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Milestone 1: Accessing Handshake & creating accounts

Milestone 1: Accessing Handshake & creating accounts

Setting up accounts and providing the correct permissions to navigate Handshake successfully

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About this course

Who should take this course?

This training is relevant for the campus administrator or the main Handshake point of contact. The training is relevant for those that will need to have the ability to create accounts and set permissions for other team members at your institution. 


This course covers:

  • Accessing and setting up your Handshake account
  • Setting up and inviting members of your team to use Handshake
  • Creating employer and student accounts associated with your Career Services user account
  • Understanding the permissions and roles available in Handshake

Curriculum50 min

  • Setting up your account

    Summary
    Here, you will be guided through the layout of your Handshake and where to set up your profile. 
    pro tip: if you can have your handshake open while watching the video you can follow along

  • Account and navigation overview (5 min)
  • Considerations before account setup
  • Team accounts and permissions

    If you are ready to invite team members to use Handshake, the first thing you will need to do is give them access to their account.
    Prior to watching this video you will want to consider your team members and what they will need to do inside of the platform so you can assign them the correct permissions

    Pro tip: If you are able to have your account open and following along during the video, this will help learning by doing that much easier.

  • Setting up accounts for team members (3 min)
  • Creating student and employer accounts (7 min)
  • Help Center documentation
  • Distributed campuses
  • Implementation for a distributed campus (7 min)
  • Best practices for a distributed campus
  • Help Center documentation
  • Next steps

    You have made it through you first milestone. Keep in close communication with your Relationship Manager (RM) about any blockers you are experiencing and questions you might have. 

    Meet frequently with anyone involved in you implementation process and set aside time to complete the tasks outlined in each video.

  • Checklist
  • Course survey

About this course

Who should take this course?

This training is relevant for the campus administrator or the main Handshake point of contact. The training is relevant for those that will need to have the ability to create accounts and set permissions for other team members at your institution. 


This course covers:

  • Accessing and setting up your Handshake account
  • Setting up and inviting members of your team to use Handshake
  • Creating employer and student accounts associated with your Career Services user account
  • Understanding the permissions and roles available in Handshake

Curriculum50 min

  • Setting up your account

    Summary
    Here, you will be guided through the layout of your Handshake and where to set up your profile. 
    pro tip: if you can have your handshake open while watching the video you can follow along

  • Account and navigation overview (5 min)
  • Considerations before account setup
  • Team accounts and permissions

    If you are ready to invite team members to use Handshake, the first thing you will need to do is give them access to their account.
    Prior to watching this video you will want to consider your team members and what they will need to do inside of the platform so you can assign them the correct permissions

    Pro tip: If you are able to have your account open and following along during the video, this will help learning by doing that much easier.

  • Setting up accounts for team members (3 min)
  • Creating student and employer accounts (7 min)
  • Help Center documentation
  • Distributed campuses
  • Implementation for a distributed campus (7 min)
  • Best practices for a distributed campus
  • Help Center documentation
  • Next steps

    You have made it through you first milestone. Keep in close communication with your Relationship Manager (RM) about any blockers you are experiencing and questions you might have. 

    Meet frequently with anyone involved in you implementation process and set aside time to complete the tasks outlined in each video.

  • Checklist
  • Course survey