What’s New in Choices July 2011 Release All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Topics Enhanced Messaging Tools Expanded Group Builder Functions Short Form Interest Profiler Custom Portfolio Services Enhancements Easier Portfolio Creation All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Topics Enhanced Messaging Tools Expanded Group Builder Functions Short Form Interest Profiler Easier Portfolio Creation Custom Portfolio Services Enhancements All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Enhanced Messaging Tools Benefits Communicate directly with students while they’re planning and exploring. Save time by creating an open dialog that allows immediate input on students’ activities. Expanded messaging functions will make career and education exploration even more interactive. Professionals can open up the lines of communication to engage students, clients or parents. Save time by creating an open dialog that allows immediate input on students’ activities. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Send Messages There are several ways to send messages. For example: While viewing a portfolio From a list of portfolios While building a group All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Send Messages to a Portfolio - Professionals can send messages while they’re viewing a portfolio. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Send Messages From a List All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Message Selected Students Use the Portfolio Finder to narrow down groups of students for relevant messages. Scren shot   - Professionals can use the Portfolio Finder to send messages to all students who meet selected criteria. - For example, a professional could choose to send a reminder to all students who haven’t completed their FAFSA, or to target students who selected a certain career cluster. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Sending Messages - You can add up to 50 attachments to a message. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Receive Messages All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Access From Professional Tools - There is a link in the main page of the Pro Tools. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Access from Home Page - An envelope on the Choices Planner and Choices Explorer home pages will show received messages. In this slide, the Choices Planner home page shows a new message. You will also receive a notification email to the email address aligned with Choices account. You can turn this option off if you don’t want to receive the emails. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Topics Enhanced Messaging Tools Expanded Group Builder Functions Short Form Interest Profiler Easier Portfolio Creation Custom Portfolio Services Enhancements All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Expanded Group Builder Functions Benefits Protect your groups from accidental deletion or editing from other users. Creating groups is faster and more intuitive. Keep groups organized to find information when you need it. It’s easier to find the information you need if your groups are organized. - No more confusion about group ownership. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Choose to Protect Groups from Editing or Deleting To allow other professionals to edit or delete a group, just click the box when you’re creating a group. If the box is not checked, only the group’s creator can edit or delete. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Identify Groups Easily - You can see the creation date and the creator of the group. It’s easier to focus on the groups you’ve created – choose to see all groups at your site, or just the ones you’ve created.  Group names should be as descriptive as possible to avoid confusion. Group names must be unique within each site. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

More Options for Creating, Modifying and Deleting Groups - Create groups faster. The Search and Browse functions are more intuitive and easier to use. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Topics Enhanced Messaging Tools Expanded Group Builder Functions Short Form Interest Profiler Easier Portfolio Creation Custom Portfolio Services Enhancements All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Short Form Interest Profiler Benefits The short form Interest Profiler is easier to complete within a typical class, increasing the odds that users will finish and reducing frustration. Reduced from 180 questions to 60 questions. Students often found it difficult to complete within the allotted time frame. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Short Form Interest Profiler We’ve adopted the short form Interest Profiler developed by O*NET. The assessment yields the same validated results but within a more manageable timeframe. Instead of 180 questions, the assessment is now 60 questions. 180 60 All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Topics Enhanced Messaging Tools Expanded Group Builder Functions Short Form Interest Profiler Custom Portfolio Services Enhancements Easier Portfolio Creation All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Faster Portfolio Creation Benefits We discovered that portfolio creation was the most time-consuming part of starting with Choices. More intuitive instructions speed up the process. All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Faster Portfolio Creation Portfolios finished faster Clearer, more consistent instructions and forms More intuitive information entry All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Faster Portfolio Creation Some changes include: - Dropdown menus for entering birth date - Student number is now an optional field - The default graduation year is lower, reflecting a more typical grade for creating portfolios - Password requirements are more consistent between portfolio types All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation Topics Enhanced Messaging Tools Expanded Group Builder Functions Short Form Interest Profiler Custom Portfolio Services Enhancements Easier Portfolio Creation All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation

Custom Portfolio Services Enhancements Clean up student course plans easily with batch removal of planned courses Filter by course names when creating customized course plans Assign limited professional access, allowing a professional to be limited or standard All rights reserved. ©2011 XAP Corporation