SKKU opens Challenge Square for Systematic Management of Students’ Learning Outcomes

- Systematically manages learning outcomes of students’ extracurricular activities for their academic years

- build an effective career roadmap and university life by identifying students’ own abilities

SKKU announced that they opened Challenge Square, a system of Student Success Portfolio, in order to systematically manage learning outcomes of students’ extracurricular activities on September 1 (Tue).

Challenge Square is a comprehensive computer support system that integrates and manages internal and external learning outcomes throughout the entire semester of students’ academic years. It systematically manages students’ extracurricular activities such as club activities, volunteer activities, scholarship, international exchanges, mentoring, contests, seminars, and etc.

SKKU plans to help student entering the workforce and support their successful university lives by analyzing the factors that contributed to the students’ success through Challenge Square’s big data.

Students can use this system to manage their learning outcomes, as well as look back on their own capabilities by comparing and analyzing with other students’ data. They can also systematically prepare for their careers by checking the status of their extracurricular activities and comparing the average GPA with other students in the same department and in the same grade. In addition, they can examine the possibility of receiving scholarship in advance.

By using this system, students can effectively design their university lives because they can see their strengths and weaknesses at a glance. Moreover, students can further build a career roadmap that suits them based on comprehensive career information.

Dongwook Kim, a Vice-president of Academic Affairs Division, said “Until now, students’ data have tended to be managed with a focus on their grades and curriculum. Through Challenge Square, it will provide a foundation for students to design their university lives more effectively and help entering society by establishing a database of their curricular/extracurricular activities throughout the entire academic year.”