While everyone else is prepping for back to school season, at Xcalibur we are busy on-boarding three new evaluation specialists! We are excited to introduce Dr. Comfort Afolabi, Melisssa Gattuso, and Catherine Villnave to our Xcalibur clients and SCRIBE users. Each of our new team members bring diverse experiences with GEAR UP, data, and evaluation.…
Xcalibur has just launched a new import module for SCRIBE! SCRIBE was down for a few hours on Monday to post the new import module. Here’s what to expect… The new Import List allows you to sort imports by School Year, Keyword, the Last 3 Months, any import Requiring Action or only imports you have…
Xcalibur is pleased to announce the newest member of its team–Allie Sheldon! Allie Sheldon joins Xcalibur after working as the Database Research Analyst for the Central Washington University GEAR UP grants. At CWU GEAR UP she standardized the grant’s data collection and import practices using SCRIBE and is excited to bring this experience to her…
Summertime brings sunshine, trips to the pool, and margaritas! It also brings the end of the school year which means student graduate, get promoted, or get retained. What does this mean for student enrollment and data collection in SCRIBE? We recommend that all students are exited at the end of each school year using an…
For those of us who work in the college and career access field, it comes as no surprise that students who participate in college visits have an advantage in the admissions process over students who do not participate in college visits. A recent article on InsideHigherEd.com reinforces that, “A student who visits campus, and does so long enough…
It’s that time of year when students are back at school and GEAR UP is in full swing. The beginning of the school year is a great time to do some SCRIBE housekeeping. Managing your list of active users is critical. This type of maintenance ensures only those who should have access to student data…
As part of the 2017 GEAR UP Annual Conference in San Francisco, Xcalibur team members Julie Jaramillo and Tricia Brainard partnered with Becky Young from GEAR UP Maine to challenge participants to Think Beyond the Pie Chart. The group developed the Five C’s to See Your Data as a way to create effective…
Xcalibur’s Director of Data Quality, Julie Jaramillo, traveled to Bangor, Maine for the GEAR UP Maine Data Steward Training. The team met to discuss SCRIBE Reports, Service Naming Conventions, the GEAR UP Maine Service Taxonomy, and learn about the 5 C’s for Visualizing Data. In the picture above, GEAR UP Maine Data Stewards work on…
On June 21, members of the Xcalibur team traveled to Atlanta to conduct training with GEAR UP Georgia team members. The training covered two main topics: SCRIBE Service Data and Introduction to GEAR UP Evaluation. The Xcalibur team introduced the Service Naming Protocol to the GUGa team by playing a competitive round of Service Naming…