10 Things made possible with the Communities Platform

in Higher Ed

Faculty members can create personal pages listing office hours and course offerings and monitor their “advisee feed” to provide timely guidance to everyone at once.

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Staff members can post a poll to query students for input on a new study program or school policy. The entire community can view, get involved, and stay engaged in the discussion.

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Marketing can tag content to populate student feeds based on interest, replacing traditional generic email blasts or newsletters which force students to determine what is personally relevant.

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Administrators can create topical libraries with tagged resources, people, files, and discussions to make it easier for students to find relevant information – consolidating disparate sources of information.

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The career development office can create groups for corporate partners to enable recruiters, students, faculty, and career coaches to interact and share information.

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Alumni clubs can create and manage affinity communities allowing alumni to self-organize into groups and providing Alumni Relations insight into all engagement activity.

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Students, faculty and others can engage in conversations around posted documents and files (e.g. “Here are some thoughts on this article;” “This is how I am using this data.”)

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Admissions can influence yield by creating a community that connects Admitted Students to Student Ambassadors.

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The study abroad office can create custom groups that help students network with alumni in-country and stay connected to the home campus while away.

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Students can find peers with similar interests and self-organize into project, travel, and social groups. Group or Club leaders can track membership and create a feed for members.

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