Incorporating Technology into Orientation Programming American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Commission for Admissions, Orientation, and First Year Experience (AOFYE)

Welcome & Overview of Session  Preparation for orientation attendance  Dissemination of schedule information  Engagement  Approaches to online orientation  Maintaining connections beyond orientation  Questions & answer

Preparation for Orientation Attendance  Uversity (Facebook “Schools App”)  Intended to engage population beyond 25% who attend live “O”  Goals: Provide key info, facilitate social connection, “Q&A”  Connects students with common interests within private space  Measurables: 5,500 posts, 1,900 ‘friendships’, 670 questions  Benefits:  Creates live portal into collective ‘mind’ of 1 st yr students  Encourages authentic communication with peers, leaders, staff  Increased registration/participation in ‘live’ Orientation events

All Your Information In One Place  Orientation and Mobile Apps (like Guidebook)  Always up-to-date information  Interactive maps and campus tours  Social Media integration  Personalized schedules (on the student-side)  Community photo albums for your orientations and school events  Announcements, push notifications to all participants  Hosting necessary academic/departmental information  Feedback post-orientation

Engagement  Twitter & Instagram  Text-message polling  Scavenger Hunts

Engagement: Scavenger Hunts  Scavify  Turn campus into mobile adventure  Complete challenges, get points, earn rewards  Photos, GPS check-ins, trivia, QR code scans  Interactive: leaderboard, photostream  Social Media integration  Branded: logos, featured images, clickable banners  Web admin: track progress, make updates, download photos

Engagement: Scavenger Hunts  Scavify  Connect, engage, explore and learn  Strategic objectives  Increase participation, motivation, retention  Easy to deploy

Approaches to Online Orientation  Desire 2 Learn (D2L)  VisualZen  Homegrown Solutions

Desire to Learn (D2L)  It starts with the Admissions process  Students create a Net ID and password as part of the Admissions process after applying for a given semester  This NET ID and password becomes their login information for D2L  Tutorial  Students are directed to a D2L tutorial via once they have paid their enrollment deposit  This tutorial gives students the basic knowledge to navigate D2L  The Tabs  Content Tab: Reading materials, Orientation slides/presentations/videos, Important Contact information, Student Success Guide, Academic Advising information  Quizzes: Check for understanding type built within D2L  Discussion: Still under development but a way for students to post questions and have other student’s help with answers (peers, orientation leaders, campus mentors, faculty)

Visual Zen  Online Orientation available as an addition to the registration management system for an additional fee (fees based on your campus population)  Upload content as text or videos (YouTube, etc.)  Students complete modules  Ability to insert test questions to assess students’ comprehension of the information

“Homegrown” Solutions  Content built onto existing institution’s website  Mostly text, video, and checklists  Ordered according to time of cycle (or major topic themes)  New platform built from scratch  Advantage: Can be coded/designed to suit your exact needs  Challenge: Requires technical expertise, time and money  LaunchPad: Provides key info, social and Q&A in ‘gamified’ platform

Maintaining Connections Beyond Orientation  Social media throughout & beyond Orientation  Facebook  FHSU: Tigers in a New Territory  College Week Live  Colorado New Student Connections Hang-out  Blackboard Collaborate: Family Webinar Series  Campaigns: website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Vine, and Foursquare

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Presenter Contact Information  Brett Bruner:  Meighan Burke:  Eric Glanville:  Lane Hartman:  Jason Herman:  Jesse Rendell:  Patty Witkowsky: