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Working with alumni, graduating & transfer students

Take this course to prepare for a successful transition of graduating students to alumni.

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About this course

Whether you provide long term access to services to alumni or just need to capture information of transitioning seniors, this course will guide you through:

  • Updating students using the importer (students to alumni)
  • Changing student email addresses 
  • Data health best practices

Please Note: You will need to have completed the Importer Training and have SSO permissions added to your account to complete some of the actions in this course. 


Who should take this course? 

Anyone involved with data management in Handshake, or anyone that works with transfer students or alumni.

Tip: Generate any questions that come up as you move through the training and reach out to your Relationship Manager after the course is completed if they are still left unanswered. 

Curriculum20 min

  • Introduction
  • Learning objectives
  • Updating student accounts

    When handling the transition from Senior to Alumni, a lot can vary based on your school’s procedures for handling student access and data updates.  

    Please review the video option that best matches your work flow with Alumni

  • Alumni who DO NOT retain access to their .edu email address (3 min)
  • Alumni who retain access to their .edu email addresses (2 min)
  • Updating students to alumni manually (4 min)
  • Knowledge check
  • Alumni access to Handshake
  • Alumni login options (3 min)
  • Knowledge check
  • Additional resources
  • Troubleshooting student data discrepancies (3 min)
  • Data health checklist
  • Alumni Hub
  • Feedback
  • Course survey

About this course

Whether you provide long term access to services to alumni or just need to capture information of transitioning seniors, this course will guide you through:

  • Updating students using the importer (students to alumni)
  • Changing student email addresses 
  • Data health best practices

Please Note: You will need to have completed the Importer Training and have SSO permissions added to your account to complete some of the actions in this course. 


Who should take this course? 

Anyone involved with data management in Handshake, or anyone that works with transfer students or alumni.

Tip: Generate any questions that come up as you move through the training and reach out to your Relationship Manager after the course is completed if they are still left unanswered. 

Curriculum20 min

  • Introduction
  • Learning objectives
  • Updating student accounts

    When handling the transition from Senior to Alumni, a lot can vary based on your school’s procedures for handling student access and data updates.  

    Please review the video option that best matches your work flow with Alumni

  • Alumni who DO NOT retain access to their .edu email address (3 min)
  • Alumni who retain access to their .edu email addresses (2 min)
  • Updating students to alumni manually (4 min)
  • Knowledge check
  • Alumni access to Handshake
  • Alumni login options (3 min)
  • Knowledge check
  • Additional resources
  • Troubleshooting student data discrepancies (3 min)
  • Data health checklist
  • Alumni Hub
  • Feedback
  • Course survey