Research Tracker

About this tool

This research tracker is a tool intended to help students and teachers follow how ideas and solutions evolve during a research project.

Numerous changes always happen in the process of research and they can easily lead to confusion. Recording information at different stages can help keep ideas clearer and, therefore, allow for faster progress. The goal of this tool is to enable students to keep track of their ideas and changes, as well as receive short feedback at intermediate steps; something which is both needed for students and doable for teachers.


How to use the research tracker

At each intermediate step of their research project, students fill in the research report template using the student's version of the tool. Ideally, all fields of the template should be filled each time, according to what is known at that point in time.

Upon receiving each version from the students, teachers provide (short) feedback in the designated field using the teacher's version of the tool.

It is up to teachers and students to agree on the number of versions and the mode of sharing (email, online drive, etc.) at the beginning of the project.

Technical implementation: Each version of the research tracker is a folder containing an HTML file and a subfolder named page_files. To use the tool, you only need to open the HTML file in your preferred browser. For more information, see the instructions page.


License & Citation

You can adapt and share this research tracking tool under CC-BY 4.0 as long as you:

Cite this tool:

Samardžić, T., Berthouzoz, M. (2023). Research Tracking Tool. In UPSKILLS Project. Intellectual Output 2.2. Integrating Research Infrastructures into Teaching. CC BY 4.0.

❗ This is version 1 of the research tracker. If you encounter any issue while using the tool, please contact Marie Berthouzoz. Feedback will also be appreciated.