Viewing and using campus specific
reports
Sample Reports
• Link to report 1 (University)
• Link to report 2 (All Comm. Colleges)
• Link to report 3 (General Report)
Campus Reports
• Available at ASSIST Information
Center
1. http://assist.org
2. Database
3. Web ASSIST Usage Reports
3a. Select a University
3b. All Community Colleges
3c. General Report
• Available 12/14